Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years, Our Pasts II - Class 7, Solutions of Ncert Cbse History Chapter Exercise

Class VII, Social (History) – Our Pasts II

NCERT CBSE Solutions

Chapter 1, Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years

NCERT Chapter Exercise Questions (Important Questions only)

QUESTION.1: Who was considered a ‘foreigner’ in the past?

Solution: A person who was a stranger or who was not a part of the society or culture was considered as a ‘foreigner’ or ‘pardeshi’ or ‘ajnabi’.

QUESTION.2: State whether True (T) or False (F).

   (a)      We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.

   (b)      The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.

    (c)      Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.

   (d)      Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.

Solution: (a) T (b) T (c) T (d) F

QUESTION.3: Fill in the blanks

   (a)      Archives are places where ___________ are kept.

   (b)      _______ was a fourteenth century chronicler.

    (c)      _____ ______ _____ _____ and ______ were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.

Solution: (a) manuscripts / records / documents (b) Ziyauddin Barani (c) Potatoes, corn, chillies, tea and coffee.

QUESTION.4: List some of the technological changes associated with this period.

Solution: Some of the technological changes associated with this period:

·      Persian wheel in irrigation.

·      Fire arms in combat.

·      Spinning wheel in weaving.

·      New foods and brewages like potato, corn, chillies, tea and coffee.

QUESTION.6: In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries?

Solution: The meaning of the term ‘Hindustan’ changed over the centuries in various ways. In the 13^th century Muihaj-i-Siraj used the term ‘Hindustan’ to mean the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the area lying between Ganga and Yamuna. He used this term in a political sense that was a part of the dominion of Delhi Sultan.

In the 16^th century Babar used the same term to describe the geography, the fauna and the culture of the inhabitants of this subcontinent. In 14^th century Amir Khusaru used the term ‘Hind’ in the same sense as Babar did in 16^th century.

But the term ‘Hindustan’ never carried the political and national meanings as the term ‘India’ does today.

QUESTION.7: How were the affairs of Jatis regulated?

Solution: The affairs of jatis were regulated in the following ways -

>> Jatis formed their own rules and regulations.

>> There was an assembly of elders called Jati panchayat which used to enforce the rules etc.

>> Jatis were also directed to follow the rules of the village.

>> Several villages were governed by a chieftain. 

QUESTION.8: What does the term pan-regional empire mean?

Solution: Pan-regional Empire means the empire crossing its region and spreading over several other regions.

QUESTION.9: What are the difficulties historians faces in using manuscripts?

Solution: The historians faced the following difficulties in using manuscripts -

·      Manuscripts are in dilapidated condition sometimes even too bad to touch.

·      Their copies have been distorted by the scribes - sentences and words here and there.

·      Some of these are written in Shikaste (illegible) script. 

QUESTION.10: How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?

Solution: Historians divide the past into periods on the basis of continuity. This continuity is further based on -

>> Coins

>> Inscriptions

>> Architecture

>> Textual records

But they had to face difficulties in doing so as discontinuity did exist. Textual records increased heavily.

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