RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions History Chapter 9 The Making of Regional Cultures

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions History Chapter 9 The Making of Regional Cultures Important Questions and Answers. 

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Important Questions History Chapter 9 The Making of Regional Cultures

Multiple Choice Questions.

Question 1. 
The term kathak is derived from:
(a) Persian 
(b) Hindi
(c) Katha 
(d) None of the above
Answer: 
(c) Katha 

 

Question 2. 
Basohli is a type of 
(a) poem 
(b) song
(c) katha
(d) miniature painting
Answer: 
(d) miniature painting

Question 3. 
The Lilatilakam is a famous book on grammar and poetics, was written in
(a) Tamil 
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Manipravalam 
(d) Hindi
Answer: 
(c) Manipravalam 

Question 4. 
Akbar conquered Begal in 
(a) I486 
(b) 1586
(c) 1686 
(d) 1786
Answer: 
(b) 1586

Question 5. 
An important occupation of Bengal is 
(a) painting 
(b) fishing
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer: 
(b) fishing

Fill in the blanks

Question 1. 
The Cheras also drew upon ............... traditions.
Answer: 
sanskritic

Question 2. 
The cult of  ...............  became very popular and their shrines can be found everywhere in Bengal.
Answer: 
Pir

Question 3. 
The temples of ............... were usually built on a square platform.
Answer: 
Bengal

Question 4. 
Chaitanyadeva was the leader of the ............... bhakti movement.
Answer: 
Vaishnava

Question 5   
............... was the language of Mughal administration.
Answer: 
Persian

True/False

Question 1. 
The Brihaddharma Purana permitted the local Brahmanas to eat varieties of fish.
Answer: 
True

 

Question 2. 
The legends of Radha-Krishna were enacted in folk-plays called Kuchipudi.
Answer: 
False

Question 3. 
Miniature paintings are done in water colour on cloth and paper.
Answer: 
True

Question 4. 
The most popular text in Basohli style is Mangalkavyas.
Answer: 
False

Question 5. 
In the 19th century, the region that constitutes most of present day Rajasthan, was called Rajputana by the British. 
Answer: 
True

Match the column

I	II
Bharqtapatyam (a)	(a) Orissa
Kathakali	(b) Tamil Nadu
Odissi	(c) Manipur
Kuchipudi	(d) Kerala
Manipuri	(e) Andhra Pradesh

Answe

I	II
Bharqtapatyam (a)	(b) Tamil Nadu
Kathakali	(d) Kerala
Odissi	(a) Orissa
Kuchipudi	(e) Andhra Pradesh
Manipuri	(c) Manipur

 

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
What factors do we associate with each region?
Answer: 
We associate region with specific kinds of food clothes, poetry, dance, music and painting.

Question 2. 
Which language was patronised by the Cheras?
Answer: 
Malayalam.

Question 3. 
Who was Anantavarman?
Answer: 
Anantavarman was the ruler of the Ganga dynasty of Orissa.

Question 4. 
Who dedicated his kingdom to Jagannatha?
Answer: In 1230, King Anangabhima III, dedicated his kingdom to purshottama Jagannatha. 

Question 5. 
Who declared himself as the deputy of God?
Answer: 
King Anangabhima III declared himself as the deputy of God.

 

Question 6. 
Who built the wooden image of Jagannatha and what does it suggest?
Answer: 
The local tribal people made the wooden images of the deity which suggest that the deity was originally a local God, who was later identified with Vishnu.

Question 7. 
Define Kathak.
Answer: 
Kathak was originally a caste of story-tellers in north India.

Question 8. 
Name the places where Kathak developed.
Answer: 
It developed in two traditions or gharanas: One in the courts of Rajasthan (Jaipur) and the other in Lucknow.

Question 9. 
State the two names of major patrons of Kathak. 
Answer: 

1. The Mughal emperors and their nobles. 
2. Courtiers of Rajasthan.

Question 10. 
Find out the factors of Kathak on which emphasis is laid?
Answer: 
Emphasis is laid on elaborate costumes, rapid foot work and enactment of stories.

Question 11. 
Explain the term ‘Rasa-Lila’.
Answer: 
The legends of Radha-Krishna were enacted in four plays is called Rasa- lila

Question 12. 
What are miniature paintings?
Answer: 
Miniatures or miniature paintings are small sized paintings generally done in water colour on cloth or paper.

