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New foods arriving in the subcontinent in this period included:Read the answer and worked solution →The name Rajput derives from Rajaputra, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kayasthas, who rose to importance in this period, were a caste of:Read the answer and worked solution →Jati rules were enforced by an assembly of elders called in some areas the:Read the answer and worked solution →A Sanskrit prashasti claimed Ghiyasuddin Balban ruled from Gauda to Gajjana. Gajjana is:Read the answer and worked solution →Ghiyasuddin Balban ruled Delhi from:Read the answer and worked solution →An empire spanning diverse regions, like that of the Cholas or Mughals, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Merchants and migrants first brought the teachings of the Quran to India in which century?Read the answer and worked solution →Learned theologians and jurists patronised by many rulers were the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the mid nineteenth century British historians divided Indian history into how many periods?Read the answer and worked solution →The British three-period division rested on the idea that the only important change was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the medieval arrivalsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Hindustan wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the thousand yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the source wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Idrisi map or French mapRead the answer and worked solution →Sort technologies, foods and groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Tracing changes bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts in the 1830s?Read the answer and worked solution →Most early inscriptions referred to a king as Piyadassi, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Early Buddhist and Jaina texts mention how many mahajanapadas?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahajanapadas where power was shared by a number of men called rajas were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Magadha's iron mines lay in present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →The ambitious Magadhan kings best known from Buddhist and Jaina texts include Bimbisara, Ajatasattu and:Read the answer and worked solution →In the fourth century BCE the capital of Magadha shifted from Rajagaha to:Read the answer and worked solution →Asokan inscriptions in Afghanistan used which scripts?Read the answer and worked solution →Chandragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan Empire in about:Read the answer and worked solution →Asoka conquered Kalinga, which is present-day coastal:Read the answer and worked solution →Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador at the court of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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New foods arriving in the subcontinent in this period included:

  1. Mangoes, bananas
  2. Potatoes, chillies
  3. Wheat and barley
  4. Rice and lentils
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Correct answer: B. Potatoes, chillies

1. Corn, tea and coffee also arrived. 2. Potatoes and chillies were new. 3. Wheat and barley were ancient crops. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 1, Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years._

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The name Rajput derives from Rajaputra, meaning:

  1. Great warrior
  2. Land owner
  3. Son of a ruler
  4. Lord of horses
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Correct answer: C. Son of a ruler

1. From the eighth century it covered warriors claiming Kshatriya status. 2. Rajaputra means son of a ruler. 3. Poets praised their valour and loyalty. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 1, Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years._

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The Kayasthas, who rose to importance in this period, were a caste of:

  1. Warriors
  2. Traders
  3. Priests
  4. Scribes
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Correct answer: D. Scribes

1. Marathas, Sikhs, Jats and Ahoms also rose. 2. Kayasthas were scribes and secretaries. 3. They used the opportunities of the age. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 1, Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years._

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