Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years Test

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Question 1
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A person who makes maps is called

A
Cartographer

B
Calligrapher

C
Illustrator

D
Chronicler

Solution

A person who makes maps is called cartographer and the practice of mapmaking and its study is known as cartography.
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In the 13th century _______ used the term 'Hindustan' to mean the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the area lying between Ganga and Yamuna.

A
Bilal

B
Minhaj-i-Siraj

C
Ziyauddin Barani

D
Mital Siraj

Solution

The term 'Hindustan' was used for the first time by Minhaj-i Siraj, a thirteenth-century Persian chronicler. He, with this term, meant the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna.
Question 3
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Al-Idrisi was a famous

A
Musician

B
Poet

C
Geographer

D
None of these

Solution

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi, was an Arab Muslim geographer, cartographer and egyptologist.
Question 4
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The word 'Hindu' as reference to the people of Hind(India) was first used by.

A
The Arabs

B
The Chinese

C
The Romans

D
The Greeks

Solution

The word Hindu or Indu was used by Greeks to denote the country and the people living beyond the Indus river.
Question 5
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When was Map 2 made?

A
1720

B
1620

C
1520

D
1420
Question 6
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When did Minhaj-i-Siraj wrote about Hindustan?

A
Thirteenth century

B
Fourteenth century

C
Twelfth century

D
Fifteenth century

Solution

The term 'Hindustan' was used for the first time by Minhaj-i Siraj, a thirteenth-century Persian chronicler. He, with this term, meant the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna.
Question 7
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When was the re-emergence of regional states led?

A
Fifteenth century

B
Sixteenth century

C
Seventeenth century

D
Eighteenth century

Solution

When the Mughal empire declined in the eighteenth century, it led to the emergence of regional states. But years of imperial, pan-regional rule had altered the character of regions.The regions were left with the legacies of the big and small states that had ruled over them.
Question 8
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Amir Khusrau was a famous court poet of

A
Muhammad Tughlaq

B
Alauddin Khalji

C
Akbar the Great

D
Balban
Solution
- Amir Khusrau, a sufi singer and scholar, who was also a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi.
- He was mainly the court poet of Allauddin Khilji but was associated with seven other rulers of Delhi Sultanate.
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Who is a foreigner according to the Ancient norms ?

A
Someone who is not an Indian

B
Someone who was not a part of that society or culture

C
City dweller and forest-dweller

D
All of above

Solution

Today foreigner means a person who is not an Indian. In medieval period a foreigner was considered as someone who does not belong to that society or culture, a city-dweller or a forest-dweller.
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What description did Babur give using the term Hindustan in the early sixteenth century?

A
Geography

B
Fauna

C
Culture of the inhabitants of the subcontinent

D
All of above

Solution

In the early of sixteenth century Babur used Hindustan to describe the geography, the fauna, and the culture of the inhabitants of the subcontinent.

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Question 1

Cartographer

Calligrapher

Illustrator

Chronicler

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Question 2

Bilal

Minhaj-i-Siraj

Ziyauddin Barani

Mital Siraj

Solution

The term 'Hindustan' was used for the first time by Minhaj-i Siraj, a thirteenth-century Persian chronicler. He, with this term, meant the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna.

Question 3

Musician

Poet

Geographer

None of these

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Question 4

The Arabs

The Chinese

The Romans

The Greeks

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Question 5

1720

1620

1520

1420

Question 6

Thirteenth century

Fourteenth century

Twelfth century

Fifteenth century

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Question 7

Fifteenth century

Sixteenth century

Seventeenth century

Eighteenth century

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Question 8

Muhammad Tughlaq

Alauddin Khalji

Akbar the Great

Balban

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Question 9

Someone who is not an Indian

Someone who was not a part of that society or culture

City dweller and forest-dweller

All of above

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Question 10

Geography

Fauna

Culture of the inhabitants of the subcontinent

All of above

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