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1 Blue Print for Achievement Test Standard : 9 th Subject : Social Science Unit : Ancient Civilisation Time : 1.30 hrs. Maximum Marks : 75 Sl. No Sub-headings of the Unit Ancient Civilasation Mesopotamian Civilisation Egyptian Civilisation Chinese Civilisation Greek Civilisation Roman Civilisation K U A Total Total K - Knowledge U - Understanding A Application i

2 ACHIEVEMENT TEST FINAL Choose the correct answer. 1 X 15 = 15 Marks 1... Was called father of medicine. a) Alexander b) Hippocrates c) Aristotle d) Galileo 2. The Egyptian king was called as.. a) Rajan b) Guru c) Pharaoh d) Minister 3. The Sumerian calendar based on a) Five b) Seven c) Ten d) Nine 4. Gun powder was invented by. a) Egyptians b) Babylonians c) Chinese d) Indians 5. The Egyptian civilization grew along with. a) Nile b) Euphrates c) Yellow d) Sind 6. was known as father of History a) Pharaoh b) Herodotus c) Sowates d) Aristotle 7. The Art of making jewellary was famous during.. a) Egyptian civilization b) Ancient civilization c) Nile valley civilization d)harappa civilization 8. The meaning of the word Sumerian is.. a) Red handed b) black Headed c) Turkish d) Egyptian 9. Who built the Hanging garden a) Nebuchad Nezzar b) Herodotus c) Pharoah d) Thutmoze 10. Ship building became an important trade during a) Nile valley civilization b) Egyptian valley civilization c) Indus valley civilization d) Tigris valley civilization ii

3 11. Napoleon of Egyptian was.. a) Thutmose III b) Pharaoh c) Nomes d) Thutmose I 12. Egyptian known as a) Father of European b)daughter of European c) Father of Nile d) Daughter of Nile 13. Who made use of lunar calendar of 365 days.? a) Mesopotamian b) Egyptian c) Harappa d) Yellow river civilization 14. Confucius belong to.. a) Egypt b) Rome c) China d) Italy 15. Who was called as Father of Western Medicine? a) Hippocrates b) Heraclitus c) Herodotus d) Socrates Match the following 1. Pyramids - Hilly region 2. Great wall - Babylone 3. Hanging garden - Rome 4. All roads lead to - China 5. Greece - Egypt - Nile - Euphrates Answer any five Questions 1) who built the great Pyramid of Gizeh? 2) How did the Egyptian king was called? iii

4 3) How did the Egyptian preserve the dead bodies? 4) who built the Great wall of China? 5) Which was known as the sorrow of china? 6) Name the great philosophers in China? 7) Which was the popular drink in China? 8) Who built the Great wall of China? Answer briefly 1. How was the Egyptian society divided? 2. Write a note on the burial customs of the Egyptians? Answer in a Paragraph 10 X 2 = 20 Marks 1. What were the gifts of china to the modern world? 2. What are the several forms of techniques adopted by the Romans? Mark the following places on the outline map of the world 1. Egypt 2. China 3. Babylon 4. Greece 5. Rome iv

5 ACHIEVEMENT TEST - PILOT STUDY Choose the correct answer. 1 X 15 = 15 Marks 1... Was called father of medicine. a) Alexander b) Hippocrates c) Aristotle d) Galileo 2. The Egyptian king was called as.. a) Rajan b) Guru c) Pharaoh d) Minister 3. The Sumerian calendar based on a) Five b) Seven c) Ten d) Nine 4. Gun powder was invented by. a) Egyptians b) Babylonians c) Chinese d) Indians 5. The Egyptian civilization grew along with. a) Nile b) Euphrates c) Yellow d) Sind 6. was known as father of History a) Pharaoh b) Herodotus c) Sowates d) Aristotle 7. The Art of making jewellary was famous during.. a) Egyptian civilization b) Ancient civilization c) Nile valley civilization d)harappa civilization 8. The meaning of the word Sumerian is.. a) Red handed b) black Headed c) Turkish d) Egyptian 9. Who built the Hanging garden a) Nebuchad Nezzar b) Herodotus c) Pharoah d) Thutmoze 10. Ship building became an important trade during a) Nile valley civilization b) Egyptian valley civilization c) Indus valley civilization d) Tigris valley civilization v

6 11. Napoleon of Egyptian was.. a) Thutmose III b) Pharaoh c) Nomes d) Thutmose I 12. Egyptian known as a) Father of European b)daughter of European c) Father of Nile d) Daughter of Nile 13. Who made use of lunar calendar of 365 days.? a) Mesopotamian b) Egyptian c) Harappa d) Yellow river civilization 14. Confucius belong to.. a) Egypt b) Rome c) China d) Italy 15. Who was called as Father of Western Medicine? a) Hippocrates b) Heraclitus c) Herodotus d) Socrates Match the following 6. Pyramids - Hilly region 7. Great wall - Babylone 8. Hanging garden - Rome 9. All roads lead to - China 10. Greece - Egypt - Nile - Euphrates Answer any five Questions 8) who built the great Pyramid of Gizeh? 9) How did the Egyptian king was called? vi

7 10) How did the Egyptian preserve the dead bodies? 11) who built the Great wall of China? 12) Which was known as the sorrow of china? 13) Name the great philosophers in China? 14) Which was the popular drink in China? 8) Who built the Great wall of China? Answer briefly 2. How was the Egyptian society divided? 2. Write a note on the burial customs of the Egyptians? Answer in a Paragraph 10 X 2 = 20 Marks 3. What were the gifts of china to the modern world? 4. What are the several forms of techniques adopted by the Romans? Mark the following places on the outline map of the world 6. Egypt 7. China 8. Babylon 9. Greece 10. Rome vii

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