The Indian Subcontinent and History Q & A
Q.1. Answer the following in one sentence:
(1) What is history?
Ans: History is a coherent account of significant past events in the progress of human culture.
(2) Where do human settlements flourish?
Ans: Human settlements flourish wherever the means of living are plentiful.
(3) What do the people in the hilly region depend on for their food?
Ans: The people in the hilly region depend more on hunting and gathering for their food.
(4) Which was the earliest civilization in India?
Ans: The Harappan civilization was the earliest civilization in India.
Q.2. Answer the following questions in short:
(1) What does human life depend on?
Ans: Human life depends to a large extent on its geographical characteristics, diet, clothing, housing and occupation.
(2) What features of our surroundings form the means of our livelihood?
Ans: The climate, rainfall, agricultural produce, flora and fauna of the region where we live form the means of our livelihood.
(3) Which region is known as the Indian subcontinent?
Ans: South asia is known as the Indian subcontinent.
Q.3. Give reasons:
(1) There is a close relation between history and geography.
Ans: Time, place, society and individuals are four major pillars without which history cannot be written.Of these four components ‘place’ is related to geography or geographical conditions.This makes history and geography inseperable, very closely related.
(2) People are forced to leave their settlements.
Ans: Sometimes reasons like degradation of the environment, drought, invasion, etc. leads to scarcity of means.Therefore, people are forced to leave their settlements in their fight for survival.
Q.4. Explain the difference in the human life in the hilly regions and that on the plains.
Answer:
Human life in the Hilly region | Human life in the Plains |
(1) Human life was very strenuous. | (1) Human life was more comfortable. |
(2) Land was not fertile. therefore not so agriculture was carried on. | (2) Land was very fertile So agriculture was carried on. |
(3) Grains and vegetables are scarce. | (3) Grains and vegetables are found in plenty. |
(4) They depend on hunting and gathering for their food. | (4) They do not depend on hunting and gathering for their food. |
Q.5. Observe the physical map of India and answer the questions based on it:
(1) Which mountain ranges lie in the north of India?
Ans: The Hindukush and the Himalayan mountain ranges lie in the north of india.
(2) Which are the routes to India from the north-east?
Ans: The route to India from the north east is by sea.
(3) Where do the Ganga and Brahmaputra meet?
Ans: The Ganga and Brahmaputra meet in Bangladesh.
(4) Name the islands to the east of the Indian peninsula.
Ans: The Andaman and Nicobar islands.
(5) In which part of India do we see the Thar Desert?
Ans: We see the Thar Desert in the north western part of India.