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Tracing changes through a thousand years class 7

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Al-Idrisi was an ______ cartographer.

a)

Egyptian

b)

European

c)

Arab

d)

Indian

2.

Al-Idrisi was an ______ cartographer.

a)

Egyptian

b)

European

c)

Arab

d)

Indian

3.

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

a)

Minhaj-i-Siraj

b)

Babur

c)

Akbar

d)

Siraj-ud-Daula

4.

We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

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

a)

True

b)

False

6.

_______________ was a fourteenth-century chronicler.

a)

Al idrisi

b)

Ziyauddin Barani

c)

Babur

d)

Akbar

7.

In which century Babur used Hindustan to describe geography of subcontinent?

a)

14th century

b)

15th century

c)

16th century

d)

17th century

8.

Which of the following is not the meaning of foreigner’ in the past?

a)

Stranger

b)

Pardesi

c)

Ajnabi

d)

Indigenous

9.

Which type of people collected Manuscripts?

a)

Poor people

b)

Wealthy people

c)

Local people

d)

None of these

10.

Rules and regulations of jatis were enforced by ______________ .

a)

Kings court

b)

Jati Panchayat

c)

Emperors empire

d)

None of the above

11.

In the image given below,the model shows .

a)

Bullock cart

b)

Ox cart

c)

Potters wheel

d)

Persian wheel

12.

British historians divided the medieval period into

a)

British,Muslim,Hindu

b)

British,Sikh,Hindu

c)

British,Buddhism,Muslim

d)

Hindu,Jainism,Zoroastrianism

13.

British historians divided the medieval period into

a)

British,Muslim,Hindu

b)

British,Sikh,Hindu

c)

British,Buddhism,Muslim

d)

Hindu,Jainism,Zoroastrianism

14.

(a)   was written by Kalhana

15.

Who is a 'Cartographer'

a)

A research scientist

b)

Someone who makes maps

c)

A chef

d)

A person who excavates

16.

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

(a)  

17.

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

18.

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

19.

(a)   wrote his chronicle first in 1356 and

another version two years later.

20.

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

21.

The persian wheel was used in?

a)

agriculture

b)

industries

c)

trade

22.

STUDY OF COINS IS CALLED

a)

INSCRIPTIONS

b)

NUMISMATICS

c)

EPIGRAPHY

23.

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

24.

Two Foreign travelers who came in India in the Medieval Period

a)

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

b)

Ibn Battuah

c)

Albruni

d)

Marco Polo

25.

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.

26.

Who were 'Scribes'

a)

kings and Queens

b)

Soldiers fighting for the king

c)

scribes copied manuscripts by hand.

d)

royal priests

27.

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.

28.

Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban stretched from Bengal (Guada) in the east to ___________in ______________

a)

Ghazni , Bengal

b)

south india (Dravida)

c)

Ghazni,Afghanistan

29.

In order of Minaj-I - Siraj what does term hindustan meant

a)

The areas of Punjab,Haryana and the lands between Ganga and Yamuna

b)

India

c)

describe the geography

d)

the fauna and the culture

30.

What you mean by Archives

a)

A place where we read books.

b)

a place where documents and manuscripts are stored

c)

a place which is been closed

d)

none of the above

31.

which are the literary sources

a)

indigenous and foreign

b)

monuments and burial sites

c)

articrafts

d)

all of the above

32.

what were the difficulties faced by historians in using manuscripts .

a)

There were no printing press so scribes need to copy the text from hands.

b)

when scribes copies from hand so they differ in the text. a word here or a word there

c)

These small diffrences grew over centuries and due to this the original manuscript and the last copy was totally different

d)

all of the above

33.

what were the new developements in medieval period

a)

Persian wheel in irrigation

b)

the spinning wheel

c)

iron tools

d)

both a and b

34.

which term includes not just rulers and chieftains but also soldiers and commanders .

a)

Rajaputra

b)

Cholas

c)

Sultans

d)

Rashtrakuta

35.

who noted that there was a different language in every region oh his land .

(a)  

36.

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

37.

The first map was made in ____ by ___ geographer ___. (year, region, name)

(a)  

38.

Why sailors take the map 2 for their voyages, rather than map 1?

4 lines
39.

For what the Minhaj-I-Siraj used the term "Hindustan"?

(a)  

40.

(a)   are places where documents and manuscripts are kept.

41.

What was the 'Jati Panchayat'?


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42.

Ziyauddin Barani was a chronicler of which century?

a)

15th

b)

14th

c)

18th

d)

17th

43.

Which of the following are sources of History?

a)

Monuments

b)

Coins

c)

Artefacts and painting

d)

All of the above

44.

