CHAPTER 4: TIMELINE AND SOURCES OF HISTORY
1. What is history?
A. The study of the human past
B. The study of planets only
C. The study of plants
D. The study of weather
Answer: A. The study of the human past
2. Which institution preserves objects from the past, such as statues, coins and ornaments?
A. Hospital
B. Museum
C. Railway station
D. Factory
Answer: B. Museum
3. What do geologists study?
A. Ancient languages only
B. Human societies only
C. Physical features of the Earth
D. Coins and ornaments only
Answer: C. Physical features of the Earth
4. Who studies fossils of plants, animals and humans from millions of years ago?
A. Historians
B. Geologists
C. Archaeologists
D. Palaeontologists
Answer: D. Palaeontologists
5. Who studies human societies and cultures from the oldest times to the present?
A. Anthropologists
B. Geologists
C. Astronomers
D. Engineers
Answer: A. Anthropologists
6. Who studies the past by digging up remains left behind by people, plants and animals?
A. Palaeontologists
B. Archaeologists
C. Geologists
D. Meteorologists
Answer: B. Archaeologists
7. What are fossils?
A. Modern machines
B. Written records of kings only
C. Preserved impressions or remains of plants and animals found in soil or rocks
D. Newly made ornaments
Answer: C. Preserved impressions or remains of plants and animals found in soil or rocks
