Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years Class 7 Worksheet History

Multiple Choice Questions

Q. 1. Who was Al-Idrisi? 
a. Cartographer
b. Choreographer 
c. Scribe 
d. None of these 

Q. 2. Who is a cartographer? 
a. A person who makes painting 
b. A person who make maps 
c. A person who make sketch 
d. None of these 

Q. 3. What do you mean by ‘archives’? 
a. Place where manuscripts were collected 
b. Place where diamonds were collected 
c. Place where maps were collected
d. None of these 

Q. 4. Who used the term Hindustan in the thirteenth century? 
a. Minhaj- i- Siraj 
b. Babur 
c. Ziyauddin Barani 
d. None of these 

Q. 5. What were the new crops and beverages that arrived in Indian sub-continent in the medieval period? 
a. Corn 
b. Coffee 
c. Potato 
d. All of these 

Q. 6. Name the new religion of medieval age? 
a. Hinduism 
b. Sikhism 
c. Islam 
d. Christianity 

Q. 7. Why were only Brahmans dominated in the society during the medieval period? 
a. They were only class to proficient in Sanskrit language 
b. They were only class to proficient in British language
c. They were only class to proficient in Hindi language 
d. None of these 

Q. 8. The records written in praise of rulers were called 
a. Prashasti 
b. Manuscript 
c. Inscription 
d. All of these 

Q. 9. Who divided the Indian history in three periods i .e. Hindu,Muslim and British 
a. The Indian historians 
b. The Muslims historians 
c. The Mughal historians 
d. The British historian 

Q. 10. Who was considered a ‘foreigner’ in the past? 
a. Any stranger that is not the part of society 
b. Citizen of that village 
c. Both a and b 
d. None of these 

One Word Answer

1) The study of past is called ___________________ 

2) When did Islam reached India ______________________ 

3) Name the holy book of Muslims _____________________ 

4) Name the two groups of Muslims ________________ and __________________ 

5) The term used for the leaders of Muslim community in Arab country. ___________________ 

6) Into how many parts the Indian history was divided by Indian Historian _________________ 

7) How have Britishers divided the Indian History? ____________________ 

8) What is the term is used for a stranger ______________________ 

9) The people who use to copy manuscript were called _____________________ 

10) An influential, wealthy individual who supports another person was known as _________________

Short Answer Questions

Q.1. How do Sunni and Shia Muslims differ?

Q.2. What was the extent of Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban's empire?

Q.3. Which century marked the beginning of the medieval period? Why?

Q.4. List some of the technological changes associated with this period.

Q.5. Who were the scribes? 

Q.6. How are travelogues an important literary source?

Q.7. How have historians divided history during the middle of the 19th century?

Q.8. Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?

Q.9. Why was there a dramatic increase in the variety of textual records between 700 to 1750 CE?

Q.10. Why do you think that there were many literary sources from the medieval period?

Q.11. What do you know about chronicles?

Q.12. What are the archaeological sources of the medieval period?

Q.13. How were the affairs of jatis regulated?

Q.14. How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?

Q.15. Mention the manner in which history was divided by historians during the middle of the 19th century.

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