Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years (Chapter-1)

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1.      Briefly explain the origin of the name India.

2.      Which countries are included in Indian sub-continent

3.      Explain the meaning of the word medieval ?

4.      Narrate the variety of sources of medieval history of India.

5.      What is the difference between colonial historical accounts and modern historical accounts ?

6.      What were the important kingdoms that flourished during Early Medieval Period in India ?

7.      Discuss how historians use different types of sources to learn about the past ?

8.      Describe the growth of various political groups during medieval period of Indian history ?

9.      Examine the changes in the economic life of the people during medieval Indian ?

10.    Narrate the major developments in religious traditions witnessed during the thousand years of history of medieval India.

11.    In what ways has the meaning of the term 'Hindustan' changed over the centuries ?

12.    How were the affairs of jatis regulated ?

13.    What does the term pan-regional empire
mean ?

14.    What are the difficulties historians face in using manuscripts ?

15.    How do historians divide the past into
periods ? Do they face any problems in during so ?

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1.      Cartography is an art of making.

          (A) lnk                          (B) Silk

          (C) Map                        (D) Paper

2.      A place where documents & manuscripts are stored is known as –

          (A) Library                   (B) Bookstore

          (C) Archive                  (D) Record

3.      Nastaliq & Shikaste were –

          (A) Government officers

          (B) Different kind of hand writing

          (C) Paintings

          (D) Miniature style

4.      The first chronicle of Ziyanddin Barani was wrote in –

          (A) 1356             (B) 1365

          (C) 1375             (D) 1385

5.      Kayasthas are –

          (A) A caste of scribes & secretaries

          (B) Warriors

          (C) Farmers

          (D) Teachers

6.      In which century teachings of the holy Quran were introduced in India by merchants & migrants –

          (A) 5^th                           (B) 6^th

          (C) 7^th                           (D) 8^th

7.      Shia believed in –

          (A) Prophet Muhammad

          (B) Sufism

          (C) Ali

          (D) All of these

8.      An influential wealthy individual who supports another person is known as –

          (A) Patron           (B) Noble

          (C) Learned man          (D) All of these

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1.      Archives are places where ………… are kept.

2.      ………. was a fourteenth-century chronicler.

3.      …….., ……………., ………., …….., and ……… were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period. 

STATE TRUE OR FALSE

1.      We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.

2.      The Marathas asserted their political important during this period.

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

4.      Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.