CBSE Class 7 Social Science History Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years MCQs

Question. Which of the following is the holy book of Muslims?
(a) Geeta
(b) Ramayan
(c) Guru granth sahib
(d) Quran

Answer : D

Question. Who used to copy down scripts?
(a) Scribes
(b) Archeologists
(c) Cartographers
(d) Historians

Answer : A

Question. In which century Babur used Hindustan to describe geography of subcontinent?
(a) 17th century
(b) 18th century
(c) 16th century
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Which language was spoken during the 14th century in the present Bengal region?
(a) Awadhi
(b) Gauri
(c) Telangani
(d) Lahori

Answer : B

Question. Who claimed Kshatriya caste?
(a) Group of students
(b) Group of warriors
(c) Group of priests

Answer : B

Question. The thirteenth century by Minhaj-i-Siraj, a chronicler wrote in ….?
(a) Urdu
(b) Arabic
(c) Persian
(d) Sanskrit

Answer : C

Question. Where were the manuscripts placed?
(a) At home
(b) In libraries
(c) In archives
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer : D

Question. Colas, khaljis and Tughaqs build empire that were
(a) Imperial
(b) Religious
(c) Economic organisations
(d) Pan regional

Answer : D

Question. …………… draws the map.
(a) Engineer
(b) Artist
(c) Cartographer

Answer : C

Question. The fourteenth-century chronicler Ziyauddin Barani wrote his chronicle first in _____.
(a) 1256
(b) 1556
(c) 1456
(d) 1356

Answer : D

Question. Manuscripts were placed in:
(a) Temples
(b) school
(c) Libraries and Archives

Answer : C

Question. Who used to collect manuscripts in the past?
(a) monasteries
(b) Temple
(c) Rulers
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. Which type of people collected Manuscripts? 
(a) Poor people
(b) Wealthy people
(c) Local people
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. The environment of a region and the social and economic lifestyle of its residents is termed as …….?
(a) Haven
(b) Territory
(c) Habitat
(d) Abode

Answer : A

Question. Who was considered a ‘foreigner’ in the past?
(a) Any stranger that is not the part of society
(b) Citizen of that village
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Cartographer is a person who makes:
(a) Cartoons
(b) Caricatures
(c) Maps
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Why were only Brahmans dominated in the society during the medieval period?
(a) They were only class to proficient in Sanskrit language
(b) They were only class to proficient in British language
(c) They were only class to proficient in Hindi language
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Who used the term ‘Hind’?
(a) Al-Idrisi
(b) Vasco da gama
(c) Minhaj-i Siraj

Answer : C

Question. Who said -"Common people do not know Sanskrit, only Brahmans do"?
(a) Siraj
(b) Akbar
(c) Birbal
(d) Amir Khusro

Answer : D

Question. Areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna – these lands came under ……?
(a) Turks
(b) Delhi Sultan
(c) Sultan of Mysore
(d) Moghuls

Answer : B

Question. In which period the number and variety of textual records increased dramatically?
(a) 600 to 700 CE
(b) 700 to 800 CE
(c) 800 to 1000 CE
(d) 700 to 1750 CE

Answer : D

Question. What is the idea of bhakti –
(a) of a loving, personal deity that devotees could reach without the aid of priests or elaborate rituals.
(b) Worshipping the king
(c) Idol worship
(d) Preaching from scriptures

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following is not the literary source
(a) Travelogue
(b) Coin
(c) Inscriptions
(d) Manuscripts

Answer : B

Question. What were the new crops and beverages that arrived in Indian sub-continent in the medieval period?
(a) Corn
(b) Coffee
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Who had accepted the authority of the early Muslim leaders?
(a) Sunnis
(b) Shias
(c) Khalifas
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Kanauj name is spelt in Arabic language as
(a) Kanoj
(b) Kunnauj
(c) Qanauj
(d) Qunaj

Answer : C

Question. How is Medieval Persian different from modern Persian?
(a) In terms of spelling
(b) In meanings
(c) In script
(d) In grammar and vocabulary

Answer : D

Question. Who was Al-Idrisi?
(a) Cartographer
(b) Choreographer
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Answer : A