9. In which three periods the British historians divided the history of India ?
10. What does the word habitat refer to?
11. Who were considered a ‘foreigner’ in the past?
12. Which is the holy book of Muslims?
13. Which language was spoken during 14th century in present Bengal region?
14. What is the origin of the word Rajput ?
II) Short Answer Type Questions :
1. How were the affairs of Jatis regulated?
2. What were some of the major religious developments during this period?
3. In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries
4. What were the names of languages which changed with time?
5. What do you know about ‘Rajputs’?
6. How did French cartographer depict India ? How was it different from Al-Idirisi ?
III) Long Answer Type Questions :
1. What are the difficulties historians faced in using manuscripts?
2. How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?
3. How do literary sources help in knowing about medieval period ?
Answers
Answer:9. Historians divide the past into large segments—periods—that possess shared characteristics. In the middle of the nineteenth century British historians divided the history of India into three periods: "Hindu", "Muslim" and "British".
10.Habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population.
11.Any stranger who appeared say in a given village, someone who was not a part of that society or culture was considered a 'foreigner' in the past.
12.The Quran
13.Bengali
14.from Hindi rājpūt, from Sanskrit rājan ‘king’ + putra ‘son’.
short type questions;
1.Jatis framed their own rules and regulations to manage the conduct of their members. These regulations were enforced by an assembly of elders, described in some areas as the jati panchayat. But jatis were also required to follow the rules of their villages. Several villages were governed by a chieftain.
2.The major religious developments during this period are seen in the Hinduism. (i) These included the worship of new deities, (ii) The construction of temples by royalty. (iii) The growing importance of Brahmanas, the priests, as dominant groups in society.
3.Over the centuries there has been a vast change in the meaning of the term “Hindustan”. Today it is understood as India, the modern nation state. In the thirteenth century the term stood for the lands under the Delhi Sultanate. Babur used the term to describe the geography, culture and fauna of the subcontinent.
4.Lexical changes.
Phonetic and phonological changes.
Spelling changes.
Semantic changes.
Syntactic change
5."Rajput" identifies numerous kshatriya or warrior castes in northern and western India. The term "Rajput" comes from rajaputra, which means "son of kings." Rajputs are famed for their fighting abilities and once ruled numerous Indian princely states. ... They often married high-caste Hindu women or converted to Hinduism.
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II) Long Answer Type Questions :
1.The historians face several difficulties in using manuscripts. There was no printing press in those days so scribes copied manuscripts by hand. Manuscript copying is not an easy job. As scribes copied manuscripts, they also introduced small changes—a word here, a sentence there.
2.Historians divide the past into periods based on the economic and social factors which characterize them. In doing so they are faced with two problems. First, economic and social changes keep taking place hence definite boundaries cannot be drawn. Second, these periods are compared with modernity.
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