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Class 6 SS Timeline and Sources of History MCQ

by - Savi on - May 07, 2026

 Class 6 SS Timeline and Sources of History MCQ

 

  1. What is history?
    A) Study of plants
    B) Study of the future
    C) Study of the human past
    D) Study of stars

Answer: C) Study of the human past

  1. Who said history is “an unending dialogue between the present and the past”?
    A) Mahatma Gandhi
    B) E.H. Carr
    C) Jawaharlal Nehru
    D) Ashoka

Answer: B) E.H. Carr

  1. Which experts study fossils?
    A) Archaeologists
    B) Anthropologists
    C) Palaeontologists
    D) Geologists

Answer: C) Palaeontologists

  1. Geologists study the Earth’s:
    A) Languages
    B) Physical features
    C) Paintings
    D) Coins

Answer: B) Physical features

  1. Archaeologists study the past mainly by:
    A) Reading newspapers
    B) Digging up remains
    C) Studying planets
    D) Observing animals

Answer: B) Digging up remains

  1. Fossils are:
    A) Old books
    B) Ancient coins
    C) Preserved remains or impressions of plants and animals
    D) Stone tools only

Answer: C) Preserved remains or impressions of plants and animals

  1. Which calendar is commonly used worldwide today?
    A) Hindu calendar
    B) Islamic calendar
    C) Gregorian calendar
    D) Chinese calendar

Answer: C) Gregorian calendar

  1. CE stands for:
    A) Common Era
    B) Christian Era
    C) Central Era
    D) Cultural Era

Answer: A) Common Era

  1. BCE stands for:
    A) Before Christian Era
    B) Before Common Era
    C) Beginning Common Era
    D) British Common Era

Answer: B) Before Common Era

  1. India gained independence in:
    A) 1857 CE
    B) 1905 CE
    C) 1947 CE
    D) 1950 CE

Answer: C) 1947 CE

  1. The approximate birth year of Gautama Buddha is:
    A) 560 BCE
    B) 560 CE
    C) 260 BCE
    D) 1947 CE

Answer: A) 560 BCE

  1. In the Gregorian calendar, after 1 BCE comes:
    A) 0
    B) 2 CE
    C) 1 CE
    D) 100 CE

Answer: C) 1 CE

  1. A timeline helps us understand:
    A) Future events only
    B) Order of historical events
    C) Weather changes
    D) Mathematics

Answer: B) Order of historical events

  1. A century is a period of:
    A) 10 years
    B) 50 years
    C) 100 years
    D) 1,000 years

Answer: C) 100 years

  1. A millennium is a period of:
    A) 100 years
    B) 500 years
    C) 1,000 years
    D) 10,000 years

Answer: C) 1,000 years

  1. We are currently in the:
    A) 19th century CE
    B) 20th century CE
    C) 21st century CE
    D) 22nd century CE

Answer: C) 21st century CE

  1. A pañchānga is mainly related to:
    A) Farming tools
    B) Astronomical calculations and calendars
    C) Trade records
    D) Paintings

Answer: B) Astronomical calculations and calendars

  1. Sources of history help us:
    A) Predict the future
    B) Understand historical events
    C) Learn mathematics
    D) Build machines

Answer: B) Understand historical events

  1. Which of the following is an archaeological source?
    A) Folk songs
    B) Pottery
    C) Poems
    D) Newspapers

Answer: B) Pottery

  1. Historians compare different sources because:
    A) Sources may contradict each other
    B) Sources are always wrong
    C) History is imaginary
    D) Coins are expensive

Answer: A) Sources may contradict each other

  1. Genetics studies:
    A) Mountains
    B) Ancient tools
    C) Heredity and inherited features
    D) Fossils only

Answer: C) Heredity and inherited features

  1. Modern humans are called:
    A) Homo erectus
    B) Homo sapiens
    C) Australopithecus
    D) Neanderthals

Answer: B) Homo sapiens

  1. Early humans mainly survived as:
    A) Farmers only
    B) Traders
    C) Hunters and gatherers
    D) Sailors

Answer: C) Hunters and gatherers

  1. The last Ice Age ended around:
    A) 500 years ago
    B) 2,000 years ago
    C) 12,000 years ago
    D) 50,000 years ago

Answer: C) 12,000 years ago

  1. Which metal was first used by early human communities?
    A) Iron
    B) Gold
    C) Copper
    D) Silver

Answer: C) Copper

 

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