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tracing changes

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

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.

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

a)

Coins

b)

Grains

c)

manuscripts

d)

books

9.

Who was the Arab geographer who made the map of the subcontinent

(a)  

10.

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.

11.

In the early sixteenth century (a)   used Hindustan to

describe the geography, the fauna and the culture of

the inhabitants of the subcontinent.

12.

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

13.

Who were 'Scribes'

a)

kings and Queens

b)

Soldiers fighting for the king

c)

scribes copied manuscripts by hand.

d)

royal priests

14.

What was the most common problem when scribes were involved in writing history.

a)

Misinterpret the text

b)

Destroy records/material

c)

Wrote incorrect information

d)

introduced small changes

– a word here, a sentence there.

15.

(a)   paintings were sometimes used to illustrate the texts of manuscripts.

16.

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

17.

________ used the term ‘Hindustan’ for the first time in the thirteenth century.

a)

Minhaj-i-Siraj

b)

Babur

c)

Akbar

d)

Siraj-ud-Daula

18.

Rules and regulations of jatis were enforced by ______________ .

a)

Kings court

b)

Jati Panchayat

c)

Emperors empire

d)

None of the above

19.

In the image given below,the model shows .

a)

Bullock cart

b)

Ox cart

c)

Potters wheel

d)

Persian wheel

20.

Minhaj-i-Siraj, a chronicler used the term ________ to refer to the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna. He used the term in a political sense for lands that were a part of the dominions of the Delhi Sultan.

a)

Hind

b)

Hindustan

c)

Foreigner

d)

Sanskrit

21.

The fourteenth-century poet ________ used the word “Hind”

a)

Babur

b)

Minhaj-i-Siraj

c)

Amir Khusrau

22.

A variety of developments that occurred over the medieval period in terms of technology are

a)

Spinning wheel

b)

chilies

c)

corn

d)

jatis

23.

As a result of migration and gradual clearing of forests, forest dwellers became________

a)

peasants

b)

traders

c)

merchants

d)

none of the above

24.

The idea of a loving, personal deity that devotees could reach without the aid of priests or elaborate rituals was promoted by

a)

Hinduism

b)

Islam

c)

Bhakti Movement

25.

Learned theologians and jurists in Islam are known as

a)

Sunni

b)

Shia

c)

Ulama

26.

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

27.

Sunni Muslims accepted the authority of the early leaders ________

a)

Mohammad

b)

Khan

c)

Khalifas

d)

Ali

28.

The periods in which British historians divided the Indian history.

a)

Hindu, Muslims and Shudras periods

b)

Hindu, Muslims and Christians periods

c)

Hindu, Muslims and British periods

d)

Hindu, Muslims and Sikhs periods

29.

In medieval history this year we will read roughly about which thousand years?

a)

800-1900

b)

700-1750

c)

400-1450

30.

Name the two sects of Islam.

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31.

The term 'foreigner' meant in the past (a)  

32.

What do we call foreinger in hindi?

a)

Forest Dweller

b)

Jatis

c)

Pardesi

d)

None of these

33.

What do you mean by Patrons?

4 lines
34.

In which century paper was expensive and was easily available?

a)

19th century

b)

14th century

c)

15th century

d)

12th century

35.

Cholas , Khaljis and Tughluqs built a---------empire

a)

Srong

b)

Big

c)

Powerful

d)

Pan-regional

36.

Brahmanas knowledge of--------texts made them highly respected in the scociety

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Hindi

c)

Persian

d)

None of the above

37.

----------Muslims believed that the Prophet Muhammad`s son-in-law , Ali was the legitimate leader of the Muslim community

a)

Sunni

b)

Shia

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of the above