Ancient Civilisations Book Back Questions & Answers
Unit 2 > Social > Class 9 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium
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1. The earliest signs to denote words through pictures
a. Logographic
b. Pictographic
c. Ideographic
d. Stratigraphic
Correct answer: b. Pictographic
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2. The preservation process of dead body in ancient Egypt
a. Sarcophagus
b. Hyksos
c. Mummification
c. Polytheism
Correct answer: c. Mummification
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3. The Sumerian system of writing
a. Pictographic
b. Hieroglyphic
c. Sonogram
d. Cuneiform
Correct answer: d. Cuneiform
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4. The Harappans did not have the knowledge of
a. Gold and Elephant
b. Horse and Iron
c. Sheep and Silver
d. Ox and Platinum
Correct answer: b. Horse and Iron
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5. The Bronze image suggestive of the use of lost-wax process known to the Indus people
a. Jar
b. Priest king
c. Dancing girl
d. Bird
Correct answer: c. Dancing girl
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6. (i) The oldest civilisation in Mesopotamia belonged to the Akkadians. (ii) The Chinese developed the Hieroglyphic system. (iii) The Euphrates and Tigris drain into the Mannar Gulf. (iv) Hammurabi, the king of Babylon was a great law maker.
a. (i) is correct
b. (i) and (ii) are correct
c. (iii) is correct
d. (iv) is correct
Correct answer: d. (iv) is correct
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7. (i) Yangtze River is known as Sorrow of China. (ii) Wu-Ti constructed the Great Wall of China. (iii) Chinese invented gun powder. (iv) According to traditions Mencius was the founder of Taoism.
a. (i) is correct b.
b. (ii) is correct
c. (iii) is correct
d. (iii) and (iv) are correct
Correct answer: c. (iii) is correct
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8. What is the correct chronological order of four civilisations of Mesopotamia
a. Sumerians - Assyrians - Akkadians - Babylonians
b. Babylonians - Sumerians - Assyrians - Akkadians
c. Sumerians - Akkadians - Babylonians - Assyrians
d. Babylonians - Assyrians - Akkadians - Sumerians
Correct answer: c. Sumerians - Akkadians - Babylonians - Assyrians
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9. Assertion (A): Assyrians of Mesopotamian civilisation were contemporaries of Indus civilisation. Reason(R): The Documents of an Assyrian ruler refer to the ships from Meluha
a. A and R are correct and A explains R
b. A and R are correct but A doesnt explain R
c. A is incorrect but R is correct
d. BothA and R are incorrect
Correct answer: d. BothA and R are incorrect
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1. ____________ is a massive lime stone image of a lion with a human head.
Correct answer: Great Sphinx of Giza
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2. The early form of writing of the Egyptians is known as _______________.
Correct answer: Hieroglyphic
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3. ____________ specifies the Laws related to various crimes in ancient Babylonia.
Correct answer: Hammurabis Code
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4. _______________ was the master archive keeper of Chou state, according to traditions.
Correct answer: Lao Tze
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5. The _______________ figurines and paintings on the pottery from the sites suggest the artistic skills of the Harappans.
Correct answer: Terracotta
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1. Find out the correct statement
a. The Great Bath at Harappa is wellbuilt with several adjacent rooms.
b. The cuneiform inscriptions relate to the epic of Gilgamesh.
c. The terracotta figurines and dancing girl made of copper suggest the artistic skills of Egyptians
d. The Mesopotamians devised a solar calendar system.
Correct answer: b. The cuneiform inscriptions relate to the epic of Gilgamesh.
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2. Find out the correct statement
a. Amon was considered the king of god in ancient Egypt
b. The fortified Harappan city had the temples.
c. The great sphinx is a pyramid-shaped monument found in ancient Mesopotamia.
d. The invention of the potters wheel is credited to the Egyptians.
Correct answer: a. Amon was considered the king of god in ancient Egypt
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1. Pharaoh
Correct answer: The Egyptian king
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2. Papyrus
Correct answer: A kind of grass
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3. Great Law
Correct answer: Hammurabi
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4. Gilgamesh
Correct answer: The oldest written story on Earth
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5. The Great Bath
Correct answer: Mohenjo-Daro