Question 13. 
Trace the use of miniatures in earlier times.
Answer: 
In earlier times, miniature paintings were used as gifts and were viewed only by the emperor and his close associates.

Question 14. 
Which scenes were generally portrayed in miniatures? -
Answer: 
Miniatures portrayed court scenes, scenes of battle, hunting scenes and other aspects of social life.

Question 15. 
When did Akbar conquer Bengal?
Answer: 
In 1586, Akbar conquer Bengal.

Question 16. 
Write the name of language of Mughal Empire’s administration.
Answer: 
Persian was the language of administration. .

Question 17. 
Who was Chaitanyadeva?
Answer: 
Chaitanyadeva was bom in West Bengal and he was the leader of Vaishnava bhakti movement.

 

Question 18. 
What were Mangalakavyas?
Answer: 
The Mangalakavyas were literally auspicious poems dealing with local deities.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
Enumerate main factors that contributed to the cultural progress of Bengal in medieval times.
Answer: 
Around third and fourth centuries BCE, with the growth of commercial ties between Bengal and Magadha, many changes took place.

1. Due to interaction, there was growing influence of Sanskrit.
2. Some rulers like Gupta rulers were culturally advanced. Many scholars wrote in Sanskrit.
3. Brahmans also settled in this area. All these factors led to the growing influence of Sanskrit. Hence, the linguistic and cultural influence from the mid-Ganga valley, became stronger.

Question 2. 
Rajputs were inhabited of Rajputana present-day Rajasthan.” Highlight the validity of statement.
Answer: 
In the 19th century, Rajasthan was known as Rajputana by the British. This suggests that Rajasthan was ruled by different Rajput families. This is partly true. There were many other social groups who identified themselves as Rajputs and lived in Rajasthan. Hence, Rajasthan was not only the state of Rajputs.

Question 3. 
Write short note on the Cheras?
Answer: 
The Chera Kingdom of Mahodayapuram was the part of present- day Kerala. Malayalam was patronised by the Cheras. The rulers used this language to maintain their administrative records; they inscribed their inscriptions in this langauge. At the same time, the Cheras also adopted Sanskrit tradition.

Question 4. 
Name a famous composition written in Manipravalam. Write down some facts about it.
Answer: 
In fourteenth century, a famous book on grammar, the Lilatilakam was written in Manipravalam. Manipravalam literally means diamonds and corals that refer to two languages; Sanskrit and the regional language of Kerala. Hence, it is a literary language that has words from Sanskrit and Malayalam.

Question 5. 
How did Malayalam come under the influence of Sanskrit?
Answer: 
The people spoke Malayalam in Kerala. The Cheras also adopted Sanskrit tradition. The Temple theatre of Kerala borrowed stories from Sanskrit epic. There was a connection between Sanskrit and Malayalam. The first literary works in Malayalam around twelfth century are directly thankful to Sanskrit. In fourteenth century the Lilatilakam dealing in grammar and poetics were written in Manipravalam.

Question 6. 
Why did the conquerors of Orissa protect the interest of the Jagannath Temple of Puri?
Answer: 

1. The temple gained great importance and became a centre of pilgrim.
2. Its authority in social and political matter also enhanced.
3. In the light of the great importance and popularity of the temple, the conquerors such as the Mughals, the Marathas and the East India Company attempted to gain control over the temple because these rules felt that the control would enhance their prestige and make them acceptable to the local people.

Question 7. 
How did regional cultures develop? -
Answer: Regional cultures of present-day developed by inter mixing of local traditions and ideas from other parts of the sub-continent. Some traditions are specific of a region, some are similar across regions, some are derived from old practices in a particular area and it takes a new form in other regions.

Question 8. 
Write a short note on ‘Pahari’ Paintings.
Answer: 
By the late l'7th century, the Himalaya foothills (Present day Himachal Pradesh) developed a bold and intense style of paintings knows as Bosohli. The popular work which was painted here was Bhanudatta’s Rasamanjari. By the invasion of Nadir Shah, many Mughal painters migrated to the hills. By the mid 18th Century, Kangra school of paintings was developed. The Kangra artists developed a style that took miniature paintings to a new height. The source of inspiration was the Vaishnav traditions.