8. What is an era?
A. A period of ten years
B. A period of one hundred years
C. A period of one thousand years
D. A distinct period of time
Answer: D. A distinct period of time
9. Which calendar is commonly used worldwide today?
A. Gregorian calendar
B. Only the Chinese calendar
C. Only the Hindu calendar
D. Only the Jewish calendar
Answer: A. Gregorian calendar
10. How many months does the Gregorian calendar have?
A. Ten
B. Twelve
C. Thirteen
D. Fourteen
Answer: B. Twelve
11. How many days does a common year in the Gregorian calendar have?
A. 360 days
B. 364 days
C. 365 days
D. 366 days
Answer: C. 365 days
12. What does CE stand for?
A. Calendar Era
B. Common Event
C. Christian Event
D. Common Era
Answer: D. Common Era
13. What does BCE stand for?
A. Before Common Era
B. Before Calendar Ends
C. Beginning of Common Era
D. British Common Era
Answer: A. Before Common Era
14. Which year is given in the chapter as an example of a date that can be written as 1947 AD or 1947 CE?
A. 1857
B. 1947
C. 2000
D. 2024
Answer: B. 1947
15. According to the chapter, approximately in which year was Gautama Buddha born?
A. 1947 CE
B. 560 CE
C. 560 BCE
D. 100 BCE
Answer: C. 560 BCE
16. What is a timeline?
A. A map showing mountains
B. A list of geographical features
C. A collection of coins
D. A tool that shows a sequence of dates and events
Answer: D. A tool that shows a sequence of dates and events
17. What is the main use of a timeline in history?
A. To understand the order of historical events
B. To measure the height of mountains
C. To identify types of soil
D. To predict daily weather
Answer: A. To understand the order of historical events
18. Which event occurred earlier according to the timeline discussed in the chapter?
A. The birth of Jesus
B. The birth of Buddha
C. Both occurred in the same year
D. Neither event can be placed on a timeline
Answer: B. The birth of Buddha
19. What is a decade?
A. A period of five years
B. A period of one hundred years
C. A period of ten years
D. A period of one thousand years
Answer: C. A period of ten years
20. How many years are there in a century?
A. 10 years
B. 50 years
C. 1,000 years
D. 100 years
Answer: D. 100 years
21. Which years make up the 21st century CE?
A. 2001 to 2100
B. 1901 to 2000
C. 2000 to 2099
D. 2101 to 2200
Answer: A. 2001 to 2100
22. Which years are included in the 3rd century BCE?
A. 300 BCE to 101 BCE
B. 300 BCE to 201 BCE
C. 301 BCE to 200 BCE
D. 200 BCE to 101 BCE
Answer: B. 300 BCE to 201 BCE
23. What is a millennium?
A. A period of ten years
B. A period of one hundred years
C. A period of one thousand years
D. A period of ten thousand years
Answer: C. A period of one thousand years
24. When did the 3rd millennium CE begin?
A. 1901 CE
B. 2000 CE
C. 2024 CE
D. 2001 CE
Answer: D. 2001 CE
25. Which statement about the Gregorian calendar is correct?
A. There is no year zero between 1 BCE and 1 CE
B. Year zero comes between 1 BCE and 1 CE
C. Every year has exactly 360 days
D. It has thirteen months
Answer: A. There is no year zero between 1 BCE and 1 CE
26. How many years passed between 2 BCE and 2 CE, according to the chapter’s calculation?
A. Four years
B. Three years
C. Two years
D. Five years
Answer: B. Three years
27. Which of the following is an example of an archaeological source?
A. A weather forecast
B. A modern advertisement
C. An ancient coin
D. A current timetable
Answer: C. An ancient coin
28. What is a source of history?
A. A prediction about the future
B. A fictional story with no historical information
C. A modern invention only
D. A place, person, text or object from which information about the past is gathered
Answer: D. A place, person, text or object from which information about the past is gathered
29. Which of the following is an example of an oral source of history?
A. Folklore
B. A stone tool
C. A coin
D. A monument
Answer: A. Folklore
30. Which of the following is an example of a literary source?
A. A mound
B. A historical text
C. An animal bone
D. A stone axe
Answer: B. A historical text
31. Which of the following belongs to artistic sources of history?
A. Groundwater
B. A river valley
C. Paintings
D. A mountain range
Answer: C. Paintings
32. Who studies ancient inscriptions?
A. Geologists
B. Palaeontologists
C. Zoologists
D. Epigraphists
Answer: D. Epigraphists
33. Why do historians consult many sources?
A. To gather information and reconstruct the past more reliably
B. To avoid studying historical evidence
C. To replace all old records with new stories
D. To study only one person’s opinion
Answer: A. To gather information and reconstruct the past more reliably
34. What should historians do when different sources provide contradictory information?
A. Ignore every source
B. Decide which source can be trusted more
C. Accept every statement as equally correct
D. Stop studying the topic
Answer: B. Decide which source can be trusted more
35. Which source can be especially useful when studying recent history from the last few decades?
A. Only fossils
B. Only ancient tools
C. Electronic media, such as television and the internet
D. Only prehistoric rock paintings
Answer: C. Electronic media, such as television and the internet
36. For approximately how long have modern humans, Homo sapiens, walked the planet?
A. 3,000 years
B. 30,000 years
C. 3 million years
D. 300,000 years
Answer: D. 300,000 years
37. How did early humans mainly obtain food?
A. By hunting animals and gathering edible plants and fruits
B. By buying food from shops
C. By growing crops using modern machinery
D. By importing food from other countries
Answer: A. By hunting animals and gathering edible plants and fruits
38. In what places did early human groups live?
A. Only in large cities
B. Temporary camps, rock shelters or caves
C. Only in permanent stone houses
D. Only near the seacoast
Answer: B. Temporary camps, rock shelters or caves
39. Which of the following did early humans use to make their lives easier?
A. Computers
B. Motor vehicles
C. Stone axes, blades and arrowheads
D. Electric machines
Answer: C. Stone axes, blades and arrowheads
40. What do rock paintings help us understand?
A. Modern transport systems
B. Today’s computer technology
C. The exact population of every ancient settlement
D. Some activities and aspects of early human life
Answer: D. Some activities and aspects of early human life
41. What is an Ice Age?
A. A period when much of the Earth was very cold and covered with ice
B. A period when the entire Earth was covered with forests
C. A period without any rivers
D. A period when humans lived only in cities
Answer: A. A period when much of the Earth was very cold and covered with ice
42. Approximately when did the last Ice Age end, according to the chapter?
A. 100,000 years ago
B. Around 12,000 years ago
C. 300,000 years ago
D. Around 1,000 years ago
Answer: B. Around 12,000 years ago
43. What happened when the climate warmed after the last Ice Age?
A. All rivers disappeared
B. The oceans dried up
C. Some ice melted and the resulting waters swelled rivers
D. All human settlements disappeared permanently
Answer: C. Some ice melted and the resulting waters swelled rivers
44. What did many human communities begin doing as living conditions improved?
A. Abandoning all tools
B. Moving only into deserts
C. Stopping food production
D. Settling down and cultivating cereals and grains
Answer: D. Settling down and cultivating cereals and grains
45. Which animals are mentioned as being domesticated by early communities?
A. Cattle and goats
B. Lions and tigers
C. Sharks and whales
D. Eagles and falcons
Answer: A. Cattle and goats
46. Why did many early communities settle near rivers?
A. Rivers prevented all natural disasters
B. Rivers provided water and nearby soil was often more fertile
C. Rivers contained no living organisms
D. Rivers made farming unnecessary
Answer: B. Rivers provided water and nearby soil was often more fertile
47. What was a chieftain responsible for?
A. Building modern factories
B. Conducting scientific experiments
C. The well-being of the community
D. Controlling ocean currents
Answer: C. The well-being of the community
48. What is a hamlet?
A. A large continent
B. A mountain summit
C. A type of historical calendar
D. A small settlement or small village
Answer: D. A small settlement or small village
49. Which metal was used before iron, according to the chapter?
A. Copper
B. Aluminium
C. Platinum
D. Titanium
Answer: A. Copper
50. How did early human settlements gradually develop over time?
A. Towns changed into temporary camps only
B. Hamlets grew into villages, and some villages developed into small towns
C. All villages disappeared before towns formed
D. Settlements remained unchanged throughout history
Answer: B. Hamlets grew into villages, and some villages developed into small towns
