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
