MCQ Chapter 4 Early Humans and Beginning Class 9 Social Science CBSE Board Advertisement Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation 1. Along which two rivers did the Chinese civilisation flourish?Nile and EuphratesIndus and SarasvatiHuang He (Yellow River) and YangtzeTigris and EuphratesQuestion 1 of 202. The earliest Chinese Neolithic cultures in the river valleys date back to approximately:7000 BCE3000 BCE1600 BCE500 BCEQuestion 2 of 203. Around 2000 BCE, which development brought many Neolithic settlements to the threshold of the Bronze Age?Iron smeltingCopper and bronze metallurgyPaper makingSilk productionQuestion 3 of 204. Around which period did urban centres begin to emerge in China?Around 7000 BCEAround 3000 BCEAround 1600 BCEAround 500 BCEQuestion 4 of 205. Which was the first well-known Bronze Age dynasty of China?Han DynastyQin DynastyZhou DynastyShang DynastyQuestion 5 of 206. Which dynasty ruled China after the Shang Dynasty?Qin DynastyHan DynastyZhou DynastyMing DynastyQuestion 6 of 207. By about 600 BCE, which metal became widely used throughout China?GoldIronCopperSilverQuestion 7 of 208. The Chinese Iron Age generally dates from:7000 BCE2000 BCE600 BCE221 BCEQuestion 8 of 209. The name "China" is probably derived from which dynasty?Shang DynastyZhou DynastyHan DynastyQin (Ch'in) DynastyQuestion 9 of 2010. Which dynasty is credited with unifying China?Han DynastyQin DynastyShang DynastyZhou DynastyQuestion 10 of 2011. Which dynasty ruled China from 206 BCE to 220 CE?Shang DynastyZhou DynastyHan DynastyQin DynastyQuestion 11 of 2012. The Zhou rulers were believed to be appointed by:The armyHeavenMerchantsVillage eldersQuestion 12 of 2013. Public officials in early China were selected after examinations in all of the following EXCEPT:ArcheryHorsemanshipMusicAstronomyQuestion 13 of 2014. The earliest written source of information about ancient China is:Palm-leaf manuscriptsStone inscriptionsOracle bones and tortoise shellsSilk scrollsQuestion 14 of 2015. Oracle bones were mainly used to:Record trade accountsBuild templesTeach childrenForetell the futureQuestion 15 of 2016. The Chinese script is mainly:AlphabeticLogographicNumericPhoneticQuestion 16 of 2017. Which material was highly valued because it had to be obtained from outside China?ClayJadeLimestoneSandstoneQuestion 17 of 2018. Chinese artisans used bronze mainly to make:Glassware onlyCotton clothesWeapons, tools, and ritual vesselsPaper currencyQuestion 18 of 2019. The Great Wall of China was mainly built to protect against:EarthquakesFloodsNomadic tribesWild animalsQuestion 19 of 2020. Silk became a major item of external trade during which dynasty?Shang DynastyHan DynastyZhou DynastyQin DynastyQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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