Class 7 Social Science - Our Past-2 (History) - Chapter The Mugal Empire NCERT Solutions | What were the central provinces under th

Why did the Mughals emphasise their Timurid and not their Mongol descent?

Match the following:

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

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

How important was the income from land revenue to the stability of the Mughal Empire?

What was the role of the zamindar in Mughal administration?

How were the debates with religious scholars important in the formation of Akbar’s ideas on governance?

Like the Mughal Empire, India today is also made up of many social and cultural units. Does this pose a challenge to national integration?

Peasants were vital for the economy of the Mughal Empire. Do you think that they are as important today? Has the gap in the income between the rich and the poor in India changed a great deal from the period of the Mughals?

What was the relationship between the mansabdar and the jagir?

Fill in the blanks:
(a) The capital of Mirza Hakim, Akbar’s half-brother, was ____________.
(b) The five Deccan Sultanates were Berar, Khandesh, Ahmadnagar, ____________ and _________________.
(c) If zat determined a mansabdar’s rank and salary, sawar indicated his ____________ .
(d) 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.

Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?

Match the following:

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

Which ruler first established his or her capital at Delhi?

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 what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries?

What is a shikhara?

Raziyya Sultan was unique in the history of the Delhi Sultanate. Do you think women leaders are accepted more readily today?

Look at Figure 4. How could that building be constructed faster today?

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

According to the “circle of justice”, why was it important for military commanders to keep the interests of the peasantry in mind?

What were the two major cities under the control of the Chahamanas?

How did a temple communicate the importance of a king?

Why did people from distant lands visit Surat?

In what ways was craft production in cities like Calcutta different from that in cities like Thanjavur?