RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Social Science History Chapter 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Social Science History Chapter 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Solutions History Chapter 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Buildings, Paintings and Books InText Questions and Answers

Page 120

Question 1.
Do you think kalidasa can be described as a lover of nature?
Answer: 
Yes, Kalidasa was a lover of nature. Kalidasa has beautifully described nature in his best known poem, the Meghaduta, in which a monsoon cloud is imagined to be a messenger between lovers who are seperated from one another.

Page 123

Question 1. 
The Romans used a system of counting without using zero. Try and find about more about it.
Answer: 
Yes, the Romans did not used zero for counting. For example sonic of the symbols are as: (i) - one (ii) - two (iii) - three, (v) - five, (vii) - seven, etc.

Page 124

Question 1. 
What were the manuscripts in early India made out of?  
Answer: 
The manuscripts were usually written by hand on palm leaves or the bark of a tree known as the birch in early India.

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Buildings, Paintings and Books Textbook Questions and Answer

Let’s recall

Question 1. 
Match the following:
temples where people could assemble, 
(d) Place where the image of the deity is installed,
(e) Circular path around the stupa. 

Question 2. 
 Fill in the blanks:
(a).............. was a great astronomer.
Answer:
Aryabhatta

(b) Stories about gods and goddesses are found in the .............. 
Answer:
Puranas

(c).............. is recognised as the author of the Sanskrit Ramayana.
Answer:
Valmiki

(d)..............and .............. are two Tamil epics.
Answer: 
Silappadikaram and Manimekalai

Let’s discuss

Question 3. 
Make a list of the chapters in which you find mention .of metal working. What are the metals objects mentioned or shown in those chapters?
Answer: 
The names of chapters in which we find mention of metal working are:

1. In the earliest cities,
2. What books and burials tell us,
3. Traders, kings, and pilgrims,
4. Vital villages and thriving towns, The metal objects mentioned or shown in these chapters are: copper, gold, silver, iron, and bronze. 

 Question 4. 
Read the story on page 122 (Text Book). In what ways is the monkey king similar to or different from the kings you read about in chapters 5 and 10?
Answer: 
In both the chapters, the position of kings was dominant and both the kings took good care of their subjects. The story tell us that the king keeps on checking the power of other kings and tries to save the lives of their people at the cost of his own life. In this chapter, the monkey showed the ultimate courage and saved the lives of his followers and sacrificed his life. In chapter 5, the kings tried to save the lives of their people while taking the charge in battlefields.

Question 5. 
Find out more and tell a story from one of the epics.
Answer:
The Ramayana is an epic composed by Valmiki. This epic is about the victory of Good over Evil. This epic is about Rama, the prince of Kosala, who was sent to exile for fourteen years by his father. Rama’s wife, Sita was kidnapped by the king of the Lanka, named Ravana. Rama had to fight a battle with King Ravana to get his wife back. He won the battle against Ravana and returned to Ayodhaya, the capital of Kosala with his wife after his victory.