7th scert

Question 1

the famous words of Khafi Khan, a courtier of Emperor _____

Answer 1

Aurangzeb

Question 2

types of lands gift ed by the Chola
kings

Answer 2

1.Vellanvagai - land of non-brahmin
proprietors
2.Brahmadeya - land gift ed to Brahmins
3.Shalabhoga - land for the maintenance
of a school
4.Devadana - land gift ed to temples
Pallichchandam - land donated to Jaina
institutions

Question 3

Tiruvalangadu plates of

Answer 3

Rajendra
Chola I

Question 4

Anbil plates of

Answer 4

Sundara Chola

Question 5

Uttiramerur inscriptions
in

Answer 5

Kanchipuram district

Question 6

Khajuraho monuments

Answer 6

(Madhya Pradesh)

Question 7

Konark

Answer 7

(Odisha)

Question 8

Dilwara

Answer 8

(Mt.Abu, Rajastan)

Question 9

(Brihadeshwara),

Answer 9

Thanjavur

Question 10

Vitala and Virupaksha temples at Hampi similarly speak of the contribution of

Answer 10

Vijayanagara rulers (15th century).

Question 11

Charminar (Hyderabad)

Answer 11

(Hyderabad)

Question 12

who had stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his gold coins and had his name inscribed on it.

Answer 12

Muhammad Ghori

Question 13

who introduced by Iltutmish,

Answer 13

Silver Tanka

Question 14

Forty-eight jitals were equal to

Answer 14

1 silver tanka.

Question 15

which was known as the period of devotional literature

Answer 15

Chola period

Question 16

Periyapuranam

Answer 16

Sekkizhar’s

Question 17

Nalayira Divyaprabhandham, composed by ____ and compiled by ____

Answer 17

12 Azhwars
Nathamuni,

Question 18

Devaram composed by________ and compiled by_____

Answer 18

Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar
Nambiyandar Nambi

Question 19

Thiruvasagam

Answer 19

Manikkavasakar’s

Question 20

Gita Govindam (12th century)

Answer 20

Jayadeva’s

Question 21

Madura Vijayam and Amuktamalyatha were poems composed by

Answer 21

Gangadevi and Krishnadevaraya

Question 22

Chand Bardai’s

Answer 22

Prithiviraj Raso

Question 23

Rajtarangini (11th century).

Answer 23

Kalhana’s

Question 24

____ is an Arabic word meaning generations or centuries.

Answer 24

Tabakat

Question 25

_____ is a Persian word meaning autobiography

Answer 25

Tuzk

Question 26

Tarikh or Tahquiq are Arabic words meaning

Answer 26

history.

Question 27

Minhaj-us-Siraj, patronised by Sultan Nazir-ud-din Mahmud of Slave Dynasty, wrote

Answer 27

Tabakat-i-Nasiri(The compendium deals with the period from the conquest of Muhammad Ghori to A.D. (CE) 1260)

Question 28

Hasan Nizami, a migrant from Ghazni wrote. _______towards the end of Iltutmish’s rule.

Answer 28

Taj-ul-Ma’asir

Question 29

Zia-ud-Barni, a courtier of Muhammad Tughluq, wrote_____________ in which he dealt with the history of Delhi Sultanate from Ghiyas-ud-din Balban to the early years of the reign of Firoz Shah Tughluq.

Answer 29

Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi,

Question 30

Ferishta’s_____-- deals with the history of the rise of the Mughal power in India.

Answer 30

Tarikh-i-Frishta (16th century)

Question 31

Babur Nama

Answer 31

Babur’s

Question 32

Ain-i-Akbari and Akbar Nama

Answer 32

Abul Fazal’s

Question 33

Tuzk-i-Jahangiri,

Answer 33

Jahangir

Question 34

Tabakat-i-Akbari,

Answer 34

Nizam-ud-din Ahmad

Question 35

Tarikh-i-Badauni (Badauni's History)

Question 36

Marco Polo, a Venetian traveller, visited when the Pandya kingdom was becoming the leading Tamil power in the

Answer 36

13th century

Question 37

Al-Beruni (11th century) accompanied (Mahmud’s Somnath expedition)

Answer 37

Mahmud of Ghazni

Question 38

In his book Tahquiq-i-Hind,__________discussed the Indian conditions, systems of knowledge, social norms and religion.

Answer 38

Alberuni

Question 39

Ibn Battuta (14th century), an Arab-born Morocco scholar His travelogue ________

Answer 39

(Rihla [The Travels])

Question 40

Vijayanagar had many foreign visitors who left behind their detailed accounts of the state.

Answer 40

An Italian named Nicolo Conti came in 1420. Abdur-Razzaq came from Heart (the court of Great Khan in Central Asia) in 1443. Domingo Paes, a Portuguese traveller, visited the city in 1522.

Question 41

chronicler

Answer 41

a person who writes accounts of important historical events

Question 42

repositories

Answer 42

the places, buildings where materials are stored or kept க ளஞ்சியங்க ள்

Question 43

substantiate

Answer 43

to prove with evidence

Question 44

_________ provides information about the first Sultan of Delhi.

Answer 44

Taj-ul-Ma’asir

Question 45

_____ contained 3.6 grains of silver

Answer 45

A jital

Question 46

Slave Dynasty

Answer 46

(1206 - 1290)

Question 47

Muslim rule in India was established by_________ in 12th century A.D. (CE).

Answer 47

Muhammad Ghori

Question 48

ghori nurtured special slaves called _______- (a Persian term used for slaves purchased for military service)

Answer 48

bandagan

Question 49

the foundation of the Slave Dynasty by_____. This dynasty is also known as Mamluk dynasty.

Answer 49

Qutb-ud-din-Aibak

Question 50

Qutb-ud-din-Aibak year

Answer 50

(1206 - 1210)

Question 51

Qutb-ud-din-Aibak began his rule by establishing _______ as the capital of his kingdom. Later he shifted his capital to .

Answer 51

Lahore Delhi

Question 52

Aibak built the ________(mosque) in Delhi

Answer 52

Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid

Question 52

who laid the foundation of the Qutb-Minar,

Answer 52

Qutb-ud-din-Aibak

Question 53

Qutb-Minar, finished by

Answer 53

Iltutmish

Question 54

Aibak died of injuries received during an accidental fall from a horse, while playing polo in

Answer 54

1210.

Question 55

Iltutmish years

Answer 55

(1210 - 1236)

Question 56

Aibak’s son

Answer 56

Aram Shah

Question 57

In order to counter the possible attack of the Mongols, Iltutmish organised Turkish nobility into a select group of 40 nobles known as

Answer 57

chahalgani or The Forty.

Question 58

-___-- granted iqtas (land) to members of his army. Iqta is the land granted to army officials in lieu of a regular wage

Answer 58

Iltutmish

Question 59

The iqta holder is called the______who had to provide the Sultan with military assistance in times of war.

Answer 59

iqtadar or muqti