Exercises Questions with Answers

Evaluation

I. Choose the correct answer

1. ____________ are the writings engraved on solid surfaces such as rocks, stones, temple walls and metals.

a) Chronicles

b) Travelogues

b) Coins

d) Inscriptions

Answer: d. Inscriptions

2. _____________ was the land gifted to temples.

a) Vellanvagai

b) Shalabhoga

c) Brahmadeya

d) Devadana

Answer: d. Devadana

3. _____________period was known as the period of devotional literature.

a) Chola

b) Pandya

c) Rajput

d) Vijayanagara

Answer: a. Chola

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

Answer: b. Taj-ul-Ma'asir

5. _____________ , an Arab-born Morocco scholar, travelled from Morocco to India.

a) Marco Polo

b) Al Beruni

c) Domingo Paes

d) Ibn Battuta

Answer: d. Ibn Battuta

II. Fill in the Blanks

1. Uttiramerur inscriptions provide details about administration in a Brahmadeya village.

2. Muhammad Ghori 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 Jital.

4. Minhaj-us-Siraj was patronised by Sultan Nazir-ud-din Mahmud of Slave Dynasty.

5. An Italian traveller Nicolo Conti visited Vijayanagar Empire in 1420.

III. Match the following

A - B

Khajuraho -  Odisha

Konark  - Hampi

Dilwara - Madhya Pradesh

Virupaksha  - Rajasthan

Answer: 1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Odisha 3) Rajasthan 4) Hampi

1. Khajuraho :  Madhya Pradesh

2. Konark : Odisha

3. Dilwara : Rajasthan

4. Virupaksha : Hampi

IV. State true or false

1. Pallichchandam was the land donated to Jaina institution. - True

2.The composition of metal coins gives us information on the political condition of the empire. – False

The composition of metal coins gives us information on the economic 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. - True

4. Domingo Paes, a Portuguese traveller, visited the Chola Empire in 1522. – False

Domingo Paes, a Portuguese traveller, visited Vijayanagar in 1522.

V. Match the statement with the reason

a) Tick ( √ ) the appropriate answer.

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.

Answer: a) R is the correct explanation of A.

b) Find out the wrong pair

1. Madura Vijayam - Gangadevi

2. Abul Fazal - Ain-i-Akbari

3. Ibn Battuta - Tahquiq-i-Hind

4. Amuktamalyatha - Krishnadevaraya

Answer: 3. Ibn Battuta - Tahquiq-i-Hind

c) Find out the odd one

Inscriptions, Travelogues, Monuments, Coins,

Answer: Travelogues

VI. Answer the following in one or two sentences

1. Who compiled Nalayira Divyaprabhandham?

Nathamuni

2. What does the word Tuzk mean?

Autobiography

3. Name Jahangir’s memoir.

Tuzk-i-Jahangiri

4. Name the two different types of sources for the study of history.

Primary sources, Secondary sources

5. List out the important mosques and forts constructed during the medieval times.

Quwwat-ul Islam Masjid, Moth-ki-Masjid, Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri Dargah (all in and around Delhi) and Charminar (Hyderabad) are the important mosques belonging to the medieval times.

6. Mention the important foreign travellers who visited India during the medieval period.

Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Nicolo Conti, Abdur Razzaq, Domingo Paes, Al-Baruni

Important Foreign travellers : Marco Polo - Venetian traveller 

Ibn Battuta        - Arabian bom Morocco scholar

Nicolo Conti     - Italian traveller

Abdur-Razzag  - Hearat (Central Asia)

Domingo Paes  - Portuguese traveller

VII. Answer the following

1. Describe the different types of coins introduced by the rulers of Delhi Sultanate.

Copper Jitals are available for the study of the period of the Delhi Sultans. Silver Tanka was introduced by Iltutmish. Aia-ud-din Khalji issued gold coins. Muhammad-bin-Tughluq's copper token curreny are indicative of coinage as well as the economic prosperity or otherwise of the country of the time.

A jital contained 3.6 grains of silver. Forty-eight jitals were equal to 1 silver tanka.

VIII. Answer Grid

1. _____________ was a courtier of Emperor Aurangazeb. Ans: Khazi Khan

2. Tiruvalangadu copper plates belong to _________. Ans: Rajendra Chola I

3. ______ was the land for the maintenance of the school. Ans: Shalabhoga

4. ______________ compiled Periyapuranam. Ans: Sekkizhar

5. ______ is an Arabic word meaning history. Ans: Tarikh or Tahquiq

6.  Muhammed bin Tughluq transferred his capital from Delhi to ________ in the south. Ans: Devagiri

IX. HOTs

The composition of metals in coins is indicative of the economic prosperity of the empire – Substantiate.

X. Student Activity

Prepare an album collecting pictures of palaces, tombs, mosques and forts of Medieval India.

XI. Life skill

1. Find out from the libraries in your town or village and prepare a report about the primary and secondary sources available there.

The composition of metals in the coins gives us information of the economic condition of the empire.