Opf Boy's College H-8/4 Islamabad

Class: 6 Subject: History

Assignment: All chapters' MCQs

Q no.1: Choose the correct answer.

1. History is about __________ and rebellions and invasions.

a. Love b. War ✓ c. Stories d. People

2. People have done __________ things to one another in the past.

a. Good b. Bad. c. Frightful ✓ d. Strange

3. A famous statesman once said " People who do not learn from _____________ have to repeat it.

a. History ✓ b. Past c. Future d. Ancestors

4. When people became more settled they needed more ___________ ways of measuring time.

a. Food b. Accurate ✓ c. Houses d. Facilities

5. The Christian year 1 was the year in which Christ supposed to have been ____________.

a. Died b. Become old c. Born ✓ d. Happy

6. AD Anno Domini which is Latin for " year of our _________ '.

a. Family b. Friend c. Happiness d. Lord ✓

7. Years BC are counted _________ and years AD in the normal way.

a. Backwards ✓ b. Onward c. Straight d. Previous

8. Muslims measure time from the __________ which occurred in AD 622.

a. War b. Space c. Hijrah ✓ d. Time

9. The islamic calendar is based on the movements of the ___________.

a. Sun b. Moon ✓ c. Stars d. Planet

10. Some scientists say that the Earth was formed _________ million years ago.

a. 2000 b. 3000 c.4000 ✓ d. 5000

11. The first living thing seems to have been the green _________ we see on the stagnant water.
a. Mammals b. Slime ✓ c. Reptiles d. Dinosaur

12. Mammals appeared about ________ years ago.

a. 50 b. 100 c. 200 ✓ d. 300

13. The first 'people' appeared in East Africa and were probably half-way between human and _______.

a. Apes ✓ b. Mammals c. Birds d. Animals

14. They wandered in family groups searching for _____________.

a. Clothes b. Bread c. Food ✓ d. Milk

15. Homo erectus discovered how to sharpen sticks to make ____________.

a. Weapons b. Clothes c. Food d. Spears ✓

16. The most important of Homo Sapiens' discoveries was how to make _________ by rubbing two
pieces of stones or wood together.

a. Fire ✓ b. Food c. Jewellery d. Weapons

17. _______________ is the study of history by means of digging the Earth to find remains of creatures
and objects from long ago.

a. Geography b. Chemistry c. Archaeology ✓ d. Physics

18. The ancient time buildings were made of stones and ___________.

a. Cement b. Bricks ✓ c. Marble d. Mud

19. For dating objects scientists use the method of chemical and _____________.

a. Geology b. Geography c. Chemistry d. Radiation ✓

20. Early people used bone ____________ to make their clothes.

a. Remains b. Needless ✓ c. Machine d. Instruments

21. People of old stone age tamed _____ to help them in hunting.

a. Oxen b. Cat c. Dogs ✓ d. Cows

22. About 10,000 years ago people found out about ____________.

a. Farming ✓ b. Plants c. Trees d. Clothing

23. The people of new stone age usually settled near a river or lake because of easy access to _______.
a. Milk b. Meat c. Water ✓ d. Juice

24. People of old stone age made jewellery out of wood, stone or _______.

a. Clay b. Shells ✓ c. Gold d. Silver

25. ______________ trade is a kind of trade where goods are exchange for the goods.

a. Business b. Weapons c. Barter ✓ d. Local

26. The ____________, were lived in the south of the Fertile Crescent, established the first important
civilized society.

a. Sumeians ✓ b. Babylon c. Akkadians d. Persians

27. The Sumerians invented __________ and carts which made transport quicker and easier.

a. Cars b. Buses c. Wheels ✓ d. Pottery

28. Babylonians defeated the Akkadians, under their great king ____________.

a. Hammurabi ✓ b. Sikandar c. Sumerian d. Parsi

29. They worked out a system of ___________, so that they could calculate numbers for trade and
taxes.

a. Mathematics b. Chemicals c. Arithmetic ✓ d. Geometry

30. In the cities there were paved streets, mud-brick houses, huge palaces, and temples called
________________.

a. Ziggurats ✓ b. Girja c. Court d. Fortress

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