Class 9 Social Science Chapter 4: Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation — practice questions with answers
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Q1. How do historians mainly learn about the period before writing was invented?
- Through archaeological evidence such as tools, fossils and cave art
- Through newspapers
- Through written law codes
- Through photographs
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Answer: A. Through archaeological evidence such as tools, fossils and cave art
Why: Written languages emerged at different times. [p.61, p.93]
Why: Written languages emerged at different times. [p.61, p.93]
Q2. How do fossils form?
- Remains get buried under layers of earth and slowly turn to stone over thousands or millions of years
- They are carved by artists
- They form in a single day
- They grow from seeds
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Answer: A. Remains get buried under layers of earth and slowly turn to stone over thousands or millions of years
Why: They are major evidence about early humans. [p.66]
Why: They are major evidence about early humans. [p.66]
Q3. What was the hallmark of the Neolithic Revolution?
- Domestication of plants and animals and the start of food production
- Invention of writing
- Use of iron
- Building of pyramids
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Answer: A. Domestication of plants and animals and the start of food production
Why: It led to the first villages. [p.71]
Why: It led to the first villages. [p.71]
Q4. Using the Harappan binary system 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, …, what is the next weight after 16?
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Answer: 32 (± 0)
Why: Each weight doubles. [p.76]
Why: Each weight doubles. [p.76]
Q5. The Mature Harappan phase ran from about 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE. How many years did it last?
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Answer: 700 (± 0)
Why: 2600 − 1900 = 700 years. [p.75]
Why: 2600 − 1900 = 700 years. [p.75]
Q6. What do the four great early civilisations — Harappan, Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Chinese — have in common geographically?
- All grew up in fertile river plains
- All were in deserts
- All were on islands
- All were in mountains
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Answer: A. All grew up in fertile river plains
Why: Sindhu–Sarasvatī, Tigris–Euphrates, Nile, Huang He. [p.77]
Why: Sindhu–Sarasvatī, Tigris–Euphrates, Nile, Huang He. [p.77]
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