ICSE ICSE Class 6 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for History and Civics

Answer the following question:

What are manuscripts?

Answer the following question:

What were the surface on which the manuscripts were written?

Name the foreign travellers who visited India?

Who wrote Indika and what type of information it provides us.

Distinguish between Manuscripts and Inscriptions.

Distinguish between Religious and secular literature.

Explanation of Keyword: Religious literature

Explanation of Keyword: Secular literature

Fill in the blank.

History is a record of ________ and events of the past, arranged in _______ order.

Fill in the blank.

Prehistory is the history of the period before ________were invented.

Fill in the blank.

Literary source material can be divided into __________ literature and _______.

State whether the following is true or false.

Panchatantra is a part of religious literature.

State whether the following is true or false.

The Angas is the religious literature of the Buddhists.

The picture below is a painting from a manuscript of the Rig Veda showing the various gods and goddesses worshiped.

1. What kind of source of history is this?
2. Is this religious or secular in nature?
3. What kind of information does this source of history reveal?

Which gods and goddesses were worshiped by the Aryans during the Early Vedic Period?

Textbook Keywords: Brahmavarta

Textbook Keyword: Sabha

Textbook Keyword: Samiti

Textbook Keyword: Grihapati

Textbook Keyword: Monogamy