Question 1

Question 1: In the past, what materials were used for writing?

Accepted Answer

In the past, materials like potsherds, unbaked bricks, bark of birch trees and copper plates were used for writing.

Question 2

Question 2: What information is obtained from Vedic literature?

Accepted Answer

We come to know of life of man and ancient Indian History from the Vedic literature.

Question 3

Question 3: Which literature is preserved by oral tradition?

Accepted Answer

Owis, folk songs, folk tales and similar literature is preserved by oral tradition.

Question 4

Question 1: A number of objects used by our ancestors still _____. (a) exist (b) diminish (c) exhausted

Accepted Answer

exist

Question 5

Question 2: ______ can also be learnt through customs and traditions, folk arts, folk literature as well as historical documents. (a) Science (b) History (c) Astrology

Accepted Answer

History

Question 6

Question 3: ______ used by human in the past, provide us with valuable information about life in the ancient times. (a) Clothes (b) Cows (c) Artefacts

Accepted Answer

Artefacts

Question 7

Question 4: The ornaments and other artefacts throw light on ______ interaction. (a) political (b) social (c) historical

Accepted Answer

social

Question 8

Question 5: We get information about the __________ of the people from the remains of foodgrains, seeds and bones of animals found in excavations. (a) diet (b) health (c) illness

Accepted Answer

diet

Question 9

Question 6: Artefacts, articles, monuments or their ruins are called the ______ ‘sources’ of history. (a) oral (b) written (c) material

Accepted Answer

material

Question 10

Question 7: The Stone Age people have recorded many events and expressed their _______ in paintings on rocks. (a) emotions (b) opinion (c) views

Accepted Answer

emotions

Question 11

Question 8: In the beginning, man wrote on potsherds, unbaked bricks using ________ objects. (a) blunt (b) pointed (c) zigzag

Accepted Answer

pointed

Question 12

Question 9: Man began to record the _______ that took place around him. (a) competitions (b) points (c) events

Accepted Answer

events

Question 13

Question 10: Many rulers had their orders, judicial decisions, donations, etc., inscribed on stone or _______. (a) gold-plates (b) copper-plates (c) press plates

Accepted Answer

copper-plates

Question 14

Question 11: ________ means writing sheets made from the bark of a birch tree. (a) Bhurjapatra (b) Paper (c) Book

Accepted Answer

Bhurjapatra

Question 15

Question 12: Birch trees are found in _______. (a) Jammu (b) Delhi (c) Kashmir

Accepted Answer

Kashmir

Question 16

Question 13: We learn about the Stone Age period of Indian history through _____ excavations. (a) physical (b) archaeological (c) astrological

Accepted Answer

archaeological

Question 17

Question 14: In the beginning, the vedas were not in the ________ form. (a) oral (b) written (c) material

Accepted Answer

written

Question 18

Question 15: The vedas and the post Vedic literature form an ______ source of ancient Indian History. (a) important (b) unimportant (c) written

Accepted Answer

important

Question 19

Question 1: What are ‘sources of History’?

Accepted Answer

History can be learnt through customs and traditions, folk arts, folk literature as well as historical documents. All these are known as ‘Sources of History’.

Question 20

Question 2: How are artefacts useful?

Accepted Answer

Artefacts are useful as they provide us with valuable information about life in the ancient times.

Question 21

Question 3: What are artefacts?

Accepted Answer

Things used by man in his day-to-day life are known as artefacts.

Question 22

Question 4: What throws light on the social interaction of ancient man?

Accepted Answer

The ornaments and other artefacts throw light on the social interaction of ancient man.

Question 23

Question 5: How do we get information about the diet of the ancient people?

Accepted Answer

We get information about the diet of the ancient people from the remains of foodgrains, seeds and bones of animals found in excavation.

Question 24

Question 6: What are ‘material sources’ of History?

Accepted Answer

Artefacts, articles, monuments or their ruins are called the ‘material sources’ of history.

Question 25

Question 7: What are copper-plates?

Accepted Answer

Copper plates are actual plates made of copper which the rulers used to inscribe their orders, judicial decisions, donations, etc.

Question 26

Question 8: What are ‘oral sources’ of history?

Accepted Answer

Owis, folk songs, folk tales and similar literature that is not written but passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth are oral sources of history.

Question 27

Question 9: How were vedas preserved before it was put in written form?

Accepted Answer

Before the vedas were written, the ancient Indian had developed the technique of memorizing and reciting them.

Question 28

Question 1: How did man record events before the art of writing?

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 29

Question 2: Write a short note on ‘written sources’ of history.

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 30

Question 3: Why should precautions be taken while writing history?

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Material sources	Written sources	Oral sources
pottery	copper-plate	folk tales
beads	travelogues	owis
stupa	inscriptions
coins	vedic literatures
	puranas

Column (A)	Column (B)
(1) Material(2) Written(3) Oral(4) Pillar inscriptions	(a) Upanishad(b) Folk tales(c) Coins(d) The vedas

Chapter 2 Sources of History Solutions