Vital villages and thriving towns

Around 3000 years ago, the tools and weapons were found in the megalithic burials were made of :

• Iron

• stones

• copper

• coal

4. In Tamil region, ordinary ploughmen were known as:

• (a) Vellalar

• (b) Adimai

• (c) Uzhavar

• (d) Karmakara

5. Northern Black Polished ware is a type of :

• (a) Pottery

• (b) Stamp

• (c) Footwear

• (d) Cloth

7. Mathura was also a religious centre-there were

Buddhist ________________ , Jain __________________ and it was an important centre for the worship of______________.

• Monasteries, Shrines.,Krishna

• Texts,Learning,Buddha

• Learning,Texts,Mahavira

• Shrines,Monastries,Vishnu

3. Around 2000 years ago, Mathura became the

second capital of the_____________

• Magadha

• Kushanas

• Vajji

• Patliputra

6. While new tools and the system of________________ increased

production, irrigation was also used.

• Ring wells

• Transplantation

• Pottery

• Travel

8. _______________was a coastal settlement where ships

unloaded goods from distant lands.

• Barauch

• Mathura

• Arikamedu

• Ujjain

9. Arretine Ware was named after a city in Canada.

• True

• False

Shrenis were associations of:

• Herders

• Rulers

• farmers

• Craftspersons

The village headman was known as the gramabhojka.

• True

• False