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Question: What is meant by advertising? Answer:  Advertising is the process of publicising a product or service by drawing people’s  attention to the product. Advertisements focus on all the good points of the product to make it appear as attractive as possible so that people are tempted to buy it. …

Question: Where can evidence of trade be found? Answer: Evidence of trade can be found in the Sangam poems. Question: What was South India famous for? Answer: It was famous for items like gold and precious stones and spices like pepper. Question: How can you say that Rome had a …

Question: Name two famous works of Persian literature and their authors from Medieval India. Answer: The historian Barani, wrote the Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi and Abdul Fazl wrote the biography of Akbar Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari. Question: What was the language and dialect of the book Padmavat? What was its theme? Answer: Malik …

Question: Where were some of the largest collections of iron tools found? Answer: These were found in the megalithic burials. Question: What was the use of iron tools? Answer: Iron tools were used for clearing forests. Question: What did irrigation works include? Answer: Irrigation works included canals, wells, tanks and artificial lakes. Question: …

Question: Who was Chanakya? Answer: Chanakya (or Kauṭilya) was a wise man who served Chandragupta Maurya. Question: Who lived in the Mauryan cities? Answer: Merchants, officials and crafts persons lived in Mauryan cities. Question: Giue one point of difference between empires and kingdoms. Answer: Empires need more resources than kingdoms …

Question: What was the atm of the thinkers in the society? Answer: The thinkers wanted to understand the ongoing changes in the society and try to find out the true meaning of life. Question: What did the Buddha do after his enlightenment? Answer: The Buddha went to Sarnath and taught …

Question: Name the four Vedas. Answer: The four Vedas are: Rigveda Samaveda Yajurveda Atharvaveda Question: In what language has the Rigveda been composed? Answer: The Rigveda is in Vedic Sanskrit. Question: What were the various purposes of fighting battles as depicted by the Rigveda? Answer: Battles were fought for cattle, …

Question: Name a ritual used to recognize someone as a ‘raja’. Answer: ‘Ashvamedha’ was one ritual used to recognize kings. Question: Which category of people was excluded from the rituals? Answer: The ‘shudras’ were excluded from rituals. Question: Name two ‘janapadas’ in North India. Answer: Hastinapura and Atranjikhera Question: How …

Question: When and how was the site of Harappa first encountered? Answer: Around a hundred and fifty years ago, when railway lines were being laid in Punjab, engineers stumbled upon the site of Harappa. Question: How old are Harappa cities believed to be? Answer: Harappa and other such cities are …

Question: Why do farmers grow some crops in some areas and not in other areas? Answer: Farmers do this because different plants grow in different conditions. Question: Which was the first animal to he tamed? Answer: The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the dog. Question: Which …