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town Traders and crafts person

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Thanjavur was the ________ town.

a)

Administrative

b)

temple

c)

comercial

d)

port

2.

Rajarajeshwara temple was built by Raja Raja Chola

a)

False

b)

true

3.

Associations or unions of persons of any particular craft was (were) termed as

a)

Guilt

b)

Term

c)

Hatt

d)

Guilds

4.

What was Mandapika?

a)

Guild

b)

Association

c)

Mandi

d)

Mandap

5.

Which of the following was a pilgrim centre?

a)

Hampi

b)

Bombay

c)

Pushkar

d)

Surat

6.

The following are the guilds of south India ____

a)

Manigramam

b)

Nanadesi

c)

Both a and b

d)

Hindu Baniyas

7.

Which was the important festival celebrated at Hampi ?

a)

holi

b)

Diwali

c)

Mahanavami

d)

Janmashtami

8.

Hampi was the capital of which empire?

a)

Mughal

b)

Vijayanagara

c)

Mewar

d)

None of these

9.

The fort at Masulipatnam was built by whom?

a)

Dutch

b)

English

c)

Portuguese

d)

French

10.

Which of the following is not a part of the Vishwakarma community?

a)

Goldsmith

b)

Weaver

c)

Blacksmith

d)

Carpenter

11.

The people from distant land visited Surat because

a)

it was the Gateway to West Asia

b)

it was a beautiful place

c)

it was a pilgrim centre

d)

None of the above

12.

Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in the year

a)

1492

b)

1493

c)

1498

d)

1600

13.

Masulipatnam was famous for its

a)

Temple

b)

Crafts production of copper and silver

c)

trading port

d)

Elephant trade

14.

Moors in medievial India were

a)

Muslim weavers

b)

Muslim Merchants

c)

craftsman

d)

Agriculture

15.

Banjaras in medievial India were

a)

weavers

b)

farmers

c)

singers

d)

traders

16.

Who was Devidasis ?

a)

Temple dancers

b)

singers

c)

players

d)

Musicians

17.

Tanjavur is situated on the river:

a)

Kaveri

b)

Krishna

c)

Mahanadi

d)

Godavari

18.

All capitals are examples of

a)

Temple town

b)

Port town

c)

Commercial town

d)

Administrative town

19.

Bidri was

a)

Work in gold

b)

Work in iron

c)

Inlay work in copper and silver

d)

1&2

20.

(d) Surat was an important trading port on the Bay of Bengal.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The cultivation of spices is mostly done in temperate regions.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The Deccan Sultans consist of the rulers of_____

a)

Golconda

b)

Bijapur and Ahmadnagar

c)

Bidar and Berar

d)

All of these

23.

The craftspersons of Bidar were famous for their inlay work in copper and silver that came to be called ____.

a)

Kalamkari

b)

Bidri

c)

Nakha chitra

d)

painting

24.

___ is an alloy containing copper and tin.

a)

silver

b)

gold

c)

Bronze

d)

Steel

25.

Vrindavan is a temple city in _____.

a)

Andhra Pradesh

b)

Telangana

c)

Tamilnadu

d)

Uttar Pradesh

26.

Sthapati is a Chief ____.

a)

Painter

b)

Singer

c)

Dancer

d)

Sculpter

27.

Temple towns represent a very important patter of ____.

a)

business

b)

transport

c)

urbanisation

d)

ruralisation

28.

Bronze statues were made using the ___ technique.

a)

lost wax

b)

lost copper

c)

mould

d)

container

29.

____ is a place to which near by villagers brought their goods to sell.

a)

Samantha

b)

Mandapika

c)

hatta

d)

Pushkar

30.

Traders usually travelled in caravans and formed ____.

a)

Row

b)

Group

c)

Guilds

d)

none of the above

31.

The principal trading group in the country were Chettiars and ___ .

a)

Banyas

b)

Nanadesi

c)

Manigramam

d)

Marwari Oswals

32.

___ is located in the Krishna-Tungabhadra basin.

a)

Vijayapuri

b)

Hampi

c)

Mausilipatnam

d)

Rajamundry

33.

___ is the name of a guild formed by traders of the time.

a)

Sangam

b)

Bohras

c)

Oswals

d)

Nanadesi

34.

St. George fort is in ____ .

a)

Madras

b)

Calcutta

c)

Mumbai

d)

Hyderabad

35.

In 1686-1687, Mughal emperor Aurangzeb annexed ___.

a)

Palakonda

b)

Donakonda

c)

Hanmkonda

d)

Golkonda