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Class 6 Timeline and Sources of History worksheet
CBSE Social Science. BCE and CE, centuries and millennia, timelines, archaeological, written and oral sources. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
BCE stands for:
- Before Century End
- Back Counted Era
- Beginning of Calendar Era
- Before Common Era
Answer
(d) Before Common Era
- 2.
The year 1960 CE falls in which century?
- 20th century
- 22nd century
- 21st century
- 19th century
Answer
(a) 20th century
1960 lies between 1901 and 2000
- 3.
The year 2495 BCE falls in which century?
- 25th century BCE
- 24th century BCE
- 26th century BCE
- 25th century CE
Answer
(a) 25th century BCE
2495 BCE lies between 2500 BCE and 2401 BCE
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What is a timeline?
Answer
A line on which events are marked in the order they happened, with their dates.
- 5.
Write the correct word: (a) a person who studies the past using sources (b) knowledge passed down by word of mouth
Answer
(a) historian (b) oral tradition
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Explain how BCE and CE years are counted, with two examples.
Answer
Years before the Common Era are counted backwards: 500 BCE came before 300 BCE. Years of the Common Era are counted forwards: 1857 CE came before 1947 CE. A timeline runs from the oldest BCE years on the left to the latest CE years on the right.
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