WorksheetsGrade 7 History L.6-Towns, Traders and Craftspersons
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 9mins
What was the capital of the Cholas?
Kozhikode
Thanjavur
Svamimalai
Vrindavan
Which city was the capital of the Chauhan kings in the twelfth century?
Tiruvannamalai
Ajmer
Bhillasvamin
Somnath
Which celebrated Sufi saint attracted devotees from all creeds?
Khwaja Muinuddin Chisthi
Bahauddin Zakariya
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
None of the above
How was craft production different in Thanjavur than in Calcutta?
Crafts in Thanjavur were comprised of copper and silver inlay work.
Crafts in Thanjavur were comprised of gold and jewelry.
Thanjavur was a temple town and all of the city's population lived in a village.
Thanjavur was a temple town and all of the city's population lived in the main town.
Kings sat in ________, or pavilions.
Mandapas
Mandapikas
Haats
Thrones
Give examples of two pilgrimage centres which slowly developed into townships.
Tiruvannamalai
Bhillasvamin
Madurai
Vrindavan
True or False: The lost wax technique consisted of molten metal poured into a cemented mould and then cooled into the desired shape.
True
False
Who built a fortified palace in or near small trading towns?
Samantas
Mayors
Dictators
Sarpanches
True or False: Since traders had to pass through many kingdoms and forests, they formed guilds to protect their interests.
True
False
"There were taxes in kind on: sugar and jaggery..." This inscription dates from which century?
Tenth
Twelfth
Ninth
Eleventh
Who are two examples of famous trading guilds?
Bidar
Manigramam
Nanadesi
Kaikkolars
The craftspersons of Bidar were so famed for their inlay work in copper and silver that it came to be called (a) .
Some aspects of cloth making like cotton cleaning, spinning and dyeing became ___________ ___________.
Independent countries
Independent crafts
Unfashionable
Unionized crafts
From which century did importance come to Kabul?
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
Sixteenth
Twelfth
Where is Hampi located, and what was its importance?
Krishna-Tungabhadra basin; it formed the nucleus of the Chola Empire
Krishna-Kaveri delta; it formed the nucleus of the Vijayanagara Empire
Krishna-Ganga basin; it formed the nucleus of the Mughal Empire
Krishna-Tungabhadra basin; it formed the nucleus of the Vijayanagara Empire
The Anantraj Sagar Tank was _.__ km. long.
1.27
2.17
1.37
1.36
Mahanavami was also known as the ______ festival in the south.
Vishu
Navaratri
Navtri
Onam
Hampi
The textiles of Surat were famous for their _____.
Zari
Silver lace borders
Gold laced jewellery
Cotton laced gold
Masulipatnam is also called _______ and is translated into _______.
Machalipur; fishing town
Machlipatnam; fish port town
Machlipatnam; seafood town
Machalipoornam; fish port town
Give two examples of great Indian traders who used their ships to compete with the British.
Shang Tsung
Mulla Abdul Ghafur
Virji Vora
Mulla Ghafoor Singh
________, _________, and _________ are nodal cities today.
Bombay
Calcutta
Trichy
Madras
Merchants and artisans were moved into the Black Towns whereas the 'white' rulers were residing in superior forts like _______ in ________.
Fort St. George; Calcutta
Fort St. William; Calcutta
Fort St. Harry; Madras
Fort St. George; Ahmedabad
True or False: In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, weavers had much more liberty and had the ability to make and sell whatever design they had; thus being part of one of the richest occupations in the town.
False
True
In _______, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb annexed Golconda.
1696-1697
1586-1587
1684-1685
1686-1687
How did William Methwold describe Masulipatnam's town and springs and when?
In 1620, he described the springs as being plentiful but the town being ill-built.
In 1720, he described the springs as being brackish and the town being ill-built.
In 1650, he described the springs as brackish but the town being well-built.
In 1620, he described the springs as brackish and the town being ill-built.
