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India: Location and Physical Features

QI Choose the correct option:

1. ________________is also considered to be a holy river.

a. Yamuna b. Narmada

c. Krishna d. Ganga

2. _______________ is the highest peak in peninsular India.

a. Anaimalai b. Cardamom

c. Anaimudi d. Nilgiri

3. The Eastern Coastal Plain is known as the __________ in the south.

a. Malabar Coast b. Coromandel Coast

c. Northern Circars d. Konkan Coast

Q II Define the following:

1. Dun

A broad valley in the outer Himalayas

2. Deccan Trap

A region in the Deccan Plateau made up of lava sheets

Q III Name the following:

1. The highest peak in India. K2/ Mount Godwin Austin

2. The location of the only active volcano in India. Barren Island

3. An important salt water lake in Rajasthan. Lake Sambhar

Q IV State true or false. If false rewrite the correct answer:

1. The Tropic of Capricorn passes almost through the middle of India.

False. The Tropic of Cancer

2. Maldives lies to the southwest of India.

True.

3. Lakshadweep is a group of coral islands.

True.

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Q V Picture Study:

1. Identify the picture.

Delta of a river

2. In which part of India is it found?

Bay of Bengal

3. Name the two water bodies that form it.

Ganga-Brahmaputra

4. What is the other name for it?

Sundarban Delta

5. Where does a major part of it also lie?

Bangladesh

Q VI HOTS Question

The high Himalayan ranges have acted as a natural barrier against

foreign invaders in ancient times. However, the Khyber Pass is a

narrow, steep-sided pass, 45 km long, winding through the Safed Koh

Mountains, on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. It links the cities of

Peshawar in Pakistan and Kabul in Afghanistan. For centuries it was a

trade and invasion route from central Asia and was one of the main

approaches of the armies of Alexander the

Great, Timur, Babur, Mahmud of Ghazna, and Nadir Shah. Now there

is an asphalt road, an old caravan route and a railroad which goes

through the Khyber Pass. It is now possible to traverse through the

mountains.

How else are these mountains important to India?

They protect our country from the cold winter winds.

They cause rainfall on the windward side and are the source of perennial rivers.

Q VII Study the map of India and answer the following questions.

1. The highest peak in the south. Anaimudi

2. The river that runs through the Vindhya and Satpura range. Narmada

3. The largest salt water lake. Sambar Salt Lake

4. The islands lying to the southwest of India. Lakshadweep Islands

5. The Eastern Coastal Plain in the north. Northern Circars

Life in Towns and Villages

QI Match the following

A B

1 bhojaka a landless labourers

2 kassakas b biggest land owner

3 dosa c village headman

4 gramika d smaller peasants

Answers 1-b, 2-d, 3-a 4-c

QII Answer the following

1. Why punch- marked coins were called so?

Refer page 62

2. Who was called the grambhojaka? What were his duties?

Refer page 62

3. What steps were taken to increase agricultural production?

Refer page 60

4. What were ring wells? Where were they usually found? What was their

use?

Refer page 62

Q III Observe the picture and answer the questions:

A. Identify the city where the ruins of ancient Buddhist monestry are

found.

Taxila

B. Why was a fortified wall added to this city?

Growing commercial importance………..Refer page 61

C. Why did this city develop as a major trade centre?

Stratergically located on the trade route …… refer page 61

D. Name the art style that flourished in this city under the Kushanas.

Gandhara

Trade and Contact with Distant Lands

QI Select the correct answer

1. South India was famous for

a gold b pepper

c spices d all these

2. The Buddhacharitra was composed by

a Ashvaghosha b Kanishka

c Muvendar d none of these

3. In Roman Empire ______________ was referred to as black gold.

a oil b coal

c pepper d iron

4. The ______________ were known as lords of Dakshinapatha, the

important trade route leading to south India.

a Cheras b Cholas

c Kushanas d Satavahanas

5. The Cheras were also known as

a Muvendar b Cholamandalam

c Keralaputra d None of these

6. A Tamil word which means chief

a muvendar b maharaja

c cholamandalam d keralaputra

QII Name the capital cities of the following kingdoms:

1 Cheras- Vanji_

2 Cholas- __Uraiyur

3 Satavahanas- _Pratisthana

4 Kushanas- ___Purshapura, Mathura.

QIII Name the most important ruler of the following dynasty:

1 Sakas- _Rudradaman

2 Satavahanas- _Gautamiputra Satakarni

3 Cholas- _Puhar_

QIV Answer the following

1. Write a note on Sangam and sangam literature.

Sangam literature is considered to be the earliest known Tamil work

composed between 200 BCE and 300 BCE. These texts were

composed by poets who assembled in colleges or assemblies. These

assemblies were patronized by kings and chiefs. Such assemblies

were called Sangam or the meeting point. Literature produced in

these assemblies was known as Sangam literature. Three such

sangams are mentioned to have been held at Madurai, the Pandya

capital.

2. List the factors that enabled the Kushana rulers to issue gold coins on a

large scale.

Gold was received from trade with the Roman Empire. It is because of

this availability of gold that the Kushana rulers became the first to issue

gold coins on a large scale.

3. Name the new form of Buddhism. How was it different from the original

form?

The new form of Buddhism – Mahayana. Under this new Buddha no

longer shown symbolically but shown as human form.

4. Explain the terms Shaivism and Vaishnavism.

Shaivism – devotion to Shiva. Vaishnavism – devotion to Vishnu

New Empires and Kingdoms

QI Match the following

A B 1 prashasti a uparikas

2 maharajadhiraja b kaviraja

3 province c in praise

4 districts d vishayapatis e king of kings

Answers 1- ___c__, 2- __e___, 3- _a__, 4- _d____

Q II State True or False, Correct the false statements:

1 Kalidas was a member of the court of king Chandragupta II. True

2 The Pallava’s history between 600 and 900 CE is full of accounts of wars between Pallavas and Pandya rulers. False

3 Prayaga Prashasti is an inscription engraved on the ashokan Pillar. True

4 Harshavardhana defeated Pulakesin II at the banks of the river Narmada. False

QIII Name the following:

1 A barbaric nomadic tribe of Central Asia. Hunas

2 King who called a conference of Buddhist scholars at Kanauj. Harsha

3 Three plays written by King Harshavardhana. Ratnavali, Priyadarshika, Nagananda.

4 The king who was also called Vikramaditya. Chandragupta II

QIV Answer the following in 10 to 20 words:

1. Who was Sandhi-Vigrahika? Refer page 77 para on Central administration

2. Who were Samantas? Refer page 78

Q V Answer the following in 50 to 70 words:

A. Write any two facts revealed by the Prayaga Prashasti. Refer page 76

B. Describe the central administration of the Guptas. Refer page 77