Class 7  

                              Chapter 1     (History)

                   Exercise questions answers..    

Q1: Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?

Answer: In past (medieval period), foreigner is referred to any person who was not a part of the same society or culture. For example, a city-dweller might regard a forest-dweller as foreigner But two peasants living in the same village were not foreigners to each other even though they belong to different caste or religious backgrounds.

Q2: State whether true or false:

(a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.

(b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.

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

9d) Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam. Manipur and Kashmir.

Answer:

False

True

True

False

Q3: Fill in the blanks:

(a) Archives are places where………………are kept.

(b)…..  …………..was a fourteenth-century chronicler.

©…………..   And………… were some of the new crops introduced into the

Subcontinent during this period.

Answer:

Archives are places where manuscripts are kept.

Amir Khusrao was a fourteenth-century chronicler.

Potatoes corn chillies and coffee were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.

Q4: List some technological changes associated with this period.

Ans. In the thousand years between 700 to 1750 there were large technological changes occurred such as,

Persian wheel

The spinning wheel in weaving

Firearms in combat

New foods and beverages crops like potatoes, corn, chilies, tea and coffee.

Q5: In what ways has the meaning of the term ”Hindustan” changed over the centuries?

Answer.  The time the meaning of the term ”Hindustan"  changed number of times   over

the centuries .

Presently. the term  ”Hindustan"   is  understood by  ”India" the modem nation state.

During 13th century writer Minhaj-i-Siraj. used the term ”Hindustan" in politic at context to denote kingdom areas of Punjab. Haryana arid the lands between Ganga arid Yamuna (Uttar Pradesh).

In 16th century. Babur arid Amir Khusro used the term "Hindustan” to describe the geography. the fauna (animals) arid the culture of the inhabitants of the   sub-Continent.

Q6: How were the affairs of jatis regulated?

      Answer. Jatis framed their own rules arid regulations to manage the conduct of     their members. These regulations were enforced by an assembly of elders ( called jati

parx: hayat in some areas). Several villages were governed by a chieftain. Together they were only one small unit of a state.

Q7: What does the term pan-regional empire mean?

Answer. The empire which spreads across many regions of diverse culture. religion and geography is called pan-regional empire. Cholas. Khaljis. Tughluqs arid Mughals were pan-regional empires.