Sources of Medieval India Book Back Questions 7th Social Science Lesson 1
7th Social Science Lesson 1
1] Sources of Medieval India
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Do You Know?
Do you know the famous words of Khafi Khan, a courtier of Emperor Aurangazeb? He says, ‘It is the duty of an historian to be faithful, to have no hope of profit, no fear of injury, to show no partiality on one side, or animosity on the other, to know no difference between friend and stranger and to write nothing but with sincerity.’
Classification of Sources: Primary Sources, Secondary Sources.
A jital contained 3.6 grains of silver. Forty-eight jitals were equal to 1 silver tanka.
Tabakat is an Arabic word meaning generations or centuries. Tuzk is a Persian word meaning autobiography. Tarikh or Tahquiq are Arabic words meaning history.
Choose the best answers:
1. _______________ are the writings engraved on solid surfaces such as rocks, stones, temple walls and metals.
(a) Chronicles
(b) Travelogues
(c) Coins
(d) Inscriptions
2. ______________ was the land gifted to temples.
(a) Vellanvagai
(b) Shalabhoga
(c) Brahmadeya
(d) Devadana
3. ___________ period was known as the period of devotional literature.
(a) Chola
(b) Pandya
(c) Rajput
(d) Vijayanagara
4. _____________ provides information about the first Sultan of Delhi.
(a) Ain-i-Akbari
(b) Taj-ul-Ma’asir
(c) Tuzk-i-Jahangiri
(d) Tarikh-i-Frishta
5. ______________, an Arab-born Morocco scholar, travelled from Morocco to India.
(a) Marco Polo
(b) Al Beruni
(c) Domingo Paes
(d) Ibn Battuta
Fill in the blanks:
1. ____________ inscriptions provide details about administration in a Brahmadeya village.
2. _____________ had stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his gold coins and had his name inscribed on it.
3. 3.6 grains of silver amounted to a ___________
4. __________ was patronised by Sultan Nazir-ud-din Mahmud of Slave Dynasty.
5. An Italian traveller ___________ visited Vijayanagara Empire in 1420.
Match the following:
A B
1. Khajuraho – Odisha
2. Konark – Hampi
3. Dilwara – Madhya Pradesh
4. Virupaksha – Rajasthan
State true or false. If false, correct the statement:
1. Pallichchandam was the land donated to Jaina institution.
2. The composition of metal coins gives us information on the political condition of the empire.
3. The high cost of copper made palm leaf and paper cheaper alternatives for recording royal orders and events in royal courts.
4. Domingo Paes, a Portuguese traveller, visited the Chola Empire in 1522.
Consider the following the statements and tick the appropriate answer:
1. Assertion (A): Muhammad Ghori’s gold coins carried the figure of Goddess Lakshmi.
Reason (R): The Turkish invader was liberal in his religious outlook.
(a) R is the correct explanation of A
(b) R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is wrong and R is correct
(d) A and R are wrong
Find out the wrong pair:
1. Madura Vijayam – Gangadevi
2. Abul Fazal – Ain-i-Akbari
3. Ibn Battuta – Tahquiq-i-Hind
4. Amuktamalyatha – Krishnadevaraya
Find out the odd one:
Inscriptions, Travelogues, Monuments, Coins.
Answers:
Choose the best answers:
1. Inscriptions 2. Devadana 3. Chola 4. Taj-ul-Ma’asir 5. Ibn Battuta
Fill in the blanks:
1. Uttiramerur Inscriptions 2. Muhammad Ghori 3. 1Jital 4. Minhaj-us-siraj 5. Nicolo Conti
Match the following:
1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Odisha 3. Rajasthan 4. Hampi
State true or false:
1.True
2.True
3.False
Correct Statement: The high cost of copper made palm leaf and paper cheaper alternatives for recording legal documents.
4.True
Consider the following the statements and tick the appropriate answer:
R is the correct explanation of A.
Find out the wrong pair:
Ibn Battuta – Tahquiq-i-Hind
Find out the odd one:
Travelogues