Question

SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Very short answer type questions:
1. Who was Al-Idrisi?
2. Who is a cartographer?
3. What difference do you notice in the map drawn by al-Idrisi?
4. Who used the term Hindustan for the first time and when?
5. What do you mean by archives?
6. Who were scribes?
7. What factors contributed to a variety of developments?
8. What do you mean by Jati Panchayat?
9. Who was the chief of the village?
10. Why did Brahmanas dominate in society during this period?
11. How history was divided by the historians during the middle of the 19?
12. What was the basis of such division?
Tick the correct option
13. India has been known as
in the past.
a) Aryavarta
(b) Jambudvipa
(c) Bharatvarsha
(d) All of these
14. He has been called the" Prince of Medieval Travellers".
a) Ibn Batuta
(b) Marco Polo
(c) Al Beruni
(d) None of them
15. Indian economy flourished during
a) Sultanate rule
(b) Mughal rule
(c) British rule
(d) None of them.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Answer-al-Idrisi, was an Arab Muslim geographer, cartographer and Egyptologist who for some time lived in Palermo, Sicily at the court of King Roger II.

2) Answer- Cartographer is a person who draws a map

3) Answer- In the map drawn by al-Idrisi, we find a completely different view. Here south India is shown in the present north India and Sri Lanka is the island at the top.

4) Answer- In the thirteenth century Minhaj-i-Siraj used the term 'Hindustan'.

5) Answer- An archive is defined as a place where documents and manuscripts are stored.

6) Answer- Scribes were skilled handwriters who wrote manuscripts by hand prior to block printing and development of the printing press.

7) Answer- natural resources, power and energy resources, capital accumulation, technological resources, available labour force, transportation and communication, education and training.

8) Answer- Jati Panchayat is the small unit of the village panchayat in which the particular castes are maintained. There is Jati Panchayat in every village and they look after the rights and duties of their respective castes.

9) Answer- Patil

10) Answer- Brahmins gained unprecedented importance and became a dominant group because of their knowledge of the Sanskrit language and status as priests in religious activities.

11) Answer- 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". ... On the other hand, the modern past is followed by the medieval past.

12)Answer- Such division was made on the basis of the religion as the historians did not consider any aspect more prominent other than the developments in religions.

13) Answer- option C PLEASE CONFIRM

14) Answer- option B

15) Answer- option B PLEASE CONFIRM THIS ONE ALSO

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