ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SOLVED
I. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
(i) Many new dynasties emerged after ........... century.
(a) fifteenth (b) seventh (c) eleventh (d) twelfth
(ii) In the mid-eighth, Dantidurga, a ........... chief, overthrew his Chalukya overload.
(a) Rashtrakuta (b) Chola (c) Brahmana (d) Samanta
(iii) Kings often rewarded Brahmanas by grants of
(a) money (b) land (c) gold (d) dig palace
(iv) Prashastis were composed by
(a) kings (b) samantas (c) learned brahmanas (d) army men
(v) Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni came from
(a) China (b) Arab (c) Afghanistan (d) Russia
(vi) Settlements of peasants, knows as ............ became irrigation agriculture.
(a) panchayat (b) mandal (c) ur (d) nadu
(vii) Brahmanas often received land grants called as
(a) Jagir (b) brahmadeya (c) devanada (d) none of these
Ans. (i) - (b), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (b), (iv) - (c), (v) - (c), (vi) - (c), (vii) - (b)
II. Fill in the blanks.
(i) Kadamba Mayurasharma and the Gurjara-Pratihara Harichandra were ........... who gave up their traditional professions and took to arms, successfully establishing kingdoms in .............. and .............. respectively.
(ii) Many of the new kings adopted high-soundings titles such as .......... , and so on.
(iii) The new kings often share power with their .......... as well as with associations of ........... , ........... , and Brahmanas.
(iv) Kalhana wrote a long poem in Sanskrit containing the history of kings who ruled over ........... .
(v) The temples of Thanjavur and Gangaikondacholapuram were built by ............ and ........... .
Ans. (i) Brahmanas, Karnataka, Rajasthan (ii) Maharaja - adhiraja, tribhuvana - chakravartin (iii) samantas, peasants, traders (iv) Kashmir (v) Rajaraja, Rajendra
III. Write T for true and F for false.
(i) Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni destroyed the temple of Somnath.
(ii) Kitab al - Hind, an Arabic work, still remains an important source for historians.
(iii) Sultan Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj 3rd in 1191.
(iv) The big temples of Thanjavur and Gangaikondacholapuram were built by Rajaraja and Rajendra.
(v) Inscriptions from Uttaramerur in Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu, provide details of the way in which the sabha was organized.
Ans.(i) - (T), (ii) - (T), (iii) - (F), (iv) - (T), (v) - (T).
IV. Match the followings.
Columns I Columns II
(i) Dantidurga (a) Kashmir
(ii) Maharaja-adhiraja (b) Lord of the three the worlds
(iii) Kalhana (c) A long Sanskrit poem depicting kings rule
(iv) Tribhuvana-chakravartin (d) Rashtrakuta chief
(v) Prashastis (e) Great king, overlord of kings
(vi) Prithviraj III (f) al - Biruni
(vii) Kitab - al - hind (g) Rajaraja
(viii) Temple of Thanjavur (h) Defeated Muhammad Ghori in 1191
Ans. (i) - (d), (ii) - (e), (iii) - (a), (iv) - (b), (v) - (c), (vi) - (h), (vii) - (f), (viii) - (g).
V. Very short answers type questions.
Q1. What are called ' rent ' ?
Ans. Resources obtained from the producers were called 'rent'.
Q2. Who paid revenue ?
Ans. The Traders paid revenue.
Q3. Who wrote Kitab al -Hind?
Ans. A great Arab poet al - Biruni wrote Kitab al -Hind.
Q4. Why was the Thanjavur and Gangaikonda -cholapuram famous for ?
Ans. These temples are famous for their architecture and Sculptural marvels.
Q5. What were called 'nadu'?
Ans. The larger unit of groups of 'ur' were called 'nadu'.
Q6. What are known as 'brahmadeya'?
Ans. The land gifted to Brahmanas was called as 'brahmandeyas'.
Q7. Define 'nagarams'.
Ans. 'Nagarmas' were associations of traders.
Q8. What was 'sabha'?
Ans. An assembly of prominent Brahmins that looked after brahmadeya was called 'sabha'.
VI. Short answer type questions.
Q1. Trace out the emergence of new class of rulers.
Ans. In the era of 17th century a new class of rulers emerged. there were the samantas and their inferior under the inspired of warriors and big landlords. After this they gained powers and wealth and declared themselves to be a Maha-samantas, mahamandaleshwar (the great lord of the circle of region).
Q2. Who were Dantidurga? How did he became a kshatriya?
