Chapter 1 - Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Year Extra Questions
Multiple Choice Questions1. Cartographer is a person who makes
a) Drawings
b) Statues
c) Maps
d) None of these
Answer: c) Maps
2. In which century Babur used Hindustan to describe geography of subcontinent?
a) 17th century
b) 18th century
c) 16th century
d) None of these
Answer: c) 16th century
3. Why do historians today have to be careful about the terms in the past?
a) As they do not know the meaning of terms
b) As the terms may have more than one meaning
c) As the terms meant different in the past
d) All of these
Answer: c) Because the terms meant different in the past
4. Which of the following is the meaning of foreigner’ in the past?
a) Thief
b) Pardesi
c) Chef
d) Farmer
Answer: b) Pardesi
5. Where were the manuscripts placed?
a) At office
b) In libraries
c) In archives
d) Both b) and c)
Answer: d) Both b) and c)
6. Ziyauddin Barani wrote his Chronicle first in
a) 13th century
b) 12th century
c) 14th century
d) 15th century
Answer: c) 14th century
7. Which language was spoken during 14th century in present Bengal region?
a) Awadhi
b) Gauri
c) Telangani
d) Lahori
Answer: b) Gauri
8. Which is the holy book of Muslims?
a) Gita
b) Adi-Puran
c) Quran
d) Ramayana
Answer: c) Quran
Match the following
Answer the following questions:
9. What were some of the major religious development during this period?
Answer: During this period important changes occurred in the Hindu religion. The Hindus started worshipping new deities. The construction of temples by the royalty and the growing importance of Brahmanas, the priests were other development of this period.
10. How were the affairs of jatis regulated?
Answer: The fields of jatis regulated by an assembly of elders known as jati panchayat in some areas. The jatis were required to follow the rules of their village which were governed by the chieftain.
11. What does the term Pan-regional Empire mean?
Answer: The term Pan-regional Empire means an Empire spanning diverse region.
12. Why did the Brahmanas become important in the Hindu society?
Answer: Brahmanas become important in Hindu society because of worship of deities, the construction of temple by royalty and their knowledge of Sanskrit text.
13. In what ways has the meaning of term ‘Hindustan’ changed over the centuries?
Answer: When the term was used in 13th century by Minhaj-I-Siraj a chronicler who wrote in Persian He meant the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between Ganga and Yamuna. In early 16th century Babur used the term Hindustan to describe fauna and the culture of inhabitants of the subcontinent. In modern nation, it is meant India.
Fill in the blanks
14. Manuscripts provide a lot of information to the historians.
15. Knowledge of Sanskrit earned Brahmanas a lot of respect.
16. Rules and regulations of jatis were enforced by Jati Panchayat.
17. The Muslims had two divisions the Shias and the Sunnis.
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