Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Social Science - History Our Past. This page offers chapter-wise solutions designed to help students grasp key concepts easily. With detailed answers and explanations for each chapter, students can strengthen their understanding and prepare confidently for exams. Ideal for CBSE and other board students, this resource will simplify your study experience.
- Chapter 1 What, Where, How and When?
- Chapter 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food
- Chapter 3 In the Earliest Cities
- Chapter 4 What Books and Burails Tell Us
- Chapter 5 Kingdoms, King and an Early Republic
- Chapter 6 New Questions and Ideas
- Chapter 7 Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War
- Chapter 8 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns
- Chapter 9 Traders, Kings and Pilgrims
- Chapter 10 New Empires and Kingdoms
- Chapter 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books
Popular Questions of Class 6 Social Science - History Our Past
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Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?
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Read the story on page 122. In what ways is the monkey king similar to or different from the kings you read about in Chapters 5 and 10?
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What kind of evidence from burials do archaeologists use to find out whether there were social differences amongst those who were buried?
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Match the following:
Narmada Valley The first big kingdom
Magadha Hunting and gathering
Garo hills Cities about 2500 years ago
Indus and its tributaries Early agriculture
Ganga Valley The first cities - Q:-
Why did kings want to control the Silk Route?
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What were the new administrative arrangements during this period?
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Fill in the blanks:
(a) ———————— was a word used for large landowners in Tamil.
(b) The gramabhojaka often got his land cultivated by the ————————
(c) Ploughmen were known as ———————— in Tamil.
(d) Most grihapatis were ———————— landowners. - Q:-
What changes do you find in the army at this time?
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What were the means adopted by Ashoka to spread the message of dhamma?
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Match the following
Stupa Place where the image of the deity is installedShikhara Mound
Mandapa Circular path around the stupaGarbhagriha Place in temples where people could assemble
Pradakshina patha Tower
Recently Viewed Questions of Class 6 Social Science - History Our Past
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Read the story on page 122. In what ways is the monkey king similar to or different from the kings you read about in Chapters 5 and 10?
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Why were metals, writing, the wheel, and the plough important for the Harappans?
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Do you think ordinary people would have read and understood the prashastis? Give reasons for your answer.
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List 3 ways in which the lives of farmers and herders would have been different from that of hunter-gatherers.
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Why do archaeologists think that many people who lived in Mehrgarh were hunters to start with and that herding became more important later?
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What were the main features of Bhakti?
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List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire (see page 15). Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?
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What were the questions that Upanishadic thinkers wanted to answer?
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Why did the hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?
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Match the following:
Narmada Valley The first big kingdom
Magadha Hunting and gathering
Garo hills Cities about 2500 years ago
Indus and its tributaries Early agriculture
Ganga Valley The first cities