Tribes, Nomads and Settled Comminities Question Answers: NCERT Class 7 Social Science - Our Past-2 (History)

Garh                                                  Chaurasi
Tanda                                                Caravan
Labourer                                            Paik
Clan                                                   Khel
Sib singh                                           Ahom state
Durgawati Garha                               katanga 

(a) jatis
(b) buranjis
(c) akbar nama
(d) temples and brahmanas

(a) true
(b) false
(c) false
(d) false

The following kinds of exchange took place between nomadic pastoralists and settled agriculturists that are given below:
- They exchange milk other pastoral products like wool, ghee, etc.
- Agriculturists gave them grains, clothes, utensils and other products etc.

The administration of the ahom state was organized as follows:
- The ahome state depended upon forced labour or paiks.
- The population's census was taken.
- Each village had to send a number of paiks by rotation.
- By the first half on the 17 th century, the administration become quite centralized.

The following changes took place in the varna- based society as given below:
- Smaller castes or jatis emerged within varnas.

- Many tribes and social group were taken into caste based society which have given the status of jatis.
- Jatis rather than varna, became the basis for organizing society.
- Specialized artisans-smiths, carpenters and mason were also reconized as separated jatis by the Brahmans.

The tribal societies changes are as follows:
- they initiated to involve a centralized administrative system.
- Someone social division within a tribal society also took place.
- Tribal kings started to grant land to brahmanas, poets and scholars.
- Tribal kings also prayed to be reconized as other famous king of the subcontinent.
- In order to build a large state, ahom used firearms.
- Tribal kingdoms began to annex smaller neighbouring kingdoms. For example, ahom annexed kingdoms of chhutiyas and Koch-hajo.

Yes, the banjaras were much important for the economy in the following ways:
- Banjaras were the trader nomads.
- Under sultan alauddin khaji, banjaras used to transport to the city markets.
- They transported food grains for the mughal army during the campaigns of military.

Yes , ahom and gonds had following similarities:
- Both the tribal states were attacked by mughals at different times. This became a cause of their decline.
- Both of them, in order to enjoy raised social status pleased brahmanas by granting them lands.
Both of these tribes involved centralized administrative system.