Chapter 8 Villages,Towns and Trade

     When did the use of iron begin in subcontinents?

• Around 3,000 years ago

• Around 6,000 years ago
  

• Around 9,000 years ago

• Around 12,000 years ago

     What was the method of irrigation in ancient time?

• Canals
  

• Wells
  

• Tanks
  

• All of these

     In which region landowners were known as Vellalars?

• Maharashtra region

• Punjab region
  

• Tamil region
  

• None of these

     Who were grama bhojaka?

• Village head men
  

• Ordinary people of village
  

• Educated persons
  

• illiterate persons

     People who had no land of their own and worked for others were:

• Independent farmers

• Dasa karmakaras

• Herders
  

• Grihapatis

     What was the only resource of poor man in the story clever poor man?

• Dead rats

• Dead dogs

• Dead goats

• None of these

     Where was ring well found?

• Kolkata
  

• Mumbai
  

• Delhi
  

• Chandigarh

     Why were the sculptures used by the ancient cities?

• To decorate railings, pillars etc.
  

• To decorate cities

   

• Both (a) and (b)

• None of these

        The use of iron began in the subcontinent around (a)   years ago.

        Sangam literature was composed in (a)   .