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Exercises — India, That Is Bharat

🎓 Class 6 Social Science CBSE Theory Ch 5 — India, That Is Bharat ⏱ ~15 min
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Chapter Exercises

NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond | Chapter 5: India, That Is Bharat

NCERT Textbook Exercises

Q1. Discuss the Opening Quotation

Sri Aurobindo wrote about India's early spiritual and cultural unity. What could this mean for a land so geographically and culturally diverse?

Q4. Why Did Travellers Come to India?

🎲 NCERT Exercise -- True or False (Q2)
True or False
The Rig Veda describes the entire geography of India.
False
The Rig Veda mainly describes the northwest region ('Sapta Sindhava').
The Vishnu Purana describes the entire Subcontinent.
True
In Ashoka's time, 'Jambudvipa' included India, parts of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
True
The Mahabharata lists regions including Kashmir, Kutch, and Kerala.
True
The term 'Hindustan' first appeared in a Greek inscription more than 2,000 years ago.
False
'Hindustan' first appeared in a Persian inscription about 1,800 years ago.
In ancient Persian, 'Hindu' refers to the Hindu religion.
False
In ancient Persian, 'Hindu' was purely geographical.
'Bharata' is a name given to India by foreign travellers.
False
'Bharata' is indigenous, originating from ancient Indian texts.
Match the Following
Sapta Sindhava
⟶
Land of seven rivers (Rig Veda)
Bharatavarsha
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Country of the Bharatas (Mahabharata)
Tianzhu
⟶
Chinese name meaning 'heavenly master'
Inde
⟶
French name for India
Creative / Open-Ended
✎NCERT Q3: If you were born some 2,000 years ago and had the chance to name our country, what name or names might you have chosen, and why?
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Practice Competency-Based Questions

Scenario: A museum is creating an exhibition called 'A Thousand Names for One Land'. They want to display the journey of India's name from ancient Sanskrit through Persian, Greek, Chinese, to the modern Constitution.
Q1. What is the correct chronological order of how India's name evolved?
L2 Understand
  • (A) Hindu → Sindhu → Indoi → India
  • (B) Sindhu → Hindu → Indoi → India
  • (C) Indoi → Sindhu → Hindu → India
  • (D) India → Indoi → Hindu → Sindhu
Q2. Why did Greeks drop the 'h' from 'Hindu'?
L3 Apply
Q3. Analyse why the Constitution uses both 'India' and 'Bharat' in its opening line.
L4 Analyse
Creative Q. Design one display panel for the museum exhibition, including a title, description, and visual element.
L6 Create

Names of India by Origin

L4 Analyse

Chapter 5: India, That Is Bharat -- All Parts

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the important questions in NCERT Class 6 History Chapter 5?

NCERT Class 6 History Chapter 5 includes multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, long answer questions, and competency-based questions (CBQ). Students should focus on key concepts, definitions, and application-based reasoning from the chapter for thorough exam preparation.

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What is the marking scheme for Class 6 History in CBSE?

The CBSE marking scheme for Class 6 History typically includes 1-mark MCQs, 3-mark short answer questions, and 5-mark long answer questions. Competency-based questions (CBQ) involving case studies and data interpretation are also included as per NEP 2020 guidelines.

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Chapter 5 of Class 6 History typically features objective-type MCQs, assertion-reason questions, short descriptive answers, map-based or diagram questions, and case-study based CBQ questions testing analysis and evaluation skills.

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