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Multiple choice history towns, traders and craftsmen towns towns, traders and craftsmen in medieval india ancient, medieval and modern towns

Who had got the Konark Sun Temple constructed?

  1. Kanishka

  2. Ashoka

  3. Narasimha Deva II

  4. Rajendra Chola
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Konark Sun Temple was constructed by King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty in the 13th century. Note that the option lists Narasimha Deva II, which is a common historical error in test banks, but it is the intended answer.

Multiple choice history towns, traders and craftsmen towns towns, traders and craftsmen in medieval india ancient, medieval and modern towns

The Craftsmen of Bidar were famed for their inlay work in _________ and _________.

  1. Copper and Silver

  2. Gold and Silver

  3. Iron and Copper

  4. Silver and Iron
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The town of Bidar is located in the current Indian state of Karnataka. The craftspersons of Bidar were so famed for their inlay work in copper and silver that it came to be called as Bidri.

Multiple choice history urban changes during the british period towns towns, traders and craftsmen towns, traders and craftsmen in medieval india

How many kinds of structures were build by Kings in between the eighth and the eighteenth centuries?

  1. Two

  2. Three

  3. Four

  4. Six
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Between the eighth and the eighteenth centuries kings and their officers built two kinds of structures. The first were forts, palaces, garden residence and tombs. The second were structures meant for public activity including temples, mosques, tanks, wells, caravanserais.

Multiple choice history urban changes during the british period towns towns, traders and craftsmen towns, traders and craftsmen in medieval india

Arrange the following commercial towns and settlements in accordance with their order of antiquity.
a) Hampi
b) Kanchipuram
c) Masulipatnam
d) Bombay

  1. a, b, d, c

  2. b, a, c, d

  3. b, c, d, a

  4. b, c, a, d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Kanchipuram is an ancient Pallava capital, Hampi is the medieval Vijayanagara capital, Masulipatnam is a colonial-era port, and Bombay is a modern colonial city. The order of antiquity is Kanchipuram, Hampi, Masulipatnam, Bombay.

Multiple choice history urban changes during the british period towns towns, traders and craftsmen towns, traders and craftsmen in medieval india

Formal gardens, placed within rectangular walled enclosures and divided into four quarters by artificial channels during the Mughal regime was known as ___________. 

  1. Pishtaq

  2. Hasht Bihisht

  3. Chahar Baghs

  4. Chihil Sutun
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

These gardens were called chahar baghs, four gardens, because of their symmetrical division into quarters. Beginning with Akbar, some of the most beautiful chahar baghs were constructed by Jahangir and Shah Jahan in Kashmir, Agra and Delhi.