Class 7 Social Science Chapter 4: New Beginnings: Cities and States — practice questions with answers
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Q1. What happened after the Harappan (‘First Urbanisation’) civilisation disintegrated in the early 2nd millennium BCE?
- Many cities were abandoned or people reverted to village life
- Cities grew bigger
- Iron was invented
- Empires formed at once
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Answer: A. Many cities were abandoned or people reverted to village life
Why: Without the urban order, people reverted to a rural lifestyle. [p.68]
Why: Without the urban order, people reverted to a rural lifestyle. [p.68]
Q2. The new phase of city life that began in the Ganga plains in the 1st millennium BCE is called India’s ______.
- Second Urbanisation
- First Urbanisation
- Iron Age
- Golden Age
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Answer: A. Second Urbanisation
Why: This phase, often called the ‘Second Urbanisation’, has continued to today. [p.69]
Why: This phase, often called the ‘Second Urbanisation’, has continued to today. [p.69]
Q3. Bigger states formed by merging janapadas by the 8th–7th centuries BCE were called ______.
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Answer: mahājanapadas
Why: The bigger units were mahājanapadas. [p.69]
Why: The bigger units were mahājanapadas. [p.69]
Q4. How many mahājanapadas does the most frequent list in the texts name?
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Answer: 16 (± 0)
Why: The frequent list names 16, from Gandhāra in the northwest to Anga in the east. [p.69]
Why: The frequent list names 16, from Gandhāra in the northwest to Anga in the east. [p.69]
Q5. What major technological shift supported the Second Urbanisation?
- Iron metallurgy
- Copper smelting
- Steam engines
- Paper making
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Answer: A. Iron metallurgy
Why: Iron tools made agriculture possible on a bigger scale. [p.73]
Why: Iron tools made agriculture possible on a bigger scale. [p.73]
Q6. What were the earliest Indian coins, made of silver with symbols stamped on them, called?
- Punch-marked coins
- Dinars
- Rupees
- Cowries
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Answer: A. Punch-marked coins
Why: Symbols were ‘punched’ into soft silver. [p.74]
Why: Symbols were ‘punched’ into soft silver. [p.74]
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