Q 1 – What type of towns existed during Medieval period?
(a) Port
(b) Administrative
(c) Temple
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
Q 2 – Tanjavur is situated on the river:
(a) Kaveri
(b) Krishna
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Godavari
Ans. (a) Kaveri
Q 3 – Which of the following was also an example of a temple town (The capital ofCholas)?
(a) Ajmer
(b) Thanjavur
(c) Berar
(d) Golconda
Ans. (b) Thanjavur
Q 4 – The Rajarajeshvara temple was constructed in
(a) Ajmer
(b) Bijapur
(c) Vijayanagara
(d) Thanjavur
Ans. (d) Thanjavur
Q 5 – Which of the following was a pilgrim centre?
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Surat
(d) Pushkar
Ans. (d) Pushkar
Q 6 – What was Mandapika?
(a) Mandap
(b) Mandi
(c) Mandal
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) Mandi
Q 7 – Which of the following was I were NOT the kind of traders?
(a) The Banjaras
(b) The Marwari Oswal
(c) Nenadesi
(d) Gujarati Baniyas
Ans;. (c) Nenadesi
Q 8 – Associations or unions of persons of any particular craft was (were) termed as
(a) emporium
(b) factor
(c) guilds
(d) sthapatis
Ans. (c) guilds
Q 9 – Hampi was the capital of which Empire of the following?
(a) Vijayanagara
(b) Mughal
(c) Mewar
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Vijayanagara
Q 10 – The people from distant land visited Surat because
(a) it was the Gateway to West Asia
(b) it was a beautiful place
(c) it was the pilgrim centre
(d) none of the above
Ans. (a) it was the Gateway to West Asia
Q 11 – Important trade centre from western India was
(a) Masulipatnam
(b) Hampi
(c) Surat
(d) Madurai
Ans. (c) Surat
Q 12 – Masulipatnam was famous for its
(a) elephant trade
(b) temples
(c) crafts production of copper and silver
(d) trading port
Ans. (d) trading port
Q 13 – The part of the town where artisans and merchants of Indian origin used to live was called
(a) administrative town
(b) port town
(c) commercial town
(d) black town
Ans. (d) black town
Q 14 – _______ were often central to the economy and society
(a) Temples
(b) House
(c) Filed
(d) Palace
Ans. (a) Temples
Q 15 – Whose dargah is in Ajmer
(a) Khwaja Mahmud Chishti
(b) Khwaja Mohammad Chishti
(c) Khwaja Mahmood Chishti
(d) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
Ans. (d) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
Q 16 – Which of the following is not the Deccani sultan
(a) Kabul
(b) Bijapur
(c) Golconda
(d) Berar
Ans. (a) Kabul
Q 17 – Shahi rulers of
(a) Bijapur
(b) Bidar
(c) Golconda
(d) Hampi
Ans; (c) Golconda
Q 18 – Zari is
(a) Silver lace border
(b) Golden Ivory
(c) Gold lace border
(d) Golden colour Shawl
Ans. (c) Gold lace border
Q 19 – Fish port town is called
(a) Masolipatnam
(b) Masulipatnom
(c) Masulipatnam
(d) Masulipatnem
Ans. (c) Masulipatnam
Q 20 – Sthapati were called
(a) Sculptures
(b) Soldiers
(c) Weavers
(d) Farmers
Ans. (a) Sculptures
Q 21 – _________ traders, including the communities of Hindu ________ and Muslim Bohras, traded extensively with the ports of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East Africa, Southeast Asia and China.
(a) Tamil, Jat
(b) Punjabi, Baniyas
(c) Gujarati, Baniyas
(d) Marathi, Jat
Ans. (c) Gujarati, Baniyas
Q 22 – Madras is present day
(a) Kerala
(b) Chennai
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madurai
Ans. (b) Chennai
Q 23 – Bronze is an alloy containing
(a) Copper and zinc
(b) Copper and tin
(c) Gold and tin
(d) Zinc and tin
Ans. (b) Copper and tin
Q 24 – English East India Company shifted its headquarters in 1668 to
(a) Bombay
(b) Gujarat
(c) Delhi
(d) Surat
Ans. (a) Bombay
Q 25 – People in small town income from far of places to sell their distant product except
(a) Salt
(b) Polybags
(c) Beetle Nuts
(d) Horse
Ans. (b) Polybags
Q 26 – Saliyar or Kaikkolars were
(a) Weavers
(b) Farmers
(c) Traders
(d) Craftsman
Ans. (a) Weavers
Q 27 – Kabul is in present day
(a) Iraq
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) Afghanistan
Ans. (d) Afghanistan
Q 28 – Vasco de Gama was
(a) a Chinese sailor
(b) a Portuguese sailor
(c) a French sailor
(d) a Dutch sailor
Ans. (b) a Portuguese sailor
Q 29 – Dev Dasi were the
(a) Temple Dancers
(b) Temple Devotees
(c) Temple Priest
(d) Temple Sweepers
Ans. (a) Temple Dancers
Q 30 – Whose bronze statues were made using the lost wax technique
(a) Mughals
(b) Chola
(c) Cheras
(d) Pallavas
Ans. (b) Chola
Q 31 – The fort at Masulipatnam was built by the
(a) East India Company
(b) Indian
(c) French
(d) Dutch
Ans. (d) Dutch
Q 32 – Who emerged as the most successful commercial and political power in the subcontinent
(a) Dutch
(b) French
(c) Portuguese
(d) English
Ans. (d) English
Q 33 – From Africa traders brought
(a) gold and silver
(b) blue pottery and silver
(c) gold and ivory
(d) blue pottery and ivory
Ans. (c) gold and ivory