Time - 25 Minutes
Marks - 10
1. All the questions are compulsory.
2. Read the question paper carefully.
3. Marks are included against each question.
1. Answer in one sentence. (3 marks)
(1) In the past, what materials were used for writing?
(2) What information is obtained from Vedic literature?
(3) Which literature in preserved by oral tradition?
2. Classify the following sources as material, written and oral sources. (3 marks)
Copper-plate, folk tales, pottery, beads, travelogues, owis, inscriptions, Vedic literature, stupa, coin, Puranas
3. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option. (2 marks)
(i) All artefacts, articles, monuments or their ruins are called the ______ sources of history.
(a) written
(b) oral
(c) material
(d) old
(ii) ______ means writing sheets made from the bark of a birch tree.
(a) Birch
(b) Bhurjapatra
(c) Writing
(d) Owis
4. Fill in the blanks. (2 marks)
(i) It was only after thousands of years ago that man has learnt the art of _______.
(ii) The Stone Age people have recorded many events and expressed their emotions in _______ on rocks.