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Class 8 Reshaping India’s Political Map worksheet
CBSE Social Science. The Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagara, the Mughals and regional kingdoms, travellers, administration and the economy, 1206–1707. 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 Delhi Sultanate is shown on the book’s timeline as established in:
- 1336
- 1757
- 1526
- 1206
Answer
(d) 1206
- 2.
Who was Krishnadevaraya?
- the Vijayanagara ruler at the height of its power
- the traveller who described Vijayanagara
- the brothers who founded Vijayanagara
- the Gond queen of Garha
Answer
(a) the Vijayanagara ruler at the height of its power
- 3.
What was a “guerrilla warfare”?
- a territory ruled by a sultan
- land assigned to an officer as pay
- a province of the Mughal Empire
- surprise attacks by small groups using the terrain
Answer
(d) surprise attacks by small groups using the terrain
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Name the five dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate in order.
Answer
Mamluks, Khiljis, Tughlaqs, Sayyids and Lodis.
- 5.
Who was each? (a) Ibn Battuta (b) Rani Durgavati
Answer
(a) the traveller who served in Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s court (b) the Gond queen of Garha
Section C · long answer
- 6.
How did the Mughal mansabdari system work?
Answer
Officers held ranks (mansabs) and kept set numbers of troops and animals; they were paid through land assignments (jagirs), so were also called jagirdars.
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