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UPSC CDS Indian History — practice questions — page 38

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Which Sultan used the Banjaras to transport grain to city markets?Read the answer and worked solution →With a large Mughal army on campaign, how many bullocks might the Banjaras have carrying grain?Read the answer and worked solution →Smaller castes that emerged within varnas were called:Read the answer and worked solution →A twelfth-century inscription from Uyyakondan Udaiyar fixed the status of the rathakaras, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →The forested region inhabited by the Gonds was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Akbar Nama says the Gond kingdom of Garha Katanga had how many villages?Read the answer and worked solution →Gond kingdoms were divided into garhs, each further divided into units of 84 villages called:Read the answer and worked solution →Aman Das, the Gond raja of Garha Katanga, took which title?Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Durgawati, who ruled Garha Katanga for her son, was the daughter of the Chandel raja of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mughal forces under Asaf Khan attacked Garha Katanga in:Read the answer and worked solution →Garha Katanga earned wealth by trapping and exporting:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms migrated to the Brahmaputra valley in the thirteenth century from present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms annexed the kingdom of the Chhutiyas in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms used firearms as early as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughals under which governor attacked the Ahom kingdom in 1662?Read the answer and worked solution →Those forced to work for the Ahom state were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Ahom society was divided into clans called:Read the answer and worked solution →Hinduism became the predominant Ahom religion in the reign of:Read the answer and worked solution →Historical works of the Ahoms, written first in Ahom and then in Assamese, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the medieval tribesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Ahom wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the tribal state datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the tribal termsRead the answer and worked solution →Gond or AhomRead the answer and worked solution →Sort nomads, tribes and castesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Tribes and nomads bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Chera kingdom of Mahodayapuram, an early user of Malayalam in official records, was set up in which century?Read the answer and worked solution →The fourteenth-century Lilatilakam on grammar and poetics was composed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Jagannatha, literally lord of the world, worshipped at Puri is a name for:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which Sultan used the Banjaras to transport grain to city markets?

  1. Firuz Shah Tughluq
  2. Alauddin Khalji
  3. Shamsuddin Iltutmish
  4. Ghiyasuddin Balban
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Correct answer: B. Alauddin Khalji

1. Jahangir also wrote of Banjaras carrying grain. 2. Alauddin Khalji used them. 3. They fed the Mughal army on campaign. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 7, Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities._

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With a large Mughal army on campaign, how many bullocks might the Banjaras have carrying grain?

  1. 1,000
  2. 14,000
  3. 100,000
  4. 10,000
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Correct answer: C. 100,000

1. They bought grain where cheap and sold where dear. 2. There could be 100,000 bullocks. 3. They travelled only 6 or 7 miles a day. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 7, Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities._

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Smaller castes that emerged within varnas were called:

  1. Gotras
  2. Khels
  3. Clans
  4. Jatis
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Correct answer: D. Jatis

1. New skills created new groups. 2. These were jatis. 3. Jatis rather than varna became the basis of society. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 7, Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities._

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