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Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who among the following draws maps?

a)

painter

b)

Sailors

c)

Cartographer

d)

Historian

2.

Which region did Al-idrisi belong to?

a)

Arab

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Sri Lanka

3.

When did the Mughal empire decline?

a)

18th Century

b)

19th Century

c)

20th century

d)

17th Century

4.

The term 'Hindustan" was first used by whom?

a)

Amir Khusrau

b)

Al-idrisi

c)

Minhaj-i Siraj

d)

Babur

5.

Ziyauddin Barani was a chronicler of which century?

a)

15th

b)

14th

c)

18th

d)

17th

6.

Which of the following are sources of History?

a)

Monuments

b)

Coins

c)

Artefacts and painting

d)

All of the above

7.

What is meant by archaeology?

a)

The study of painting

b)

The study of buildings

c)

The study of politics

d)

The study of remains

8.

In which period the number and variety of textual records increased dramatically?

a)

600 to 700

b)

700 to 800

c)

800 to 1200

d)

700 to 1750

9.

Through the period of 700 to 1750 which of the following became cheaper?

a)

Paper

b)

Grains

c)

potatoes

d)

Clothes

10.

Who is a 'Cartographer'

a)

A research scientist

b)

A person who makes maps

c)

A chef

d)

A person who excavates

11.

the map in which south india is where we expect north india is made by

a)

Minaj-I-Siraj

b)

Al-Idrisi

c)

Sultan Mahmud

d)

None of these

12.

When was this map made

a)

1702

b)

1154

c)

1030

13.

What did the term 'Hindustan' mean when it was used in the thirteenth century by Minhaj-i-Siraj,

a)

the areas of Punjab, Haryana

b)

Ganga and Yamuna region

c)

North India

d)

the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands

between the Ganga and Yamuna.

14.

A place where documents are stored or preserved is called (a)  

15.

Who were 'Scribes'

a)

kings and Queens

b)

Soldiers fighting for the king

c)

scribes copied manuscripts by hand.

d)

royal priests

16.

When was paper easily avilable

a)

13th century

b)

10th century

c)

14th century

17.

Persian wheel was used for --------------------.It was invented by--------- .

(a)  

18.

One group of people who became important in this period were the _______________, a name derived from “Rajaputra”, the son of a ruler.

a)

Brahmins

b)

Kshatriya

c)

Rajputs

d)

Warriors

19.

Which two of them were the jatis of India in the medieval period?

a)

Brahamin

b)

Christians

c)

Kshtriyas

d)

Peasants

20.

Name the groups who asserted their political importance during period between 700 to 1750?

a)

Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Kashmiri, and Kshatriya

b)

Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Muslims, and Shudras

c)

Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Muslims and Punjabi

d)

Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Ahoms, and Kayastha

21.

Which of the language

was used in Andhra Pradesh according to Amir khusrau

a)

Kashmiri

b)

Sindhi

c)

Telangani

d)

Lahori

22.

Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.

a)

True

b)

FLASE

23.

Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which of the following is the holy book of Muslims?

a)

Geeta

b)

Ramayan

c)

Guru granth sahib

d)

Quran

25.

______________ was a fourteenth-century chronicler.

a)

Ziyauddin Baruni

b)

Minhaj-I Siraj

c)

Siraj Khan

d)

Sultan

26.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Devleopment in Hinduism during the medivial period:

a)

Many important changes took place in Hinduism and these were the worshipping of new gods and goddesses

b)

Construction of new and large temples by different kings.

c)

Increase in temples, increased the importance of Brahmans and priests who became the most impartant group of the society.

d)

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.

28.

The idea of Bhakti that emerged during the medivial age included:

a)

Love and devotion to religious concepts for Gods and Goddesses.

b)

It did not have caste as a barrier; people from any caste could be a part of this movement.

c)

The Bhakti movement was against rituals

d)

The Bhakti propagated devotion through singing and dancing.

29.

Trades and invaders brought the teachings of Islam in the _____

a)

7th century

b)

8th centry

c)

9th entury

d)

6th century

30.

Which religions came to india either by invaders or through

traders

a)

Islam

b)

Zoroastrianism

c)

Sikhism

d)

Jainism

31.

Every jati or caste had frarned its own rules to regulate the behaviour of its members.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Thousands of sub-castes also existed during the medivial period.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

A jati panchayat was an assembly of the elders of a single jati

a)

True

b)

False

34.

A jati panchayat enforced rules on its members.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Many villages were governed by one chieftain who was generally the eldest person of many jati panchayats.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

When did the medieval period start?

a)

900 A.D.

b)

780 A.D.

c)

700 A.D.

d)

1100 A.D.

37.

Bhakti Movements were originated in ____during the medivial age.

a)

India

b)

Bangladesh

c)

Pakistan

d)

Afghanistan

38.

Which is one of the oldest religions in the world and is the world’s third largest religion today?

a)

Aryanism

b)

Brahmanism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

39.

Buddha means: _____________

a)

awakened one

b)

peaceful one

c)

scared one

d)

smart one

40.

Which religions came to India during the medivial period?

a)

Islam

b)

Sikhism

c)

Zoroastrianism


d)

Confusianism

41.

Archive was a place where -------- were kept for future reference

a)

Coins

b)

Grains

c)

manuscripts

d)

books

42.

In which period the number and variety of textual records increased dramatically?

a)

600 to 700

b)

700 to 800

c)

800 to 1200

d)

700 to 1750

43.

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..

a)

foreigner

b)

stranger

c)

Cartographer

d)

city-dweller

44.

We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700 C E

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Some notable technological changes associated with the medivial period were

a)

The use of Persian wheel in irrigation

b)

The use of spinning wheel in weaving

c)

The use of firearms in combat

d)

Spinning wheel in weaving

46.

The (a)   Age: The period between the ancient and modern periods of history is denoted by this word,