NCERT Class 7 Social Science Chapter 4 New Beginnings: Cities and States Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 4, New Beginnings: Cities and States, from the NCERT Class 7 Exploring Society India and Beyond Part I textbook. The 29 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
29 mins
Questions
29 MCQs
Total Marks
29 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
Topics Covered in This Paper
Sample Questions
Q1.Which civilisation does the chapter call India's 'First Urbanisation'?
- AThe late Vedic settlements of the Ganga plains
- BThe Indus, Harappan or Sindhu-Sarasvati civilisation
- CThe civilisation of the sixteen mahajanapadas
- DThe kingdoms of the Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas
Q2.When the Harappan cities declined, what happened to the people who stayed on in some of them?
- AThey continued living there but reverted to a rural or village lifestyle
- BThey kept the cities running exactly as before for another thousand years
- CThey were absorbed into the janapadas of the Ganga plains at once
- DThey moved south and founded the Chola, Chera and Pandya kingdoms
Q3.Which of these does the chapter list among the components of the Harappan urban order that disappeared?
- AA system of punch-marked coins
- BAssemblies called sabha and samiti
- CA writing system and a sanitation system
- DIron tools and iron weapons
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