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Tribes Nomads and Settled Communities

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who prescribed the ‘Varna’ rules?

a)

Rulers

b)

Jatis

c)

Brahmanas

d)

No one

2.

Tribals obtained their livelihood from:

a)

Hunting

b)

Agriculture

c)

Herding

d)

All of these

3.

Which tribal group established a powerful kingdom in Assam?

a)

Khokhar

b)

Ahoms

c)

Gonds

d)

Banjaras

4.

Which tribe was influential in Punjab in 13th and 14th centuries?

a)

Khokhar

b)

Ahoms

c)

Gonds

d)

Banjaras

5.

The important tribe of Bihar is

a)

Mundas

b)

Ahoms

c)

Khokhar

d)

Gonds

6.

Who used the services of Banjaras as trading nomads?

a)

Alauddin Khalji

b)

Jahangir

c)

Both of these

d)

None of these

7.

Who were known as the rathakaras?

a)

Chariot makers

b)

Soldiers

c)

Brahmanas

d)

Carpenters

8.

How many units of villages were called chaurasi?

a)

80

b)

84

c)

14

d)

24

9.

A division of Gond kingdoms controlled by a particular clan was termed as

a)

tanda

b)

clan

c)

garh

d)

khel

10.

The main occupation of Gond tribes was

a)

trade

b)

agriculture

c)

goldsmith

d)

blacksmith

11.

Who was Bir Narain?

a)

Ruler of Sind

b)

Ruler of Punjab

c)

Son of Rani Durgawati

d)

None of these

12.

The Ahom tribes migrated from

a)

Iran

b)

Arab

c)

Myanmar (Burma)

d)

China

13.

Paik are

a)

the landlords

b)

the forced labourers

c)

people wandering from one place to another

d)

clan in the Ahom society

14.

Mir jumla attacked ahoms in

a)

1662

b)

1665

c)

1670

d)

1672

15.

Specialized artisans were

a)

Smiths, Carpenters and peasants

b)

Smiths, Carpenters and masons

c)

King, soldiers, carpenters and masons

d)

None of these

16.

Many societies in the subcontinent did not follow the social rules and rituals prescribed by the Brahmanas; they are called:

a)

Poets

b)

Peasants

c)

Tribes

d)

None of these

17.

Kamal Khan Gakkhar was mansabdar in region of

a)

Babur

b)

Akbar

c)

Shah Jahan

d)

None of these

18.

Langahs and Arghuns tribal dominated extensive regions which are

a)

Multan and Sind

b)

North-East India

c)

Central India

d)

Southern India

19.

Kolis lived particularly in many areas of

a)

Gujarat

b)

Nagaland

c)

Tamil Nadu

d)

Andhra Pradesh

20.

Those who specifically made and sold ropes, reeds, straw matting and coarse sacks are called

a)

Banjaras

b)

Gonds

c)

Petty Pedlars

d)

Bhils

21.

Mangols were hunter-gatherer tribes inhabited in

a)

Eastern Asia

b)

South Asia

c)

Western Asia

d)

Central Asia

22.

Who assumed the title of Sangram Shah

a)

Bir Narain

b)

Chaman Das

c)

Dalpat

d)

Aman Das

23.

The Cheros were defeated in 1591 by whom

a)

Maharana Pratap

b)

Raja Man singh

c)

Aman Singh

d)

Prithviraj Chauhan

24.

What do you mean by ' Paths and Bhuiyans ' ?

a)

They were forced to join the war

b)

They were forced to give their lands

c)

They were forced to work in Ahom State

d)

None of these

25.

What is the meaning of Gondwana

a)

Country inhabited by Mughals

b)

Country inhabited by tribals

c)

Country inhabited by gonds

d)

None of these

26.

Tribes were not divided into numerous unequal classes.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Most of the tribes kept written records.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Banjara-caravans were called Tanda.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Akbar Nama mentions the Gond kingdom of Garha Katanga that had 70,000 villages.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Ahom society was not divided into clans/khels.

a)

True

b)

False