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WorksheetsTracing Changes Through A Thousand Years
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 32mins
Who among the following draws maps?
painter
Sailors
Cartographer
Historian
Which region did Al-idrisi belong to?
Arab
France
Germany
Sri Lanka
When did the Mughal empire decline?
18th Century
19th Century
20th century
17th Century
The term 'Hindustan" was first used by whom?
Amir Khusrau
Al-idrisi
Minhaj-i Siraj
Babur
Ziyauddin Barani was a chronicler of which century?
15th
14th
18th
17th
Which of the following are sources of History?
Monuments
Coins
Artefacts and painting
All of the above
What is meant by archaeology?
The study of painting
The study of buildings
The study of politics
The study of remains
In which period the number and variety of textual records increased dramatically?
600 to 700
700 to 800
800 to 1200
700 to 1750
Through the period of 700 to 1750 which of the following became cheaper?
Paper
Grains
potatoes
Clothes
Who is a 'Cartographer'
A research scientist
A person who makes maps
A chef
A person who excavates
the map in which south india is where we expect north india is made by
Minaj-I-Siraj
Al-Idrisi
Sultan Mahmud
None of these
When was this map made
1702
1154
1030
What did the term 'Hindustan' mean when it was used in the thirteenth century by Minhaj-i-Siraj,
the areas of Punjab, Haryana
Ganga and Yamuna region
North India
the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands
between the Ganga and Yamuna.
A place where documents are stored or preserved is called (a)
Who were 'Scribes'
kings and Queens
Soldiers fighting for the king
scribes copied manuscripts by hand.
royal priests
When was paper easily avilable
13th century
10th century
14th century
Persian wheel was used for --------------------.It was invented by--------- .
(a)
One group of people who became important in this period were the _______________, a name derived from “Rajaputra”, the son of a ruler.
Brahmins
Kshatriya
Rajputs
Warriors
Which two of them were the jatis of India in the medieval period?
Brahamin
Christians
Kshtriyas
Peasants
Name the groups who asserted their political importance during period between 700 to 1750?
Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Kashmiri, and Kshatriya
Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Muslims, and Shudras
Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Muslims and Punjabi
Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Ahoms, and Kayastha
Which of the language
was used in Andhra Pradesh according to Amir khusrau
Kashmiri
Sindhi
Telangani
Lahori
Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.
True
FLASE
Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.
True
False
Which of the following is the holy book of Muslims?
Geeta
Ramayan
Guru granth sahib
Quran
______________ was a fourteenth-century chronicler.
Ziyauddin Baruni
Minhaj-I Siraj
Siraj Khan
Sultan
Many important changes took place in Hinduism during medivial period and these were the worshipping of new gods and goddesses and construction of new and large temples by different kings.
True
False
Devleopment in Hinduism during the medivial period:
Many important changes took place in Hinduism and these were the worshipping of new gods and goddesses
Construction of new and large temples by different kings.
Increase in temples, increased the importance of Brahmans and priests who became the most impartant group of the society.
The ideas of Bhakti emerged during this age, which shoowed personal love for God that followers developed without the help of any rituals or priests.
The idea of Bhakti that emerged during the medivial age included:
Love and devotion to religious concepts for Gods and Goddesses.
It did not have caste as a barrier; people from any caste could be a part of this movement.
The Bhakti movement was against rituals
The Bhakti propagated devotion through singing and dancing.
Trades and invaders brought the teachings of Islam in the _____
7th century
8th centry
9th entury
6th century
Which religions came to india either by invaders or through
traders
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Sikhism
Jainism
Every jati or caste had frarned its own rules to regulate the behaviour of its members.
True
False
Thousands of sub-castes also existed during the medivial period.
True
False
A jati panchayat was an assembly of the elders of a single jati
True
False
A jati panchayat enforced rules on its members.
True
False
Many villages were governed by one chieftain who was generally the eldest person of many jati panchayats.
True
False
When did the medieval period start?
900 A.D.
780 A.D.
700 A.D.
1100 A.D.
Bhakti Movements were originated in ____during the medivial age.
India
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Which is one of the oldest religions in the world and is the world’s third largest religion today?
Aryanism
Brahmanism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Buddha means: _____________
awakened one
peaceful one
scared one
smart one
Which religions came to India during the medivial period?
Islam
Sikhism
Zoroastrianism
Confusianism
Archive was a place where -------- were kept for future reference
Coins
Grains
manuscripts
books
In which period the number and variety of textual records increased dramatically?
600 to 700
700 to 800
800 to 1200
700 to 1750
According to medieval period, any stranger who did not belong to a certain society or culture and was not a part of particular village was regarded as..
foreigner
stranger
Cartographer
city-dweller
We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700 C E
True
False
Some notable technological changes associated with the medivial period were
The use of Persian wheel in irrigation
The use of spinning wheel in weaving
The use of firearms in combat
Spinning wheel in weaving
The (a) Age: The period between the ancient and modern periods of history is denoted by this word,
