STARLAND HIGH SCHOOL

NEHRU COLONY, DEHRADUN

First Term Examination 2004-05
Subject:- Civics M.M.- 75
Class – VI Time- 2 hrs.
NOTE :- ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY.
Q 1- Answer the following questions :- 20
1. What is history ?
2. Name three animals tamed by man in the new stone ate.
3. Mention the period during which the Indus valley civilization flourished.
4. Mention two indoor games in which the Indus valley people took interest ?
5. Mention three occupation of Indus valley.
6. Give names of the two important rivers of Mesopotamia.
7. What were Ziggurats ?
8. Who deciphered the Mesopotamia script ?
9. Give the famous temple of Egypt .
10. What were the pharaohs ?
Q 2- Answer any six questions :- 30
1. What is flint ? Why was it commonly used in making tools and weapons by primitive man ?
2. What were the religious beliefs and faith of the people of the prehistoric age ?
3. Why are Mohanjodaro and Harappan called planed cities ?
4. Why is Egypt called the gift of the Nile ?
5. What is Sphinx ?
6. Give the importance of agriculture is the life of early man.
7. What were edicts ?
Q 3- Fill in the blanks :- 10
1. The early man used weapons and tools made of ___________ .
2. The early man wandered from place to place is __________ .
3. The Indus valley civilization flourished around ___________ to __________ B.C.
4. Harappa is situated in __________ district in __________.
5. The system of counting of Mesopotamia was ___________.
6. The people living in summer region were called the _________.
7. Hummurabi’s code contained ___________ laves .
8. The rulers of ancient Egypt were called __________.
9. The pyramids were built to __________ dead bodies of the rulers.
10. The first library of clay tablets contained __________ clay tablets .
Q 4 – Mark True or False :- 10
1. The Harappan civilization was rural.
2. The Indus valley people did not believe in life after death.
3. Primitive man lived a civilized life.
4. Rajatarangini was written by Megasthenese.
5. The earliest man lived in brick houses.
6. Man invented the wheel in the New Stone Age.
7. Pharaoh were the great rulers of Egypt.
8. Egypt is called the gift of the Nile.
9. The Egyptian writers wrote on leaves of papyrus.
10. The Egypt had a good knowledge of chemistry.
Q 5- Match the column :- 5
1. Sphinx flowed in Mesopotamia.
2. The Tigris and Euphrates an important sea-part
3. Abu Simbel a huge solid structure in Egypt
4. Hummurabi a sacred temple.
5. Lothal known for his code of law.