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Question 11 Mark
List some of the technological changes associated with this period.
Answer
Some of the technological changes associated with this period were the Persian wheel in irrigation, the spinning wheel in weaving, and firearms in combat.
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Question 111 Mark
Fill in the blanks:
                  was a fourteenth-century chronicler.
Answer
Ziyauddin Barani was a fourteenth-century chronicler.
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Question 141 Mark
Between 700 to 1750, various socio-cultural changes took place, what was the important reasons for this?
Answer
Interaction with people from different parts of the world.
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Question 151 Mark
Who were the patrons?
Answer
Patrons were a group of the rulers and rich class of people who provided protection and livelihood to the brahmanas, artists and poets.
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Question 171 Mark
What is archives?
Answer
Archives are the place where all old and new documents and manuscripts are kept.
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Question 181 Mark
What factors contributed to the variety of developments?
Answer
The new technologies and innovations came to the subcontinent with the people who came from other areas and settled here.
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Question 211 Mark
What was the extent of Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban's empire?
Answer
Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban's empire stretched from Bengal (Gauda) in the east to Ghazni (Gajjana) in Afghanistan in the west and included all of south India (Dravida).
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Question 231 Mark
Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.
Answer
False.
Explanation:
Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban (1266-87) explained that he was the ruler of a vast empire that stretched from Bengal (Gauda) in the east to Ghazni (Gajjana) in Afghanistan in the west and included all of south India (Dravida).
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Question 241 Mark
State whether true or false:
We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.
Answer
False.Explanation:
Historians use different types of sources to learn about the past depending upon the period of their study and the nature of their investigation. Last year, for example, you read about rulers of the Gupta dynasty and Harshavardhana. In this book we will read about the following thousand years, from roughly 700 to 1750 CE.
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Question 251 Mark
Explain the idea of bhakt that emerged during the medival era.
Answer
The idea of bhakt relates to loving and personal deity. The devotes could reach him without the aid of priests or elaborate rituals.
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Question 281 Mark
What sources do the historians use for the study of a particular period of history?
Answer
The historians use the sources like coins, inscriptions, architectures and textual records for teh study of specific period.
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Question 291 Mark
What do you mean by Jati Panchayat?
Answer
Jati Panchayat was the assembly of elders which controlled the conduct of the members of their jati They had their own rules and regulations.
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Question 331 Mark
Fill in the blanks:
Archives are places where                   are kept.
Answer
Archives are places where Manuscripts are kept.
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Question 351 Mark
Who was called the patron?
Answer
A patron is an influential, wealthy individual who supports another person–an artiste, a craftsperson, a learned man, or a noble.
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Question 391 Mark
Scribes were the people who copied manuscripts by hand before the invention of automatic printing.
Answer
There was no printing press in those days so scribes copied manuscripts by hand. As scribes copied manuscripts, they also introduced small changes - a word here, a sentence there.
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Question 401 Mark
State whether true or false:
Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.
Answer
True.Explanation:
Throughout this period there was a gradual clearing of forests and the extension of agriculture, a change faster and more complete in some areas than in others. Changes in their habitat forced many forest-dwellers to migrate.
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Question 411 Mark
Who was the Chief of the village?
Answer
Villages were controlled by a Chieftain. Even the smaller Jati Panchayats were bound to follow the village administration.
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Question 421 Mark
Fill in the blanks:
            ,            ,            ,              and              were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.
Answer
Potatoes, comchilliestea and coffee were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.
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Question 461 Mark
State whether true or false:
The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.
Answer
True.Explanation:
Other groups of people such as the Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Ahoms and Kayasthas (a caste of scribes and secretaries) also used the opportunities of the age to become politically important.
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Question 481 Mark
What does the term 'foreigner' meant in the past?
Answer
The one who was not a part of a specific social unit like village or city etc.
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Question 501 Mark
Name some sources that gave information about our past.
Answer
Coins, inscriptions, accounts of travellers, art and architecture.
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Question(1 Marks) - Social Science STD 7 Questions - Vidyadip