Class 7 Social Science Chapter 1 New Beginnings: Cities and States MCQ Practice

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Chapter 1New Beginnings: Cities and States
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Explore New Beginnings: Cities and States, an important Class 7 Social Science chapter, with concept-based MCQs. Improve factual recall, interpretation and understanding of people, places and society and prepare confidently for assessments.

This chapter explores the emergence of cities and states in early historical development. Students learn how settlements grew into organized political and urban centres, and understand the social, economic, and administrative changes associated with new beginnings in state formation.

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01 Social Science
Let us recall that in the early 2nd millennium BCE (that is, over a few centuries after 2000 BCE), the Indus / Ha rappan / Sindhu-Sarasvatī civilisation, which we called States, disintegrated.
A True
B False
02 Social Science
Assertion: Trade encouraged the growth of towns and cities. Reason: Exchange of goods attracted people, markets, and routes.
A Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason correctly explains Assertion
B Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason does not correctly explain Assertion
C Assertion is true but Reason is false
D Assertion is false but Reason is true
03 Social Science
According to the chapter, complete the statement: ______ the quotation at the start of the chapter and discuss in several groups.
A Cities
B New Beginnings
C Consider
D States
04 Social Science
Which option correctly fills the blank? ______ your observations and conclusions on what Kau?ilya recommends for a kingdom.
A States
B Compare
C New Beginnings
D Cities
05 Social Science
Cities is meant by ‘Second Urbanisation of India’?
A True
B False
06 Social Science
Which option correctly fills the blank? In the eastern region, major cities emerged, such as ?hi?hupalgarh (today ______, part of Bhubaneswar), which was the capital of the Kalinga region and followed a strict square ground plan, with imposing fortifications and broad streets.
A Cities
B Sisupalgarh
C New Beginnings
D States
07 Social Science
Select the best answer to complete the statement: ______ how many of the mahājanapadas are concentrated in the Ganga plains.
A New Beginnings
B Cities
C States
D Notice
08 Social Science
Which option correctly completes the idea below? ______ this map with the map of the regions mentioned in the Mahābhārata (see Fig.
A New Beginnings
B Compare
C Cities
D States
09 Social Science
Assertion: Archaeological and historical evidence help us study old cities and states. Reason: Material remains and texts give clues about past life and power.
A Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason correctly explains Assertion
B Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason does not correctly explain Assertion
C Assertion is true but Reason is false
D Assertion is false but Reason is true
10 Social Science
Fill in the blank: In an ideal society, all those groups would ______ each other and work in harmony.
A complement
B frontiers
C fortifying
D capital

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