Question 7 :
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Umara and jagirdars constituted powerful sections of the Mughal __________________.
Question 8 :
State whether true or false:
Poona became the capital of the Marathas in the eighteenth century.
Question 9 :
State whether true or false:
Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of Indore.
Question 13 :
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_______ , _______ and _________ were advocates of Virashaivism.
Question 25 :
Pick the correct answer:
Which mode of transport is most suitable to reach an island?
Question 26 :
What are the crops grown by the people of the Amazon Basin?
Question 35 :
Pick the correct answer:
The innermost layer of the earth is
Question 38 :
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The Ladakh desert is mainly inhabited by
Question 39 :
What are the two types of deserts found in the world?
Question 41 :
Velds lie in the Southern hemisphere. When it is summers in velds, what season would it be in the prairies?
Question 42 :
What is the major occupation of the people of the South African grasslands?
Question 43 :
What are the cattle farms in the North American Grasslands known as?
Question 52 :
In which part of the world and tropical deciduous forest is found?
Question 54 :
Which are the two factors on which the growth of vegetation mostly depends?
Question 58 :
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In tropical evergreen forest, one of the common animals is:
Question 65 :
What were the two major cities under the control of the Chahamanas?
Question 67 :
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The depositional feature of a glacier is:
Question 75 :
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Which is caused by the sudden movements of the earth?
Question 79 :
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If zat determined a mansabdar’s rank and salary, sawar indicated his __________.
Question 80 :
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The five Deccan Sultanates were Berar, Khandesh, Ahmadnagar, __________ and __________.
Question 81 :
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Abul Fazl, Akbar’s friend and counsellor, helped him frame the idea of ____________________ so that he could govern a society composed of many religions, cultures and castes.
Question 85 :
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The capital of Mirza Hakim, Akbar’s half-brother, was __________.
Question 86 :
Choose the most appropriate option:
What were the central provinces under the control of the Mughals?
Question 94 :
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The Dutch established a settlement at ___________ in Andhra Pradesh.
Question 95 :
State whether true or false:
Kabul was a major centre for trade in elephants.
Question 96 :
State whether true or false:
Merchants preferred to travel individually rather than in caravans.
Question 97 :
Choose the appropriate option:
How was water supplied to the city of Thanjavur?
Question 98 :
State whether true or false:
Surat was an important trading port on the Bay of Bengal.
Question 99 :
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The Rajarajeshvara temple was built in __________.
Question 100 :
State whether true or false:
We know the name of the architect of the Rajarajeshvara temple from an inscription.
Question 101 :
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Hampi was the capital of the ________ Empire.
Question 102 :
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Ajmer is associated with the Sufi saint ______________.
Question 103 :
State whether true or false:
Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.
Question 104 :
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_______. __________, __________, ________ and __________ were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.
Question 105 :
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Archives are places where ___________ are kept.
Question 106 :
State whether true or false:
Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.
Question 107 :
State whether true or false:
We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.
Question 108 :
State whether true or false:
The Marathas asserted their political importance during the period between 700 and 1750 CE.
Question 112 :
State whether true or false:
Tribal societies had rich oral traditions.
Question 115 :
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As tribal states became bigger and stronger, they gave land grants to _________ and ________.
Question 116 :
State whether true or false:
There were no tribal communities in the northwestern part of the subcontinent.
Question 117 :
State whether true or false:
The Bhils lived in the north-eastern part of the subcontinent.
Question 118 :
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The new castes emerging within varnas were called _________.
Question 119 :
State whether true or false:
The chaurasi in Gond states contained several cities.
Question 120 :
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___________ were historical works written by the Ahoms.
Question 122 :
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The ____________ mentions that Garha Katanga had 70,000 villages.
Question 124 :
The name of one river is hidden in each of the sentences below. Spot it.
‘Write the following words, Marc!’ “On”, “go”, “in', _____ said the teacher to the little boy in KG Class. (Hint: Rhymes with ‘bongo’)
Question 126 :
The name of one river is hidden in each of the sentences below. Spot it.
Either jealousy or anger causes a person’s fall (Hint: Name of a juicy fruit!)
Question 127 :
The name of one river is hidden in each of the sentences below. Spot it.
“I am a zonal champion now” declared the excited athletic. (Hint: The river that has the biggest basin in the world)
Question 129 :
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The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called
