Question: Who was Chanakya? Answer: Chanakya (or Kauṭilya) was a wise man who served Chandragupta Maurya. Question: Who lived in the Mauryan cities? Answer: Merchants, officials and crafts persons lived in Mauryan cities. Question: Giue one point of difference between empires and kingdoms. Answer: Empires need more resources than kingdoms …

Question: Name a ritual used to recognize someone as a ‘raja’. Answer: ‘Ashvamedha’ was one ritual used to recognize kings. Question: Which category of people was excluded from the rituals? Answer: The ‘shudras’ were excluded from rituals. Question: Name two ‘janapadas’ in North India. Answer: Hastinapura and Atranjikhera Question: How …

Question: Distinguish between bio-degradable and non bio-degradable. Answer: Biodegradable waste: Waste that will decay and mix with soil. Microorganisms can convert this waste into simpler from. Peels, meat, leaves are the example. Non biodegradable wast: Waste that will not decay and mix soil. Microorganisms cannot convert this waste into simpler …

Question: We see the sun rising 8 1/4 minutes after it has risen. Why? Answer: The speed of light is 3 lakh per second. The sun’s raise take time to reach on earth. Question: Name two sources of light and two man-mad sources of light. Answer: Man-mad source of light are: …

Question: What do you understand by the term gender? Answer: The way each society perceives what a ‘man’ is and what a ‘woman’ is, and what their different roles and responsibilities are, is called gender. It is more than the biological difference between men and women. Question: What is a stereotyping? Give …

This is not just another figure of speech. The power, force, intensity and vehemence this device infuses into any writer’s, or speaker’s, work can be commendable. The rapid effect while keeping the audience hooked on to the edge is what an asyndeton statement does. Evolved from the Greek word asyndetos; …

What happens when you miss out a part of your sentence either while reading or writing? It becomes meaningless and incomplete. This phenomenon, often considered sacrosanct, doesn’t really apply to a sentence with an appositive. Appositive is an excellent tool that can be defined as a noun or phrase of …

Fibre to Fabric Quiz: NCERT 6th Class CBSE Science 18 Multiple Choice Questions related to NCERT 6th Class (CBSE) Science: Fibre to Fabric Quiz: Synthetic fibre are man – made fibres made from plastic and petroleum products. Fore example: Nylone, Rayon etc. They are also made from chemicals. The process o …

Question: Who was Nadir Shah? What was the result of his attack on Delhi? or Describe the impact of Nadir Shah’s invasion upon Delhi. Answer: Nadir Shah, the ruler of Iran, sacked and plundered the city of Delhi in 1739 CE and took away immense amounts of wealth. As a …

You might have come across lines like “Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief.” It is written in such a way that the person is talking to death which is, obviously, not a person, but a phenomenon. This is an example of apostrophe, which is an important …