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SARDAR PATEL PUBLIC SCHOOL, KAMLAPUR (BOKARO)

Class – 5, Subject- SST

Chapter 13. Transmitting knowledge

A. Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks:

1.The Egyptians developed their own style of writing called __________.

a) Scipts b) Pictographs

c)hieroglyphics d) Braille

2. Gutenberg invented the printing press in__________.

a) India b) China

c) Japan d)Germany

3.The____________ spread the knowledge of paper-making to the western countries.

a) Europeans b)Indians

c) Chinese d)Arabs

4.The concept of zero originated in _________.

a)Egypt b) India

c)Mesopotamia d) Germany

B.State whether these statements are true or false.

1 .Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. (True)

2. The Sumerians were the first to develop the art of writing (True)

3. Hindi has been developed from the Devanagari script (True)

4. Cuneiform script was developed by the Egyptians (False)

5. Brahmi script is one of the oldest script in Europe. (False)

C. Answer these questions

1. How did people communicate before language was invented?


Ans: Early humans drew pictures of animals and hunting scenes on rocks and walls of caves to
communicate before language was invented.

2.What is a script?

Ans: A Script is a set of letters used to write a language.

3. Who developed the first scripts? What was it called?

Ans:The Sumerians of Mesopotamia were the first to developed scripts. It was called the hieroglyphics.

4.How did the number system come into existence?

Ans: The number system come into existence through early humans they used stones, sticks and
pebbles to count these were soon replaced by dots or symbol but this method was not reliable after that
people in different parts of the world used their own number system.

5. Why did hand written records have great value?

Ans: Hand written records have great value because they were written by hand again to make more
copies. Only limited copies were available and few people were able to buy so these records have great
value.

6. What is Braille script? How is it read?

Ans: Braille script is a system of writing for the people who could not see. It is read by running the
fingers lightly over the dots raised on paper.

7. What impact did the printing press have on written records?

Ans: The invention of the printing press made the production of many copies of books possible which
were limited due to hand written so it was a great impact on written records.

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