1.
Yes, the past was different for different groups of people. For example, the lives of herders or farmers were different from those of kings and queens, the lives of merchants were different from those of crafts persons, and so on. Also, as is true even today, people followed different practices and customs in different parts of the country. For example, today most people living in the Andaman Islands get their own food by fishing, hunting, and collecting forest produce. By contrast, most people living in cities depend on others for supplies of food. Differences such as these existed in the past as well.
2.
Option A
3.
People have lived along the banks of this river for several hundred thousand years. Some of the earliest people who lived here were skilled gatherers, that is, people who gathered their food. They knew about the vast wealth of plants in the surrounding forests, and collected roots, fruits and other forest produce for their food. They also hunted animals.
4.
Option B
5.
Archaeologists study objects that were made or used in the Past. They study the remains of buildings made of stone and brick, paintings and sculpture. They also explore and excavate (dig under the surface of the earth) to find tools, weapons, pots, pans, ornaments and coins. Archaeologists also look for bones — of animals,
birds, and fish — to find out what people ate in the
past.
6.
There are several things we can find out — what
people ate, the kinds of clothes they wore, the
houses in which they lived. We can find out about
the lives of hunters, herders, farmers, rulers,
merchants, priests, craftspersons, artists,
musicians, and scientists. We can also find out
about the games children played, the stories they
heard, the plays they saw, the songs they sang.
7.
Option A
8.
Option A
9.
To find about yesterday you could listen to the radio, watch television or read a newspaper.
10.
Archaeologists study objects that were made or used in the Past. They study the remains of buildings made of stone and brick, paintings and sculpture. They also explore and excavate (dig under the surface of the earth) to find tools, weapons, pots, pans, ornaments and coins. Archaeologists also look for bones — of animals,
birds, and fish — to find out what people ate in the
past.
11.
When we read what is written, or speak, we use a language.
12.
Option A
13.
Option D
14.
When we write anything, we use a script. Scripts consist of letters or signs.
15.
There are several things we can find out — what
people ate, the kinds of clothes they wore, the
houses in which they lived. We can find out about
the lives of hunters, herders, farmers, rulers,
merchants, priests, craftspersons, artists,
musicians, and scientists. We can also find out
about the games children played, the stories they
heard, the plays they saw, the songs they sang.
16.
Option A
17.
To find about yesterday you could listen to the radio, watch television or read a newspaper.
18.
People from across the frontiers came into the subcontinent and settled here. These movements of people enriched our cultural traditions. People have shared new ways of carving stone, composing music, and even cooking food over several hundreds of years.
19.
When we write anything, we use a script. Scripts consist of letters or signs.
20.
About 4700 years ago, some of the
earliest cities flourished on the banks of Indus and its tributary rivers. Later, about 2500 years ago, cities developed on the banks of the Ganga and its
tributaries, and along the sea coasts.
