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Class 8 Cultural Currents: 13th to 17th Centuries worksheet
CBSE Social Science. Music, painting and crafts, food and textiles, gardens, women rulers and poets, travellers and the Kerala School of mathematics. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The Mughal garden at Srinagar named in the chapter is:
- Brindavan Gardens
- Lalbagh
- Lodhi Garden
- Nishat Bagh
Answer
(d) Nishat Bagh
- 2.
Who was Raja Mansingh Tomar?
- promoted dhrupad at Gwalior
- an Italian traveller who wrote about schools in Karnataka
- the European astronomer who published his model in 1543
- proposed a planetary model in 1500
Answer
(a) promoted dhrupad at Gwalior
- 3.
Bikaner is known for:
- pattachitra painting on cloth
- the Taj Mahal
- pashmina
- painters from the Mughal court
Answer
(d) painters from the Mughal court
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Who was Tansen?
Answer
A great musician at Akbar’s court, one of his “nine gems”.
- 5.
Who was each? (a) Amir Khusrau (b) Razia Sultan
Answer
(a) a poet of Delhi who wrote in Persian and Hindavi (b) the only woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate
Section C · long answer
- 6.
How did painting develop in this period?
Answer
Court painters made small, detailed miniature paintings; painters from the Mughal court also worked in places like Bikaner, and pattachitra on cloth flourished in Odisha.
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