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In the early sixteenth century, who used Hindustan for the geography, fauna and culture of the whole subcontinent?Read the answer and worked solution →The fourteenth-century poet who used the word Hind in a similar broad way was:Read the answer and worked solution →The medieval period studied covers roughly the years:Read the answer and worked solution →Which change made textual records increase dramatically in the medieval period?Read the answer and worked solution →Manuscripts were copied by hand because there was no:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Persian handwriting style is cursive and easy to read?Read the answer and worked solution →Ziyauddin Barani wrote his chronicle first in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which new irrigation technology appeared in the medieval period?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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In the early sixteenth century, who used Hindustan for the geography, fauna and culture of the whole subcontinent?

  1. Barani
  2. Babur
  3. Akbar
  4. Balban
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Correct answer: B. Babur

1. His meaning was geographical, not political. 2. Babur used Hindustan this way. 3. Amir Khusrau used Hind similarly. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 1, Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years._

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The fourteenth-century poet who used the word Hind in a similar broad way was:

  1. Minhaj-i-Siraj
  2. Abul Fazl Allami
  3. Amir Khusrau
  4. Ziyauddin Barani
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Correct answer: C. Amir Khusrau

1. The idea of India as a cultural entity existed. 2. Amir Khusrau used the word Hind. 3. It lacked today's national meaning. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 1, Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years._

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The medieval period studied covers roughly the years:

  1. 500 to 1500
  2. 1000 to 1800
  3. 300 to 1200
  4. 700 to 1750
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Correct answer: D. 700 to 1750

1. It follows the Guptas and Harshavardhana. 2. The span is roughly 700 to 1750. 3. It ends with the arrival of European companies. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 1, Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years._

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