WorksheetsTRACING CHANGES THROUGH A THOUSAND YEARS VII
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is a 'Cartographer'
A research scientist
Someone who makes maps
A chef
A person who excavates
Who was the Arab geographer who made the map of the subcontinent
(a)
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.
In the early sixteenth century (a) used Hindustan to
describe the geography, the fauna and the culture of
the inhabitants of the subcontinent.
A place where documents are stored or preserved is called (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
(a) paintings were sometimes used to illustrate the texts of manuscripts.
Many new dynasties emerged after which century?
15th Century
7th Century
12th Century
11th Century
Which people were expected to bring gifts for their king in the 17th century?
Traders
Samantha
Overlords
None of these
Rashtrakutas were subordinate to whom?
Cheras
Cholas
Chalukyas
None of these
From whom the revenue was also collected?
Traders
Artisans
Merchants
Peasants
From whom the revenue was also collected?
Traders
Artisans
Merchants
Peasants
Who was considered as the most powerful chola ruler?
Babur
Rajendra
Rajaraja
Prithviraj Chauhan
What is the meaning of Hiranya-garbha literally?
Copper womb
Golden Womb
Silver womb
None of these
What were the major cities under the control of the chahamanas?
Delhi
Ajmer
Both a and b
None of these
Who were the parties involved in "tripartite struggle"?
Rashtrakutas
Palas
Gurjara-Pratihara
All of the above
Who wrote Kitab-al-Hind
Kalhana
Dantidurga
Al-biruni
None of these
Who destroyed the temple of Somnath?
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni
Mohammed Ghori
Prithviraj Chauhan
All of the above
Who defeated Muhammed Ghori
Mahmud of Ghazni
Dantidurga
Prithviraj Chauhan
None of these
(a) was written by Kalhana
