Olympiad Test: Mobile and Settled Communities - 1 - Class 7 MCQ

Match the following:
Options A
A. Garha Katanga
B. Cholas
C. Banjaras
D. Balochis
Options B

1. Large Gond kingdom
2. Built a state in the Brahmaputra valley
3. Important trader nomads
4. Influential tribe in Punjab during the 13th and 14th centuries

The Gonds, inhabiting the vast forested region called Gondwana, practised shifting cultivation and were further divided into much smaller clans, each controlled by a raja or ______.

Complete the analogy: The Chero chiefdoms emerged in present-day Bihar and Jharkhand by the 12th century, and Raja Man Singh, Akbar’s famous general, attacked and defeated the Cheros in 1591, similar to the Mughals capturing the Gond kingdom of Garha Katanga in ______________.

Complete the sentence: The Ahoms faced many invasions from the south-west, and in 1662, the Mughals under Mir Jumla attacked the Ahom kingdom. Despite their brave defence, they were defeated, and direct Mughal control over the region could not last ______________.

Match the following:
Options A
A. Rajputs
B. Cholas
C. Gonds
D. Balochis
Options B

1. Practiced shifting cultivation
2. Developed new states by the 11th and 12th centuries
3. Controlled large territories in Punjab
4. Built large empires and brought different regions under their rule

Complete the analogy: Just as nomadic pastoralists moved long distances with their animals and exchanged goods with settled agriculturists, mendicants acted as wandering merchants and were castes of _____.

Complete the sentence: The Cholas built large empires, and many Rajput clans, belonging to different lineages, such as Hunas, Chandelas, Chalukyas, and others, gradually replaced the older rulers, especially in agricultural areas, and a developed society was emerging, setting an example for the tribal people to follow with the support of the _____.