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MCQs- India, That is Bharat-Class 6-Social Science

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NCERT Solutions 

Chapter 5 - India, That is Bharat 

Class - 6 
Subject-Social Science 

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Topic 1: Names and Definitions of India (MCQs)

  1. What is the ancient term used in the Ṛig Veda to describe the land of seven rivers?
    a) Bhāratavarṣha
    b) Sapta Sindhava
    c) Jambudvīpa
    d) Hindustān
    Answer: b) Sapta Sindhava

  2. What does “Bhāratavarṣha” mean?
    a) Land of the seven rivers
    b) Country of the Bharatas
    c) Island of the jamun tree
    d) Land of spices
    Answer: b) Country of the Bharatas

  3. What is “Jambudvīpa”?
    a) Land of seven rivers
    b) Island of the jamun tree
    c) A kingdom in southern India
    d) A Persian name for India
    Answer: b) Island of the jamun tree

  4. Which ancient text mentions Bhāratavarṣha?
    a) The Ṛig Veda
    b) The Mahābhārata
    c) The Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
    d) All of the above
    Answer: d) All of the above

  5. What phrase is used in the Indian Constitution to describe the country?
    a) Hindustān
    b) India, that is Bharat
    c) Sapta Sindhava
    d) Indoi
    Answer: b) India, that is Bharat

  6. Who first used the name “Hindustān”?
    a) Persians
    b) Greeks
    c) Chinese
    d) Indians
    Answer: a) Persians

  7. How did ancient Greeks refer to India?
    a) Sapta Sindhava
    b) Hindustān
    c) Indoi or Indike
    d) Yindu
    Answer: c) Indoi or Indike

  8. The ancient Chinese referred to India as:
    a) Yindu
    b) Hind
    c) Tianzhu
    d) Both a and c
    Answer: d) Both a and c

  9. What does “Tianzhu” mean in Chinese?
    a) Heavenly master
    b) Land of rivers
    c) Land of spices
    d) Great empire
    Answer: a) Heavenly master

  10. The term “Jambudvīpa” was used by which emperor to describe India?
    a) Akbar
    b) Aśoka
    c) Chandragupta Maurya
    d) Harsha
    Answer: b) Aśoka

  11. What does the Viṣhṇu Purāṇa say about Bhāratavarṣha?
    a) It is the land north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains
    b) It is the land of spices
    c) It is the island of the jamun tree
    d) It is the land of kings
    Answer: a) It is the land north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains

  12. What were India’s natural boundaries mentioned in the chapter?
    a) Oceans and deserts
    b) Himalayas and seas
    c) Forests and rivers
    d) Plateaus and plains
    Answer: b) Himalayas and seas

  13. Which Persian word evolved into “Hindu”?
    a) Sindhu
    b) Sapta
    c) Indoi
    d) Tianzhu
    Answer: a) Sindhu

  14. Which name did ancient Tamil literature use to describe India?
    a) Jambudvīpa
    b) Kumari Kandam
    c) Bhārata
    d) None of the above
    Answer: b) Kumari Kandam

  15. How long did Xuanzang stay in India?
    a) 10 years
    b) 17 years
    c) 20 years
    d) 5 years
    Answer: b) 17 years

Topic 2: Foreign Interactions and Names (MCQs)

  1. Who were the first foreigners to refer to India as “Hind”?
    a) Greeks
    b) Persians
    c) Chinese
    d) Arabs
    Answer: b) Persians

  2. What does “Indoi” mean in Greek?
    a) Land of seven rivers
    b) Land of the Indus
    c) Heavenly master
    d) Island of spices
    Answer: b) Land of the Indus

  3. What did the Arabs call India?
    a) Bharat
    b) Hind
    c) Sapta Sindhava
    d) Jambudvīpa
    Answer: b) Hind

  4. What did ancient Latin texts call India?
    a) Hindustān
    b) Inde
    c) India
    d) Indus
    Answer: c) India

  5. Which term reflects the Chinese respect for India as the land of Buddhism?
    a) Tianzhu
    b) Yindu
    c) Indike
    d) Hind
    Answer: a) Tianzhu

True/False Questions

  1. The Ṛig Veda refers to the entire geography of India.
    False

  2. Bhāratavarṣha means the land of the Bharatas.
    True

  3. Aśoka used the term “Jambudvīpa” for India.
    True

  4. Hindustān first appeared in a Greek inscription.
    False

  5. Xuanzang translated Buddhist texts from Sanskrit to Chinese.
    True

  6. The ancient Greeks dropped the ‘h’ from the Persian word “Hindhu” because their language didn’t have it.
    True

  7. “Tianzhu” means “island of spices” in Chinese.
    False

  8. The Mahābhārata lists regions like Kashmir, Kutch, and Kerala.
    True

  9. The Viṣhṇu Purāṇa refers to India as “Jambudvīpa.”
    False

  10. Foreign invaders commonly used the term “Bhārata” to describe India.
    False

Match the Following

               Column A          |        Column B

  1. Bhāratavarṣha          |       a) Island of the jamun tree
  2. Sapta Sindhava        |       b) Persian term for India
  3. Jambudvīpa              |       c) Land of seven rivers
  4. Tianzhu                    |       d) Land of the Bharatas
  5. Hindustān                 |       e) Heavenly master

Answers:   1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-e, 5-b


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