 

Question 9. 
Depict few features of the Kangra school of paintings.
Answer: 

1. Kangra artists developed a style of paintings which took miniatures to a new height. 
2. This was inspired by Vaishnav traditions.
3. Main feature of this school of paintings is use of soft colour including cool blues and greens and a lyrical treatment of themes. 

Question 10. 
Discuss how the region attracted miniature painters after the decline of Mughal Empire.
Answer: 
With the decline of Mughal Empire, many artists migrated to the courts of the emerging regional states. Such as the courts of the Deccan, Rajasthan and Kangra. Artists here developed their specific paintings. Portraits of rules and court scenes came to be painted. At some centres such as Mewar, Jodhpur, Bundi, Kota and Kishangarh, themes from mythology and poetry were depicted.

Question 11. 
What was the effect of migration from western Bengal to south eastern Bengal?
Answer: 
When people moved eastwards they cleared forest and brought the land under rice cultivation. Local communities of fish folkers and shifting cultivators merged with the new communities of peasants. This was also the period when Mughals established their control over Bengal. Officials and functionaries received land and set up mosques. Religious transformation began.

Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
Write an article on the tradition of miniature paintings.
Answer: 
Meaning of miniature painting—Miniatures (as their very name suggests) are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colour on cloth or paper.
The development sequence of the miniature painting tradition .is explained under the following points:
1. Oldest Miniature Picture: The earliest miniatures were on,palm leaves or wood. Some of the most beautiful of these, found in western India, were used to illustrate Jaina texts.

2. Development of miniature painting tradition during the Mughal period: The Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shan Jahan patronised highly skilled painters who primarily illustrated manuscripts containing historical accounts and poetry. These were generally painted in brillant colours and portrayed court scenes, scenes of battle or hunting, and other aspects of social life.

3. Development of miniature painting tradition in the states of regional kings: With the decline of the Mughal Empire, many painters moved out to the courts of the emerging regional states. As a result Mughal artistic tastes influenced the regional courts of the Deccan and the Rajput courts of Rajasthan. At the same time, they retained and developed their distinctive characteristics.

4. Development of many styles in Rajasthan: In Rajasthan, many new styles besides, themes from mythology and poetry were depicted at centres such as Mewar, Jodhpur, Bundi, Kota and Kishangarh.

5. Basohli style: By the late seventeenth century in the Himalayan foothills around the modern-day state of Himachal Pradesh a bold and intense style of miniature painting called Basohl developed.

6. Kangra style: By the mid eighteenth century the Kangra artists developed a style which breathed a new spirit into miniature painting.

Question 2. 
Describe the architectural features of the temples of Bengal.
Answer: 
Architectural features of temples of Bengal:

1. Images: The temples began to copy the double-roofed (dochala) or four-roofed (chauchala) structure of the thatched huts.
2. Typical bengali style: Due to the Bengali dome, a distinctive Bengali style has emerged in the architecture of the temples.
3. Four-roofed structure: In the comparatively more complex four-roofed structure, four triangular roofs placed on the four walls move up to converge on a curved line or a point.
4. Square platform: Temples were usually built on a square platform.
5. Interior: The interior vyas relatively plain.
6. Outer wall: The outer walls of many temples were decorated with paintings, ornamental tiles or terracotta tablets. In some temples, particularly in Vishnupur in the Bankura district of West Bengal, such decorations reached a high degree of exellence.

 

Question 3. 
Enumerate some striking features of a unique dance form, ‘Kathak’.
Answer: 

1. The Kathak is a dance form of north India.
2. The Kathak word is derived from a Sanskrit word ‘Katha’ which means story.
3. Kathak means story-tellers who performed this dance with gestures and songs.
4. In 15th to 16th century, Kathak flourished with bhakti saints.
5. The legends of Radha-Krishna were enacted in folk plays called Rasa-Lila.
6. It developed in two traditions: One in the courts of Rajasthan and the other in Lucknow.
7. Many patrons of Kathak were Wajid Ali Shah, courtiers of Rajasthan, the Mughal emperors and their nobles, etc.
8. Now, it is popular in the areas of Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Madhya, Pradesh, etc. 
9. Kathak is recognised as one of the six forms of classical dance in our country