Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 5 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 2 — Chapter 2: History and the Concept of 'Time'
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is a century? [1]
(A) 100 years
(B) 10 years
(C) 1000 years
(D) 50 years
2. What does chronology mean? [1]
(A) Arranging events in order they occurred
(B) Random ordering of events
(C) Ignoring the order of events
(D) Only recent events
3. What are historical periods called? [1]
(A) Eras
(B) Only years
(C) Only months
(D) Only weeks
4. What is an example of a historical era? [1]
(A) Ancient period
(B) Only today
(C) Only tomorrow
(D) Only this year
5. Why do historians use chronology? [1]
(A) To understand historical sequence
(B) To confuse events
(C) No reason
(D) To ignore the past
6. What helps us see how far back events happened? [1]
(A) Understanding time concepts in history
(B) Ignoring dates
(C) Random guessing
(D) Nothing helps
7. What comes after the ancient period in a typical era division? [1]
(A) Medieval period
(B) Only modern period directly
(C) No specific order
(D) Nothing comes after
8. Why learn about time in history? [1]
(A) To organise and understand when events happened
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What is a century? [1]
(A) 100 years
(B) 10 years
(C) 1000 years
(D) 50 years
10. What does chronology mean? [1]
(A) Arranging events in order they occurred
(B) Random ordering of events
(C) Ignoring the order of events
(D) Only recent events
11. What are historical periods called? [1]
(A) Eras
(B) Only years
(C) Only months
(D) Only weeks
12. What is an example of a historical era? [1]
(A) Ancient period
(B) Only today
(C) Only tomorrow
(D) Only this year
13. Why do historians use chronology? [1]
(A) To understand historical sequence
(B) To confuse events
(C) No reason
(D) To ignore the past
14. What helps us see how far back events happened? [1]
(A) Understanding time concepts in history
(B) Ignoring dates
(C) Random guessing
(D) Nothing helps
15. What comes after the ancient period in a typical era division? [1]
(A) Medieval period
(B) Only modern period directly
(C) No specific order
(D) Nothing comes after
16. Why learn about time in history? [1]
(A) To organise and understand when events happened
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests