Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 1 — Chapter 1: History - An Introduction
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does history study? [1]
(A) Past events, people and societies
(B) Only future events
(C) Only present events
(D) Nothing specific
2. What do historians study as evidence? [1]
(A) Artefacts, documents and buildings
(B) Only modern technology
(C) Only photographs
(D) Nothing
3. What are the periods of history? [1]
(A) Prehistoric, ancient, medieval, modern
(B) Only ancient and modern
(C) Only one period exists
(D) No periods exist
4. What does studying history help us do? [1]
(A) Learn from past mistakes and achievements
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only memorise dates
(D) Ignore the past
5. What is a primary source? [1]
(A) An original document or object
(B) A book about the past
(C) A modern textbook
(D) A movie about history
6. What is a secondary source? [1]
(A) A book written about the past
(B) An original artefact
(C) A primary document
(D) Nothing specific
7. Why is history important? [1]
(A) It helps us understand how the world came to be
(B) It has no importance
(C) Only for memorising facts
(D) It's not useful
8. What period comes before writing was invented? [1]
(A) Prehistoric
(B) Modern
(C) Medieval
(D) Ancient
9. What does history study? [1]
(A) Past events, people and societies
(B) Only future events
(C) Only present events
(D) Nothing specific
10. What do historians study as evidence? [1]
(A) Artefacts, documents and buildings
(B) Only modern technology
(C) Only photographs
(D) Nothing
11. What are the periods of history? [1]
(A) Prehistoric, ancient, medieval, modern
(B) Only ancient and modern
(C) Only one period exists
(D) No periods exist
12. What does studying history help us do? [1]
(A) Learn from past mistakes and achievements
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only memorise dates
(D) Ignore the past
13. What is a primary source? [1]
(A) An original document or object
(B) A book about the past
(C) A modern textbook
(D) A movie about history
14. What is a secondary source? [1]
(A) A book written about the past
(B) An original artefact
(C) A primary document
(D) Nothing specific
15. Why is history important? [1]
(A) It helps us understand how the world came to be
(B) It has no importance
(C) Only for memorising facts
(D) It's not useful
16. What period comes before writing was invented? [1]
(A) Prehistoric
(B) Modern
(C) Medieval
(D) Ancient