Question

Answer the following very briefly:
a. ‘Surat in Gujarat was the emporium of western trade during
the Mughal period.’ What does the term Emporium mean?
b. ‘Surat hundis were honoured in the distant markets.’ What
were Hundis?
c. Name the Portuguese traveller who had described the city of
Hampi in the 16th century.
d. ‘Rulers endowed temples with grants of land and money.’
Why.
e. ‘The English, Dutch and French formed East India Companies
in order to expand commercial activities in the East.’ What drew
European traders to India?
f. How was water supplied to the city of Thanjavur?
g. Who lived in the black towns in cities such as Madras?
h. Mention any two merits of railways.
i. Mention any two demerits of airways.
j. Which are the practices practised by people in rural areas?

Answer 1

Answer:

it take so long so u can search it in Google and sorry

Answer 2

Explanation:

In English grammar, collective nouns are words that are used to describe a group of people, animals or things.

From the given options:

A collection of flowers is called a bouquet. A collection of people is called a crowd. A collection of clothes is called a bundle. A collection of letters or cigarettes is called a packet.

The sentence given refers to a collection of flowers and therefore the correct option is A) bouquet.

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