Timeline and Sources of History · Class 6 Social Science
Practise 6 short and long answer questions on Timeline and Sources of History from Timeline and Sources of History. Try writing your own answer first, then tap the question to compare it with the model answer and read the explanation behind it.
A timeline helps us arrange events in chronological order and understand when they happened in relation to one another.
The chapter introduces timelines as a way of organising the past.
A historical source is evidence that helps us learn about the past. The chapter considers sources as ways to investigate earlier people, events and societies.
This follows the lesson’s focus on sources of history.
Different sources can provide different kinds of evidence about earlier times. Comparing them helps historians build a fuller account and consider what each source can and cannot tell them.
The response reflects the chapter’s approach to investigating history through sources.
The quotation by E. H. Carr in the chapter says that history involves a continuing relationship between present society and past society. People ask questions about the past from their present circumstances, while knowledge of the past helps them understand the present.
The answer interprets the quotation included in the textbook.
A timeline organises events according to their sequence in time. Historical sources provide evidence about people and events from the past. Sources help establish what happened, while a timeline helps place events in relation to one another. Used together, they support a more ordered understanding of history.
The distinction follows the two central ideas in the chapter title.
The chapter quotes E. H. Carr to explain that present society and past society are connected. Historical sources allow us to investigate how people lived and how events unfolded, while timelines help place those events in sequence. Studying the past therefore provides context for present conditions instead of treating the present as something that appeared without a history.
The answer is grounded in the chapter’s opening quotation and focus on evidence.