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sst quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________________ was the capital of The Cholas.

a)

Surat

b)

Delhi

c)

Thanjavur

d)

Hampi

2.

What is an emporium?

a)

A large retail store selling a wide variety of goods.

b)

Place where emperors live.

c)

Where good from diverse centers and productions are bought and sold.

d)

A place to cook food.

3.

Ajmer is associated with the sufi saint -

a)

Rajaraja 1

b)

Mullah - Abdul Gahafur

c)

Virji -Vohra

d)

Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti

4.

Identify the place -

a)

Indus Civilization

b)

Karnataka

c)

Hampi

d)

Tamil Nadu

5.

Who annexed Golconda?

a)

Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar

b)

Muḥammad ibn Tughluq

c)

Prithviraj Chuahan

d)

Muḥī al-Dīn Muḥammad a.k.a Aurangzeb

6.

Where was Hampi Located?

a)

Jammu kashmir

b)

Krishna Tungabhadra basin

c)

Godavari river basin

d)

None of these

7.

Who was Vasco da gama?

a)

A Portuguese sailor

b)

A britisher

c)

A European who travelled India.

d)

A person wanting to find the trade route towards India.

8.

What is the meaning of Hundi?

a)

A financial instrument or a negotiable bill of exchange.

b)

A place where normal people bought there ration.

c)

A box in which the poor got their alms.

d)

A place where people used to get grains cheaper.

9.

Why do you think people regarded Thanjavur as a great town?

a)

Because of the Kaveri river flowing there

b)

Because the chola rule there

c)

This town was the main center of trade.

d)

Because of tourists coming there

10.

Mandapas were used for common people to sit and discuss their issues.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Neither

11.

who was Domingo Paes?

a)

A Portuguese traveller

b)

A person who decribed hampi

c)

A person wanting to loot india for its riches.

d)

A writer

12.

Where was Masultipatnam located?

a)

It lays on the delta of the Krishna river.

b)

Somewhere in Bombay ( current Mumbai )

c)

In the gateway to Surat

d)

In Hampi

13.

For what things did the European Countries came to India?

a)

For visiting India's grandeurs and monuments

b)

For trade of textiles and spices

c)

For trade in slaves

d)

For becoming allies with India

14.

which was one of the most celebrated festival in Hampi?

a)

Diwali

b)

Ekadashi

c)

Hampi Utsav

d)

Virupaksha Utsav

e)

Mahanavami

15.

_________ in ___________ was the emporium of the western trade during the mughal period.

a)

Bombay - calcutta

b)

Madras - Calcutta

c)

Surat - Gujurat

d)

Masulitpatnam

16.

What type of towns existed during Medieval period?

a)

Port

b)

Administrative

c)

Temple

d)

All of these

17.

Thanjavur is situated on the river

a)

Kaveri

b)

Krishna

c)

Mahanadi

d)

Godavari

18.

Which of the following was also an example of a temple town (The capital of Cholas)?

a)

Ajmer

b)

Thanjavur

c)

Berar

d)

Golconda

19.

The Rajarajeshvara temple was constructed in

a)

Ajmer

b)

Bijapur

c)

Vijayanagara

d)

Thanjavur

20.

Which of the following was a pilgrim centre?

a)

Bombay

b)

Calcutta

c)

Surat

d)

Pushkar

21.

What was Mandapika?

a)

Mandap

b)

Mandi

c)

Mandal

d)

None of these

22.

Which of the following were NOT the kind of traders?

a)

The Banjaras

b)

The Marwari Oswal

c)

Nanadesi

d)

Gujarati Baniyas

23.

Hampi was the capital of which Empire of the following?

a)

Mughal

b)

Vijayanagara

c)

Mewar

d)

None of these

24.

The people from distant land visited Surat because

a)

it was the Gateway to West Asia

b)

it was a beautiful place

c)

it was the pilgrim centre

d)

none of the above

25.

Important trade centre from western India was

a)

Masulipatnam

b)

Hampi

c)

Surat

d)

Madurai

26.

Which of the following are forms of media?

a)

T.V.

b)

Radio

c)

Newspaper

d)

All of these

27.

Which one of the following is print media?

a)

Newspaper

b)

T.V.

c)

Radio

d)

Television

28.

Which has brought the world closer to us?

a)

Television

b)

Taperecorder

c)

Typewriter

d)

None of these

29.

Which type of media offer a large variety of information to suit the taste of different readers?

a)

Electronic media

b)

Print media

c)

Mass media

d)

All of these

30.

Which is the main source of income of media?

a)

Advertisements

b)

Articles

c)

General news

d)

None of these

31.

Which word is used to refer to a T.V. or radio programme that is widely transmitted?

a)

Publish

b)

Broadcast

c)

Censorship

d)

Public protest

32.

On which basis are the cost of advertisement set?

a)

Popularity of channel

b)

Popularity of product

c)

Both (a) and (b)

d)

None of these

33.

which of the following is not the example of digital media

a)

book

b)

TV

c)

mobile phone

d)

internet

34.

Television has made us think of ourselves as global citizens.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Changing Technologies help media to reach more people.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Which of these is part of print media?

a)

T.V

b)

Radio

c)

Newspaper

d)

None of these

37.

Which invention has brought the world closure?

a)

Typewriter

b)

Television

c)

Telex

d)

None of these

38.

Between which period media was censored in India?

a)

1990-1992

b)

1975-1977

c)

1952-1954

d)

1978-1979

39.

Which type of media is important in democracy?

a)

Censored Media

b)

Independent Media

c)

Mass Media

d)

None of the above

40.

What is khabar lahriya?

a)

Local Magazine

b)

Story Book

c)

Local Newspaper

d)

None of these

41.

Cost of giving an advertisement depends on?

a)

Channel

b)

Model

c)

Product

d)

Producer

42.

What do you mean by mass media?

a)

Televison

b)

Radio

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of these

43.

What do you mean by censorship?

a)

Power that government can disallow media from publishing

b)

Power that government can disallow media from shooting

c)

Power that government can disallow media from gathering information

d)

None of these

44.

What is one positive aspect of television?

a)

Enabled people to waste their money

b)

Enabled ourselves as members of larger global world

c)

Enabled people to spend their time

d)

None of these

45.

What do you mean by balanced report?

a)

Discusses all the earning concepts

b)

Discusses all expenditure of company

c)

Discusses all point of view of particular story

d)

None of these