Question 1.
What type of towns existed during Medieval period?
(a) Port
(b) Administrative
(c) Temple
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 2.
Tanjavur is situated on the river:
(a) Kaveri
(b) Krishna
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Godavari
Answer
Answer: (a) Kaveri
Question 3.
Which of the following was also an example of a temple town (The capital ofCholas)?
(a) Ajmer
(b) Thanjavur
(c) Berar
(d) Golconda
Answer
Answer: (b) Thanjavur
Question 4.
The Rajarajeshvara temple was constructed in
(a) Ajmer
(b) Bijapur
(c) Vijayanagara
(d) Thanjavur
Answer
Answer: (d) Thanjavur
Question 5.
Which of the following was a pilgrim centre?
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Surat
(d) Pushkar
Answer
Answer: (d) Pushkar
Question 6.
What was Mandapika?
(a) Mandap
(b) Mandi
(c) Mandal
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Mandi
Question 7.
Which of the following was I were NOT the kind of traders?
(a) The Banjaras
(b) The Marwari Oswal
(c) Nenadesi
(d) Gujarati Baniyas
Answer
Answer: (c) Nenadesi
Question 8.
Associations or unions of persons of any particular craft was (were) termed as
(a) emporium
(b) factor
(c) guilds
(d) sthapatis
Answer
Answer: (c) guilds
Question 9.
Hampi was the capital of which Empire of the following?
(a) Vijayanagara
(b) Mughal
(c) Mewar
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Vijayanagara
Question 10.
The people from distant land visited Surat because
(a) it was the Gateway to West Asia
(b) it was a beautiful place
(c) it was the pilgrim centre
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) it was the Gateway to West Asia
Question 11.
Important trade centre from western India was
(a) Masulipatnam
(b) Hampi
(c) Surat
(d) Madurai
Answer
Answer: (c) Surat
Question 12.
Masulipatnam was famous for its
(a) elephant trade
(b) temples
(c) crafts production of copper and silver
(d) trading port
Answer
Answer: (d) trading port
Question 13.
The part of the town where artisans and merchants of Indian origin used to live was called
(a) administrative town
(b) port town
(c) commercial town
(d) black town
Answer
Answer: (d) black town
Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Kunjaramallan | (a) Mandi/markets |
| 2. Muinuddin Chishti | (b) Portuguese traveller |
| 3. Hatta | (c) Muslim merchants |
| 4. Mandapika | (d) Market streets |
| 5. Domingo Paes | (e) Sufi saints |
| 6. Moors | (f) Rajarajeshvara temple |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Kunjaramallan | (f) Rajarajeshvara temple |
| 2. Muinuddin Chishti | (e) Sufi saints |
| 3. Hatta | (d) Market streets |
| 4. Mandapika | (a) Mandi/markets |
| 5. Domingo Paes | (b) Portuguese traveller |
| 6. Moors | (c) Muslim merchants |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1. …………. was the capital of Vijayanagar empire.
Answer
Answer: Hampi
2. ………… in Rajasthan was the capital of Chauhans.
Answer
Answer: Ajmer
3. Bronze is an alloy of copper and …………..
Answer
Answer: tin
4. ………… performed before the deity, royalty in Verupaksha temple.
Answer
Answer: Devdasi
5. The textiles of ………… were famous for Zari/gold lace.
Answer
Answer: Surat
6. …………… discovered the sea route to India.
Answer
Answer: Vasco De Gama
State whether the given statements are true or false:
1. Cloth bags in Thanjavur were produced by Saliya weavers.
Answer
Answer: True
2. Uraiyur made bronze idols and ornamental bell metal lamps.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Craftspersons of Bidar were famous for their inlay work.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Baniyas and Bohras traded with the ports of Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East Africa etc.
Answer
Answer: True
5. Murshidabad on the banks of Ravi became capital of Bengal in 1704.
Answer
Answer: False
6. Mulla Abdul Ghaffur and Virji Vora owned number of ships.
Answer
Answer: True