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CLASS 6 · SOCIAL STUDIES · CHAPTER 4

Timeline and Sources of History

Clear answers to the five end-of-chapter activities on historical sources, timelines, centuries, and research projects.

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Questions, activities and projects

Textbook pages 67–68

Question 1

Write the history of your family or village using the sources available to you. Ask your teacher for guidance.

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Choose a family or village story, collect sources, compare them, place events in order, and cite where each detail came from.

Answer

Answers vary; use reliable sources and identify them.

Question 2

Can historians be compared to detectives? Give reasons for your answer.

Steps only

Both collect and check clues to explain events; historians use historical sources and must account for gaps in evidence.

Answer

Yes, with this difference: historians reconstruct the past from sources that may be incomplete.

Question 3

(a) Place 323 CE, 323 BCE, 100 CE, 100 BCE, 1900 BCE, 1090 CE, and 2024 CE in chronological order. (b) If Chandragupta was born in 320 CE, which century was it, and how many years after the Buddha’s birth in 560 BCE was that? (c) Rani of Jhansi was born in 1828. Which century was it, and how many years before India’s Independence in 1947? (d) Turn ‘12,000 years ago’ into a date.

Steps only

(a) 1900 BCE → 323 BCE → 100 BCE → 100 CE → 323 CE → 1090 CE → 2024 CE. (b) 4th century; 879 years. (c) 19th century; 119 years before 1947. (d) About 9977 BCE, counting from 2024 CE.

Answer

Remember: there is no year zero, so a BCE-to-CE calculation subtracts 1.

Question 4

Plan a visit to a nearby museum. Research its exhibits first, take notes during the visit, and write a brief report about what was unexpected, interesting, or fun.

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Research the museum, note exhibit details during the visit, then write what you learned and what surprised you.

Answer

The report depends on the museum visited and the exhibits seen.

Question 5

Invite an archaeologist or historian to speak at your school about your region’s history and why it is important to know it.

Steps only

Work with a teacher to invite a local expert, prepare questions, take notes, and summarise the talk.

Answer

This activity is completed with your class and teacher.

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