India’s Cultural Roots Class 6 MCQ Questions Answers
Get NCERT Class 6 Social Science Chapter 7 ‘India’s Cultural Roots’ mcq questions and answers. We have included total 30 mcqs.
Topic |
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) |
Board |
NCERT |
Subject |
Social Science |
Book Title |
Exploring Society India and Beyond |
Multiple choice questions.
1.) What is a seeker?
a) Who seeks wealth
b) Who seeks to rule
c) Who seeks truth
d) Who seeks power
Answer –C
2.) Out of the following who was most likely to be a seeker?
a) Army general
b) Emperor
c) Soldiers
d) Saints
Answer – D
3.) What is the meaning of ‘Vid’?
a) Power
b) Knowledge
c) Truth
d) Value
Answer- B
4.) How many Vedas are there?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer – D
5.) Vedas consists of thousands of –
a) Hymns
b) Quotes
c) Paragraphs
d) Biographies
Answer – A
6.) Vedic hymns were composed by whom?
a) Rishis and rishikas
b) Kings and queens
c) Poets
d) None of the above
Answer – A
7.) Which organization recognized Vedic chanting as ‘a Masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity’.
a) WWF
b) UNESCO
c) UN
d) WHO
Answer – B
8.) In which language Vedic hymns were composed?
a) Sanskrit
b) Urdu
c) Persian
d) Mandarin
Answer – A
9.) What does Cosmos means in Vedas?
a) Universe in a large scale
b) The world or universe in a ordered and harmonious system.
c) The world and universe is a different system.
d) None of the above
Answer – B
10.) ‘United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’, is the full form of which organization?
a) UNECSO
b) UNES
c) UNESO
d) UNESCO
Answer – D
11.) What were janas?
a) Small group of people
b) Total number of people
c) Larger group of people
d) None of the above
Answer – C
12.) Which concept was introduced in Upanishads?
a) Rebirth and karma
b) Karma and knowledge
c) Science and karma
d) None of the above
Answer – A
13.) Which place was Siddhartha Gautama born?
a) Ayodha
b) Lumbini
c) Kurukshetra
d) None of the above
Answer – B
14.) Who is called an ascetic?
a) Who rules a kingdom.
b) Who is suffering from a disease.
c) Who goes through rigorous training for attaining higher conscience.
d) None of the above
Answer –C
15.) Siddhartha Gautama Buddha meditated under which tree?
a) Mango tree
b) Banyan tree
c) Pine
d) Pipal tree
Answer – D
16.) Today where Bodh Gaya is situated?
a) Jharkhand
b) West Bengal
c) Bihar
d) Sikkim
Answer – C
17.) According to Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, what was the root cause of suffering in human life?
a) Ignorance and attachment
b) Jealousy and greed
c) Attachment and ignorance
d) Greed and power
Answer – A
What is the meaning of “Buddha”?
a) All knowing
b) Enlightened
c) Wise
d) Great
Answer – B
19.) Vardhamana was known as what?
a) Mahavira
b) Maharishi
c) Buddha
d) None of the above
Answer – A
20.) The meaning of Mahavira is –
a) Great king
b) Great soldier
c) Great hero
d) Great saint
Answer – C
21.) Which religion was spread by Mahavir?
a) Buddhism
b) Hinduism
c) Christianity
d) Jainism
Answer – D
22.) In the text ‘Aparigraha’ means what?
a) Non-possession
b) Non-violence
c) Non-greed
d) None of the above
Answer – A
23) Which God is worshipped in Puri, Odisha?
a) Vishnu
b) Mahadev
c) Jagannath
d) Bramha
Answer – C
24.) Toda tribes are seen in which part of India?
a) Rajasthan
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Odisha
Answer – B
25.) ‘Donyipolo’ is worshipped in which place?
a) Nagaland
b) Manipur
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Mizoram
Answer – C
26.) God Khandoba is worshipped in which part of India?
a) Western
b) North
c) South
d) Central
Answer – D
27.) God Singbonga is worshipped by whom?
a) Santhal tribes
b) Munda tribes
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer – C
28.) Which are the best known form of school of thought?
a) Yoga
b) Vedanta
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer – C
29.) According to Upanishads, Atman resides inside of –
a) Saints
b) Religious seekers
c) Gods
d) Everyone
Answer – D
30.) The schools of thought from the Vedas laid the foundation of which religion?
a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Jainism
d) Sikhism
Answer – A
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