Ans. Dantidurga was the founder of Rashtrakuta dynasty and he is the chief in deccan and also the subordinates of the Chalukyas of karnataka. In the century of mid-eighth overthrew his chalukya overload and performed a performed and ritual known as 'hiranya-garbha'. he is also the lead of rebirth of sacrificer as a kshatriya.
Q3. How was the financial position controlled in these states?
Ans. The financial position of the state was controlled by the obtaining resources form peasants, cattle - keeper, and artisans who are the producers. the peasants, traders and brahmanas are mainly associated with these states and these are force to produce and payed revenue. the administrator were collecting the revenue generally from influential families or the close relatives of kings.
Q4. Write a note on 'Prashastis'?
Ans. Prashastis are the kind of inscription which means 'in praise of' . this was written by brahmanas and they mentioned on that the functioning of kings but it will not be literally true. The major qualities of kings were mentioned as valiant, victorious, warriors, etc.
Q5. Who was Kalhana? Why was the famous for?
Ans. Kalhana was the famous poet of rulers of kashmiri kings. he is famous for the variety of sources like inscriptions, documents, eyewitness account. but he not like the writers of prashastis.
Q6. Why were the temples first targets of the conquerors?
Ans. The temples were the first target of the conquerors because temples were the nuclei center on that period because of these controlled the kingdom economically,politically, socially and religious culturally. The rulers often invested a lot in the decoration and maintenance of temples.
Q7. Who was Prithviraj 3rd? Who defeated him?
Ans. The Prithviraj 3rd was a ruler of chahamanas later known as chauhan ruler (1168-1192) and he defeated by Sultan Muhammad Ghori in 1992.
Q8. What was the role of temples during Chola kingdom?
Ans. Temples plays an important role during the chola kingdoms because temple were center of worship, economic activity, social and cultural life. The cholas temples constitutes the powerful social and economic entity. The chola ruler Rajaraja built the thanjavur and rajendar king built gangaikondacholapuram are the great temples and the temples are the center of craft production and financial aspects also.
Q9. Describe the irrigation system of Chola kingdom?
Ans. The irrigation system in cholas period was much improved a variety of method were used ; canal system, stone dams, bunda and wells were dug to help farmer other agriculturists and tanks were built for storage. particular part was highlight on artificial irrigation and lakes and the rain harvesting was firstly introduced on that period.
VII. Long answers type questions.
Q1. Write a short note on Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni?
Ans. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was a ruler of Afghanistan from 997 CE to 1030 CE. he is known as first independent king of Ghazni he belonged to the sunni sect of muslims. He extend his control over the part of Central asia, Iran and the northwest part of the subcontinent. He invasion in Peshawar and Punjab 17th times between 1000 and 1027. Mostly he target the ruler of hindusahi wealthy temples cities like Somnath, Mathura, Kanauj, Thaneshwar. somnath is the worst victim of his raids in gujarat. the birthplace of ghazni is zabulastin in afghanistan and his mother belonged from the iranian family. after the death of his father the throne was occupied by his brother islami. Mahmud revolt against him and won the battle of ghazni and thus occupied the throne. the famous book of Al-beruni is kitab-ul-hind is a major sources the emperor of mahmud ghazni this book included the knowledge of wealth, prosperity, and the geography of india.
Q2. How did the chola rise to power? Trace out the role of Rajaraja I in these rise?
Ans. The chola empire was arose in 19th century. They also developed their powerful navy for conquer on sri lanka and maldives too. this empire actually changed the political scenario of south India. the impact of their rise was the felt of countries of southeast asia. Chola belonged to a minor chiefly family known as Mutharaiyar that held power in the kaveri delta. They worked as partner to the pallavas kings of kanchipuram. during 400 year the empire of chola were extend over the large area of the south india and the modern state of tamil nadu southern karnataka and southern Andhra. the town of thanjavur and the temple for goddess Nishmabhasudini are some of his great creation.
Rajaraja I was the most famous and powerful Chola ruler who became king in 985 and therafter expanded contral over the most of these areas. His Rajendar I also added to the glory of his father. the successor of vijayalaya conquered their neighbouring regions and grow the kingdom in size and power. the pallava territories in north and the pandyan in south india were made the part of this kingdom. Rajaraja I was the most famous and powerful chola ruler. he expand most of these area in 985. his son Rajendar continued his policies and even he occupies the throne in sri lanka and looted near ganga valley and countries of southeast asia. he also developing their navy and get more powerful. he built the big temple of thanjavur and the gangaikondacholapuram with the architectural marvels.
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