Class 7 Social Science - Our Past-2 (History) - Chapter New Kings and Kingdoms NCERT Solutions | What were the two major cities under the

How did the Rashtrakutas become powerful?

Who were the parties involved in the “tripartite struggle”?

What were the activities associated with Chola temples?

What did the new dynasties do to gain acceptance?

What kind of irrigation works were developed in the Tamil region?

What were the qualifications necessary to become a member of a committee of the sabha in the Chola empire?

Match the following:

Gurjara-Pratiharas                   Western Deccan
Rashtrakutas                               Bengal
Palas                                 Gujarat and Rajasthan
Cholas                                      Tamil Nadu

Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?

Which ruler first established his or her capital at Delhi?

Match the following:

mansab                               Marwar
Mongol                                governor
Sisodiya Rajput                   Uzbeg
Rathor Rajput                     Mewar
Nur Jahan                           rank
subadar                             Jahangir

How is the “trabeate” principle of architecture different from the “arcuate”?

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The Rajarajeshvara temple was built in ———.
(b) Ajmer is associated with the Sufi saint ————.
(c) Hampi was the capital of the ———— Empire.
(d) The Dutch established a settlement at ———— in Andhra Pradesh.

Match the following:

garh                                             khel
tanda                                           chaurasi
labourer                                       caravan
clan Garha                                   Katanga
Sib Singh                                     Ahom state
Durgawati                                    paik

The Buddha                               namghar
Shankaradeva                          worship of Vishnu
Nizamuddin Auliya                    questioned social differences
Nayanars                                  Sufi saint
Alvars                                       worship of Shiva

Anantavarman                            Kerala
Jagannatha                                Bengal
Mahodayapuram                       Orissa
Lilatilakam                                 Kangra
Mangalakavya                          Puri
Miniature                                  Kerala 

Match the following:

subadar                                                 a revenue farmer
faujdar                                                   a high noble
ijaradar                                                  provincial governor
misl                                                       Maratha peasant warriors
chauth                                                   a Mughal military commander
kunbis                                                    a band of Sikh warriors
umara                                                   tax levied by the Marathas

State whether true or false:

(a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.
(b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.
(c) Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.
(d) Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.

In whose reign did the Sultanate reach its farthest extent?

State whether true or false:
(a) Nadir Shah invaded Bengal.
(b) Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of Indore.
(c) Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth Guru of the Sikhs.
(d) Poona became the capital of the Marathas in the eighteenth century.

Who lived in the “Black Towns” in cities such as Madras?

How did the Mughal court suggest that everyone – the rich and the poor, the powerful and the weak – received justice equally from the emperor?

What were the major ideas expressed by Kabir? How did he express these?

Why did the Nawabs of Awadh and Bengal try to do away with the jagirdari system?

What was the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans?

What are the difficulties historians face in using manuscripts?

List some of the technological changes associated with this period.

Why was it important for the Mughals to recruit mansabdars from diverse backgrounds and not just Turanis and Iranis?