India That Is Bharat Class 6 MCQ
The quote at the beginning of the chapter is by
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Sri Aurobindo
d) Swami Vivekananda
Answer: c) Sri Aurobindo
The word ‘Sindhava’ in the Rig Veda comes from the word
a) Sindhu
b) Sindu
c) Hindu
d) Indus
Answer: a) Sindhu
The Rig Veda refers to the northwest region as
a) Bharatvarsha
b) Jambudvipa
c) Sapta Sindhava
d) Hindustan
Answer: c) Sapta Sindhava
The word ‘Bhārata’ means
a) Land of the Seven Rivers
b) Country of the Bharatas
c) Land of the Buddha
d) Island of the Jamun Tree
Answer: b) Country of the Bharatas
The term ‘Jambudvīpa’ means
a) Island of the Jamun tree
b) Land of Kings
c) Mountain Region
d) Northern Plain
Answer: a) Island of the Jamun tree
Emperor Ashoka ruled around
a) 250 CE
b) 250 BCE
c) 500 BCE
d) 100 CE
Answer: b) 250 BCE
The Viṣhṇu Purāṇa describes Bharat as the land
a) Between two oceans
b) North of the ocean and south of the Himalayas
c) East of the Ganga
d) Around the Indus
Answer: b) North of the ocean and south of the Himalayas
The Constitution of India begins with the phrase
a) Bharat, that is India
b) India, that is Bharat
c) Hindustan, that is India
d) Jambudvipa, that is Bharat
Answer: b) India, that is Bharat
The Persian word ‘Hindu’ came from
a) Yamuna
b) Himalaya
c) Sindhu
d) Ganga
Answer: c) Sindhu
The Greek term ‘Indoi’ or ‘Indike’ came from
a) Bharat
b) Sindhu → Hindu
c) Himalaya
d) Persia
Answer: b) Sindhu → Hindu
In ancient Persian, the word ‘Hindu’ referred to
a) A religion
b) A river
c) A region
d) A community
Answer: c) A region
The Chinese called India
a) Indike
b) Yindu or Yintu
c) Bharatam
d) Hindustan
Answer: b) Yindu or Yintu
The word ‘Tianzhu’ was used by
a) Persians
b) Chinese
c) Greeks
d) Romans
Answer: b) Chinese
