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Class 6 SS India That Is Bharat MCQ

by - Savi on - May 08, 2026

 Class 6 SS India That Is Bharat MCQ

 

  1. What was the ancient name given to the northwest region of the Indian Subcontinent in the Ṛig Veda?
    A) Bhārata
    B) Jambudvīpa
    C) Sapta Sindhava
    D) Hindustān

Answer: C) Sapta Sindhava

  1. The word “Sindhava” comes from which word?
    A) Saraswati
    B) Ganga
    C) Yamuna
    D) Sindhu

Answer: D) Sindhu

  1. “Sindhu” mainly refers to:
    A) Himalayas
    B) Indus River
    C) Arabian Sea
    D) Ganga River

Answer: B) Indus River

  1. Which ancient text lists regions like Kāshmīra, Kerala, and Vanga?
    A) Ramayana
    B) Arthashastra
    C) Mahābhārata
    D) Viṣhṇu Purāṇa

Answer: C) Mahābhārata

  1. “Bhāratavarṣha” means:
    A) Land of Rivers
    B) Country of the Bharatas
    C) Land of Mountains
    D) Kingdom of Kings

Answer: B) Country of the Bharatas

  1. Which term was used in the Mahābhārata for the Indian Subcontinent?
    A) Aryavarta
    B) Hindustān
    C) Bhāratavarṣha
    D) Yindu

Answer: C) Bhāratavarṣha

  1. “Jambudvīpa” means:
    A) Land of Snow
    B) Island of the fruit of the jamun tree
    C) Land of Seven Rivers
    D) Island of Kings

Answer: B) Island of the fruit of the jamun tree

  1. Which emperor used the term “Jambudvīpa” in his inscriptions?
    A) Chandragupta Maurya
    B) Akbar
    C) Aśhoka
    D) Harshavardhana

Answer: C) Aśhoka

  1. Aśhoka lived around:
    A) 100 CE
    B) 250 BCE
    C) 500 BCE
    D) 700 CE

Answer: B) 250 BCE

  1. According to the Viṣhṇu Purāṇa, Bhārata lies south of:
    A) Oceans
    B) Rivers
    C) Snowy mountains
    D) Deserts

Answer: C) Snowy mountains

  1. The “snowy mountains” mentioned in the Viṣhṇu Purāṇa refer to:
    A) Aravallis
    B) Vindhyas
    C) Himalayas
    D) Western Ghats

Answer: C) Himalayas

  1. Cape Kumari is located in:
    A) North India
    B) South India
    C) East India
    D) West India

Answer: B) South India

  1. The Indian Constitution begins with the phrase:
    A) Jai Hind
    B) Vande Mataram
    C) India, that is Bharat
    D) Bharat Mata Ki Jai

Answer: C) India, that is Bharat

  1. The first foreigners to mention India were the:
    A) Greeks
    B) Chinese
    C) Arabs
    D) Persians

Answer: D) Persians

  1. The Persians referred to India as:
    A) Indike
    B) Yindu
    C) Hind / Hidu / Hindu
    D) Bharatam

Answer: C) Hind / Hidu / Hindu

  1. In ancient Persian, the word “Hindu” was a:
    A) Religious term
    B) Geographical term
    C) Political term
    D) Cultural term

Answer: B) Geographical term

  1. The Greeks called India:
    A) Yindu
    B) Tianzhu
    C) Indoi or Indike
    D) Bharatam

Answer: C) Indoi or Indike

  1. The Greeks dropped which letter from “Hindu”?
    A) d
    B) n
    C) u
    D) h

Answer: D) h

  1. The Chinese referred to India as:
    A) Indike
    B) Yintu or Yindu
    C) Bharatam
    D) Hindustān

Answer: B) Yintu or Yindu

  1. “Tianzhu” was another Chinese word for:
    A) Nepal
    B) China
    C) India
    D) Tibet

Answer: C) India

  1. Ancient Chinese respected India mainly as the land of:
    A) Krishna
    B) Ashoka
    C) Buddha
    D) Mahavira

Answer: C) Buddha

  1. The term “Hindustān” first appeared in a:
    A) Greek inscription
    B) Persian inscription
    C) Chinese text
    D) Sanskrit poem

Answer: B) Persian inscription

  1. Xuanzang travelled to India from:
    A) Greece
    B) Persia
    C) China
    D) Arabia

Answer: C) China

  1. Xuanzang stayed in India for about:
    A) 5 years
    B) 10 years
    C) 17 years
    D) 25 years

Answer: C) 17 years

  1. Which of the following names eventually resulted in the modern word “India”?
    A) Sindhu → Hindu → Indoi
    B) Bharat → Hind → India
    C) Jambudvīpa → Indike
    D) Kerala → Hindu

Answer: A) Sindhu → Hindu → Indoi

 

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