Class 6 Social Science India That is Bharat MCQ
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What is the most ancient text that mentions the name ‘Sapta Sindhava’ for the northwest region of the Indian Subcontinent?
- a) Mahābhārata
- b) Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- c) Ṛig Veda
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: c) Ṛig Veda
Which text uses the terms ‘Bhāratavarṣha’ and ‘Jambudvīpa’ to refer to the entire Indian Subcontinent?
- a) Ṛig Veda
- b) Mahābhārata
- c) Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: b) Mahābhārata
According to the Viṣhṇu Purāṇa, the country that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called:
- a) Jambudvīpa
- b) Bhārata
- c) Hindustān
- d) Yintu
Answer: b) Bhārata
The name ‘Bhārata’ remains in use even today, and is written as:
- a) Bharata in north India, and Bharatam in south India
- b) Bharat in north India, and Bhārata in south India
- c) Bharata in both north and south India
- d) Bharat in north India, and Bharatam in south India
Answer: d) Bharat in north India, and Bharatam in south India
The Persian emperor who launched a military campaign and gained control of the region of the Indus River in the 6th century BCE was:
- a) Xerxes
- b) Cyrus the Great
- c) Darius I
- d) Cambyses
Answer: b) Cyrus the Great
The ancient Greeks named the region ‘Indoi’ or ‘Indike’ based on the Persian words:
- a) Hind and Hidu
- b) Sindhu and Hindu
- c) Yintu and Yindu
- d) Tianzhu and Hindustān
Answer: b) Sindhu and Hindu
The ancient Chinese referred to India as:
- a) Yintu and Yindu
- b) Tianzhu and Hindustān
- c) Indoi and Indike
- d) Hind and Hidu
Answer: a) Yintu and Yindu
The term ‘Hindustān’ was first used in a Persian inscription about:
- a) 500 years ago
- b) 1,800 years ago
- c) 2,000 years ago
- d) 2,500 years ago
Answer: b) 1,800 years ago
Which of the following terms was not used by ancient Indians to refer to the entire Indian Subcontinent?
- a) Bhāratavarṣha
- b) Jambudvīpa
- c) Sindhu
- d) Hindustān
Answer: d) Hindustān
The Constitution of India uses the phrase “India, that is Bharat” in:
- a) The Hindi version only
- b) The English version only
- c) Both the Hindi and English versions
- d) Neither the Hindi nor the English version
Answer: c) Both the Hindi and English versions
The term ‘Bharata’ first appears in:
- a) The Mahābhārata
- b) The Ṛig Veda
- c) The Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: b) The Ṛig Veda
The name ‘Jambudvīpa’ means:
- a) The country of the Bharatas
- b) The island of the fruit of the jamun tree
- c) The land of the seven rivers
- d) The heavenly master
Answer: b) The island of the fruit of the jamun tree
The name ‘Bhāratavarṣha’ means:
- a) The country of the Bharatas
- b) The island of the fruit of the jamun tree
- c) The land of the seven rivers
- d) The heavenly master
Answer: a) The country of the Bharatas
According to the chapter, which ancient text is generally agreed to have been written from a few centuries BCE onward?
- a) Ṛig Veda
- b) Mahābhārata
- c) Viṣhṇu Purāṇa
- d) Aśhoka’s inscriptions
Answer: b) Mahābhārata
The ancient Chinese scholar who traveled from China to India in the 7th century CE and collected Buddhist chapters is:
- a) Xuanzang
- b) Darius I
- c) Cyrus the Great
- d) Xerxes
Answer: a) Xuanzang
The term ‘Hindustān’ was first used in a Persian inscription about:
- a) 500 years ago
- b) 1,800 years ago
- c) 2,000 years ago
- d) 2,500 years ago
Answer: b) 1,800 years ago
According to the Viṣhṇu Purāṇa, the country that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called:
- a) Jambudvīpa
- b) Bhāratavarṣha
- c) Bhārata
- d) Tianzhu
Answer: c) Bhārata
