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Class 9 Resistance and Resilience (1000–1700 CE) worksheet
CBSE Social Science. States, trade and administration from 1000 to 1700 CE: the Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagara and the Ahoms, land revenue, money and trade, travellers’ accounts and hill forts. 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 was founded in:
- 1526
- 1336
- 1001
- 1206
Answer
(d) 1206
- 2.
Who was Domingo Paes?
- a Portuguese visitor who described the markets of Hampi
- a Moroccan traveller who reached Delhi in 1334
- organised land measurement and revenue under Akbar
- issued the silver rupiya and improved the roads
Answer
(a) a Portuguese visitor who described the markets of Hampi
- 3.
What is meant by “sarai”?
- tax fixed by measuring land
- a money-changer
- land given instead of a salary
- a rest house on a trade route
Answer
(d) a rest house on a trade route
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What was the iqta system?
Answer
Land assigned to military commanders instead of salaries, used to collect revenue.
- 5.
Who was each? (a) Sher Shah (b) Harihara and Bukka
Answer
(a) issued the silver rupiya and improved the roads (b) founded Vijayanagara in 1336
Section C · long answer
- 6.
How did trade and finance work in this period?
Answer
Merchants used hundis like cheques, money-changers managed money, interpreters helped foreign trade, and rulers like Krishnadevaraya encouraged ports.
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