Class 6: History Chapter 4 solutions. Complete Class 6 History Chapter 4 Notes.
NCERT Solutions for 6th Class History: Chapter 4-In the earliest cities
NCERT 6th History Chapter 4, class 6 History Chapter 4 solutions
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Let's Recall
1. How do archaeologists know that cloth was used in the Harappan civilisation?
Answer
Archaeologists knew that cloth was used in the Harappan civilisation because actual pieces of
cloth were found attached to the lid of a silver vase and some copper objects at Mohenjodaro. They have also found spindle whorls, made of terracotta and faience which were used to spin thread.
2. Match the columns
| Copper | Gujarat |
| Gold | Afghanistan |
| Tin | Rajasthan |
| Precious stones | Karnataka |
Answer
| Copper | Rajasthan |
| Gold | Karnataka |
| Tin | Afghanistan |
| Precious stones | Gujarat |
3. Why were metals, writing, the wheel, and the plough important for the Harappans?
Answer
Things and its importance:
• Metals - For making tools, weapons, ornaments and vessels
• Writing - For maintaining records.
• Wheels - Used as means of transport.
• Ploughing - For tilling the land so that farming could be done.
Let's Disucss
4. Make a list of all the terracotta toys shown in the lesson. Which do you think children would have enjoyed playing with the most?
Answer
List of teracotta toys shown in the lesson:
• Animal figures
• Wheeled vehicles
• Toy plough
Children would have enjoyed playing with the wheeled vehicles most.
5. Make a list of what the Harappans ate, and put a tick mark against the things you eat today.
Answer
They Harappans ate rice, wheat, barley, pulses, mustard, peas, linseed etc. These things we eat even today.
6. Do you think that the life of farmers and herders who supplied food to the Harappan cities was different from that of the farmers and herders you read about in Chapter 3? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer
The life of of farmers and herders who supplied food to the Harappan cities was different from that of the farmers and herders in Chapter 3. In Harappa, farmers and herders did agriculture and domestication of animals in a more organised way. They sold their surplus to meet other deands such as clothes etc. while the farmers and herders in Chapter 3 only produce for their own use.
NCERT Solutions for 6th Class History: Chapter 4: Download PDF
NCERT Solutions for 6th Class History: Chapter 4-In the earliest cities
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Chapterwise NCERT Solutions for Class 6 History :
- Chapter 1 What, Where, How and When?
- Chapter 2-On the trail of the earliest people
- Chapter 3-From gathering to growing food
- Chapter 4 In the Earliest Cities
- Chapter 5 What Books and Burials Tell Us
- Chapter 6 Kingdoms, Kings and An Early Republic
- Chapter 7 New Questions and Ideas
- Chapter 8 Ashoka The Emperor Who Gave Up War
- Chapter 9 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns
- Chapter 10 Traders Kings and Pilgrims
- Chapter 11 New Empires and Kingdoms
- Chapter 12 Buildings, Paints and Books
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