Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities

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Question
CBSEENSS7000594

Match the following:

A. Garh (i) khel
B. Tanda (ii) chaurasi
C. Labourer (iii) caravan
D. Clan (iv) Garha Katanga
E. Sib Singh  (v) Ahom state
F. Durgawati (vi) paik

Solution

A.

Garh

(i)

chaurasi

B.

Tanda

(ii)

caravan

C.

Labourer

(iii)

paik

D.

Clan

(iv)

khel

E.

Sib Singh 

(v)

Ahom state

F.

Durgawati

(vi)

Garha Katanga

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Question
CBSEENSS7000595

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The new castes emerging within varnas were called ____________.

(b) ____________ were historical works written by the Ahoms.

(c) The ______________ mentions that Garha Katanga had 70,000 villages.

(d) As tribal states became bigger and stronger, they gave land grants to __________ and ___________.

Solution

(a)  jatis

,

(b) Buranjis 

,

(c)  Akbar Nama 

,

(d)  poets and scholars

Question
CBSEENSS7000596

State whether true or false:

A.

(a) Tribal societies had rich oral traditions.

B.

(b) There were no tribal communities in the north-western part of the subcontinent.

C.

(c) The chaurasi in Gond states contained several cities.

D.

(d) The Bhils lived in the north-eastern part of the subcontinent.

Solution

A. True
B. False
C. False
D. False

Question
CBSEENSS7000597

What kinds of exchanges took place between nomadic pastoralists and settled agriculturists?

Solution

Nomadic pastoralists exchanged wool, ghee, etc. with settled agriculturalists for grain, cloth, utensils and other products.