1. Define history ?

Ans : History is the record of the progress that human being acquired down the ages.

2. Name the period before the formation of art of writing ?

Ans : Pre-historic period.

3. Name the period with written records ?

Ans : Historic period.

4. where do we keep the objects or their remains that were once used by man ?

Ans :  In a museum.

5. who built the Palakkad Fort ?

Ans : Hyder Ali.

6. What is the meaning od the word A D ?

Ans : In the year of our lord.

7. Abbreviation of A D ?

Ans : Anno Domini’

8. AD and BC are now known by which name ?

Ans : AD- CE (Common Era)

BE-BCE(Before Common Era).

9. How many years are in a century ?

Ans : 100 Years.

10 .The study of coins is known as …………………..

Ans : Numismatics

11. The study Inscriptions or Epigraph is known as …………………

Ans : Epigraphy.

12. Name the objects used in ancient Kerala for funeral practices.

Ans : Nannagadi, muniyara, kudakkallu.

13. Which era is the common scale of chronology all over the world ?

Ans : Christian Era.

14. People in Palaelithic Age used implements made of …………….

Ans : Rough Stones.

15. State of Kerala as formed in which year ?

Ans : 1956.