Chapter 7 TRIBES, NOMADS AND SETTLED COMMUNITIES

1. Take a look at the following statement about

dynasties from north to south.

1. Ahoms
2. mundas
3. Gonds
4. Bhils

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2. Take a look at the following statement.

1.Under Akbar’s reign, no tribles were allowed

in the administration.

2.Gujrat is home to the Jaitvas tribe.

3.A clan is a collection of families or households

who share a common progenitor.

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3. Match the following

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4. Match the following

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5. Take a look at the following statement about Banjaras.

1.The Banjaras’ caravan was known as the tanda.

2.The Banjaras were utilised by Alauddin Khalji to

convey grain to the city marketplaces.

3.During military expeditions, Banjaras were contracted

specifically to supply food grain for the Mughal army.

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6. Take a look at the following remark about

the Gonds tribes.

1.belonging to a large Gond tribe There was a

raja or rai for each clan.

2.The Gond kingdom of Garha Katanga is mentioned

in the Akbar Nama, a history of Akbar’s reign.

3.They used a technique known as shifting cultivation.

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7. Consider the statement below.

1. Each garh in the Gond kingdom was ruled by a Mundas clan.
2. The kingdom of Mundas was split into garhs.

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8. Take a look at the following statement.

1.Sangram Shah was given to Aman Das,

the Gond ruler of Garha Katanga.

2.The “lost wax” process was used to create

Chola bronze statues.

3.In the Chola kingdom, temples were frequently

at the heart of the economy and society.

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9. consider the following  statement regarding

“She was very capable, and started ruling on behalf of

her five-year-old son, Bir Narain. Under her, the kingdom

became even more extensive. In 1565, the Mughal forces

under Asaf Khan attacked Garha Katanga. A strong

resistance was put up by her. She was defeated and

preferred to die rather than surrender. Her son, too,

died fighting soon after.”

Statement is talking about whom

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10. Consider the following statement about

the kingdom of Ahoms.

1.The Ahoms were subjected to many invasions

from the north-east.

2.They established a new state by suppressing

the bhuiyan political system.

3.Because of the mountainous terrain, the Mughals

were unable to attack the Ahom kingdom.

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11. Take a look at the following statement.

1. Ahom, unlike santhal, was not dependent on paiks.
2. The Ahom state was dependent on forced labour.

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12. Take a look at the following statement about Ahom.

1. His village community gave the farmer land.
2. Ahoms pioneered innovative rice-growing techniques.
3. The Ahoms used to worship their own tribal gods.
4. The Ahom people were divided into clans called khels.

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13. Take a look at the following statement.

1. According to the Akbar Nama, Garha Katanga had 70,000 villages.
2. The Bhils lived in the subcontinent’s north-eastern corner.
3. In the Gond states, the chaurasi comprised multiple cities.
4. The Ahoms wrote historical texts known as Buranjis.

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