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

45.

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

a)

Paper

b)

Grains

c)

potatoes

d)

Clothes

46.

Who is a 'Cartographer'

a)

A research scientist

b)

Someone who makes maps

c)

A chef

d)

A person who excavates

47.

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

48.

In which century Babur used Hindustan to describe geography of subcontinent?

a)

14th century

b)

15th century

c)

16th century

d)

13th century

49.

Which of the following is not the meaning of foreigner’ in the past?

a)

Stranger

b)

Pardesi

c)

Ajnabi

d)

Indigenous

50.

Which type of people collected Manuscripts?

a)

Poor people

b)

Wealthy people

c)

Local people

d)

None of these

51.

'Rajput' word means

a)

son of a brave leader

b)

son of a ruler

c)

son of a poor person

52.

Other groups of people such as the ___, ___, ___, and ___ also used the opportunities of the age to become politicallyy important

a)

Marathas, Jats, Rajputs, Kayasthas

b)

Marathas, Jats, Ahoms, Kayasthas

c)

Ahoms, Jats, Tughlaqs, Kayasthas

d)

Marathas, Jats, Rajputs, Ahoms, Kayasthas

53.

Who explained that he was the ruler of a vast empire that stretched from Bengal in the east, Ghazani in the west and included all of the south India.

a)

Tughlaqs

b)

Rajputra

c)

Ghiyasuddin Balban

d)

Ziyauddin Barani

54.

When did the Mughals declined?

a)

14th century

b)

13th century

c)

16th century

d)

17th century

e)

18th century

55.

Who were Patrons?

a)

new rulers who wanted to become brahmins

b)

Similar to peasants

c)

new rulers searching for prestige

56.

Who were peasants?

a)

A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership

b)

A peasant is the one who reads and listens the text to the kings

c)

A peasant is the one who feed the warriors

57.

The contexts.....

a)

in which info. is produced changes with time.

b)

in which info. is placed in archives

c)

in which info. about past was produced

d)

in which info. is same as in the past

58.

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.

59.

In the image given below,the model shows .

a)

Bullock cart

b)

Ox cart

c)

Potters wheel

d)

Persian wheel

60.

what is cartographer

a)

a person who makes map

b)

A person who writes inscription

c)

a person who rules

d)

non of the above

61.

Al-Idrisi was a Arab ---------------------

a)

cartographer

b)

geographer

c)

trader

d)

non of the above

62.

Medieval persian and morden persian are diffrent by -:

a)

vocabulary

b)

grammar

c)

all of the above

d)

non of the above

63.

Today the term "Hindusthan" means

a)

India

b)

kanuj

c)

patliputra

d)

Non of the above

64.

what are manuscripts?

a)

handwritten books usally collected by wealthy people, rulers, monastries,temples etc.

b)

they were wriitten on walls

c)

non of the above

65.

who were scribes ?

a)

they were excellent copy writers who copied manuscripts

b)

they wrote inscriptions

c)

they did trading

d)

non of the above

66.

Jatis were grouped on basis of

a)

occupation

b)

background

c)

all of the above

67.

which language in past was not belonging to anyone but was only known to brahmins

a)

Sanskrit

b)

kashmiri

c)

sindhi

d)

davarsamudhri

68.

State weather true or false

1. we did not found any manuscript after 700 AD

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

69.

fill in the blank

1. Archives are places were ---------------------- are kept

a)

manuscripts

b)

inscription

c)

non of the above

70.

1.Which is the holy book of Muslims?

a)

Bible

b)

Ramayana

c)

Quran

71.

Rules and regulations of jatis were enforced by …………

a)

Chieftain

b)

Rulers

c)

Jati panchayat

72.

The Muslims had two divisions the ………… and the …………

a)

Shia and quran

b)

Shia and sunni muslim

c)

Sunni and jats

73.

A group of warriors who claimed …………..caste status?

a)

Brahnama

b)

Maratha

c)

Kshatriya

74.

The word Rajput was derived from …..?

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Rajputra

c)

Rajaputana

75.

What were the new crops and beverages that arrived in the Indian Subcontinent in the medieval period?

a)

Tea

b)

Coffee

c)

Corn and chilli

d)

All the above

76.

What is the idea of bhakti –

a)

Loving personal deity

b)

Idol wokship

c)

Worshipping kings

77.

What is the meaning of the word Rajaputras ?

a)

Son of a ruler

b)

King

c)

Soldiers

78.

Who used to copy down scripts?

a)

Historians

b)

Scribe

c)

Archaeologist

79.

British historians divided Indian history into _____periods

a)

Two

b)

Four

c)

Three

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