Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 1 — Chapter 1: What is History?
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 evidence do historians use? [1]
(A) Documents, artefacts, monuments
(B) Only guesses
(C) Only imagination
(D) Nothing specific
3. Who studies history carefully? [1]
(A) Historians
(B) Only scientists
(C) Only doctors
(D) No one studies it
4. What does learning history help us understand? [1]
(A) How civilizations developed
(B) Only maths formulas
(C) Only scientific facts
(D) Nothing useful
5. What is history more about than just dates? [1]
(A) Cause and effect
(B) Only memorisation
(C) Nothing else matters
(D) Only names
6. How does the past relate to the present? [1]
(A) Past events shape the present
(B) They are unrelated
(C) The past has no effect
(D) Only the future matters
7. What is an example of historical evidence? [1]
(A) An ancient artefact
(B) A modern smartphone
(C) A weather forecast
(D) A maths equation
8. Why learn about history? [1]
(A) To understand the past and its lessons
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
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 evidence do historians use? [1]
(A) Documents, artefacts, monuments
(B) Only guesses
(C) Only imagination
(D) Nothing specific
11. Who studies history carefully? [1]
(A) Historians
(B) Only scientists
(C) Only doctors
(D) No one studies it
12. What does learning history help us understand? [1]
(A) How civilizations developed
(B) Only maths formulas
(C) Only scientific facts
(D) Nothing useful
13. What is history more about than just dates? [1]
(A) Cause and effect
(B) Only memorisation
(C) Nothing else matters
(D) Only names
14. How does the past relate to the present? [1]
(A) Past events shape the present
(B) They are unrelated
(C) The past has no effect
(D) Only the future matters
15. What is an example of historical evidence? [1]
(A) An ancient artefact
(B) A modern smartphone
(C) A weather forecast
(D) A maths equation
16. Why learn about history? [1]
(A) To understand the past and its lessons
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests