RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science History Chapter 1 Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science  History Chapter  1 Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Solutions  History Chapter 1 Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years InText Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
Look at the areas in the interior of the Subcontinent on Map 2 refer to Text Book. Are they as detailed as those on the coast? Follow the course of the River Ganga and see how it is shown. Why do you think there is a difference in the level of detailed and accuracy between the coastal and inland areas in this map?
Answer: 
No, the areas in the interior of the subcontinent on Map 2 are not as detailed as on the .coast. This map was used by European sailors and merchants and they did not go to the inland places of India. They traded with the people in the coastal areas. Therefore, the level of detail and accuracy of coastal areas is more in the map.

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Question 2.
Can you think of any other words whose meanings changed in different contexts?
Answer: 
The word ‘Jana’ was initially used to address a particular group. Later it was used for land and then used for population.

 

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Question 3.
When was paper more expensive and easily available in the thirteenth or the fourteenth century?
Answer: 
During the 13th century paper was expensive, but during the 14th century it was less expensive and easily available.

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Question 4.
Of the technological, economic, social and cultural changes described in this section, which do you think were most significant in the town or village in which you live?
Answer: 
Students need to do themselves for the village or town in which they live.

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Question 5.
Make a list of the languages mentioned 
by Amir Khusrau. Prepare another list of the names of languages spoken today in the regions he mentioned.
Answer: 
List of languages mentioned by Amir Khusrau: Sindhi, Lahori, Kashmiri, Dvarsamudri,Telangani, Gujarati, Ma’bari, Gauri, Awadhi and Hindawi. List of the languages spoken today in the regions mentioned by Amir Khusrau.

Region	Language Spoken Today
Sindh (presently in Pakistan)	Sindhi
Lahore(presently in Pakistan)	Punj abi/Lahori
Kashmir	Kashmiri
Karnataka	Kannada
Gujarat	Gujarati
Andhra Pradesh	Telugu
Tamil Nadu	Tamil
Uttar Pradesh	Hindi
Bengal	Bengali
Delhi	Hindi
Region	Language Spoken Today

Question 6. 
Why do you think rulers made such claims?
Answer: 
Rulers made such claims to show their power and control over large areas of land in different parts of India and also to gain popularity as a mighty ruler.

 

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Question 7.
Do you remember what Amir Khusrau had to say regarding Sanskrit, knowledge and Brahman as?
Answer: 
Regarding Sanskrit Amir Khusrau said that it was an old language and did not belong to any region or religion and about Brahmanas his view was that no one except the Brahmanas had the knowledge of Sanskrit.

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Tracing Changes Through a Thousand YearsTextbook Questions and Answers

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Question 8.
You are a historian. Choose one of the themes mentioned in this chapter, such as economic, social or political history, and 
discuss why you think it would be interesting to find out the history of that theme.
Answer: 
I would choose political history as the theme. It would be interesting to find out about the histories of different rulers and kings. India is proud to be a land of many brave rulers who ruled different regions of the Indian subcontinent. Many of them laid down great administrative and political policies for the generation to follow. These rulers, had also helped to establish characteristics of good leaders. Not only this, study of political history will also give us insights of their families , wars and battles, relations with the other countries and the reasons why the empires of those great rulers collapsed.

Let’s recall

Question 1.
Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?
Answer: 
In the past, any stranger who was not a part of that society or culture was considered to be a ‘foreigner’. A person living in city might have regarded a person living in forest as a ‘foreigner’. But two people living in the same village or city having different religions or caste background were not considered as ‘foreigners’.

Question 2. 
State whether true or false:
(a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.
Answer:
False

(b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period,
Answer:
True

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

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

Question 3. 

Fill in the blanks:

(a) Archives are places where ............... Eire kept.
Answer: 
manuscripts / documents / records

(b) ............... was a fourteenth century chronicler.
Answer: 
 Ziyauddin Barani '
(c) ...............,  ...............,  ...............,  ...............,  and were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.
Answer: 
Potatoes, corn, chillies, tea, coffee

 

Question 4. 
List some of the technological changes associated with this period.
Answer: 
Some technological changes associated with this period were:

1. The Persian wheel for irrigation.
2. The spinning wheel in weaving.
3. The firearms in combat.

Question 5. 
What were some of the major religious developments during this period?
Answer: 
The major religious development during this period were:

1. Changes in Hinduism took place which include the worship of new deities and the construction of temples by the royalty.
2. Growing importance of Brahmanas and the priests who became dominant groups in society, supported by patrons.
3. The emergence of the idea of bhakti.
4. Arrival of Islam in India and teachings of holy Quran.
5. The two sects of Muslims - Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims.
6. Many rulers were patrons of Islam and Ulama.

Let’s understand

Question 6. 
In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries? 
Answer: 
The meaning of the term ‘Hindustan’ has changed over the centuries in the following manner:

1. In 13th century, Minhaj-i-Siraj, a chronicler, used the term ‘Hindustan’ in political sense for lands that were a part of the empires of the Delhi sultAnswer:
2. In 14th century, Amir Khusrau, a poet used word ’Hind’ for the culture of the people of the subcontinent.
3. In early 16th century, Babur used ‘Hindustan’ to describe the geography, the fauna and the culture of people of the subcontinent.
4. In the past, the word ‘Hindustan’ did not carry the political and national meaning as it has today.

Question 7. 
How were the affairs of jatis regulated?
Answer: 
The affairs of the jatis were regulated in the following ways:

1. Jatis framed their own rules and regulations to manage the conduct of their members.
2. The affairs of jatis were enforced by an assembly of elders called as jati panchayat.
3. The jatis were also required to follow the rule of their villages.

Question 8. 
What does the term pan- regional empire mean?
Answer: 
The term pan-regional empire means an empire which stretched over several regions. Indian history has seen the rise and fall of many pan-regional empires.

 

Let’s discuss 

Question 9. 
What are the difficulties historians face in using manuscripts?
Answer: 
While using manuscripts the historian faced following difficulties:

1. There was no printing press in those days so scribes copied manuscripts by hand, which was difficult to understand.
2. As scribes copied manuscripts they also introduced small changes while writing. These small differences grew over centuries.
3. Historians have to read different versions of the same text and guess what the author had originally written.
4. The manuscripts of the same text became different from one another and historians have to depend on the copied version as original are rarely found.

Question 10. 
How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?
Answer: 
Historians divide the past into periods on the basis of social and economic factors of the past. In doing so, they face many problems as there are many considerable changes that occured between the two centuries. E.g. There were many technological, cultural and social, developments in medieval period, but it is still contrasted with the ‘modern period’. Modernity gives a sense of progress. This implies that there was no progress before, which is not true