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New Beginnings Cities and States Class 7 Extra Question Answer
Extra Questions of New Beginnings Cities and States Class 7
New Beginnings Cities and States Class 7 Very Short Question Answer
Question 1.
What does the term “Janapada” mean?
Answer:
“Janapada” means ‘have settled down’.
Question 2.
Who ruled over a Janapada?
Answer:
A Janapada was ruled by a raja.
Question 3.
What was the main occupation of people during the Janapada period?
Answer:
Agriculture was the main occupation.
Question 4.
What does “Mahajanapada” mean?
Answer:
Large kingdom
Question 5.
How many Mahajanapadas were there?
Answer:
16
Question 6.
What was the capital of Vatsa Mahajanapada?
Answer:
Kaushambi
Question 7.
What were the capitals of Mahajanapadas known for?
Answer:
They were large, fortified cities with moats.
New Beginnings Cities and States Class 7 Short Question Answer
Question 1.
Do you think the roles of routes were important in development, especially in the 1st BCE? If yes, how? Name those routes, which brought development in Mahajanapadas.
Answer:
- Yes, the roles of routes were important in development.
- These routes opened the way to trade with other regions.
- These routes help in military operations.
- The routes help in pilgrimage.
Name of 2 routes of Mahajanapadas:
- Uttarapatha
- Dakshinapatha
Question 2.
What texts did the concept of Varnas emerge from? How many were there in number? Write the names of them.
Answer:
The concept of Varnas emerged from the Vedic texts.
There were four varnas in number.
Names of Varnas:
Brahmins , Kshatriyas , Vaishyas , Shudras
Question 3.
Write in brief about ‘Uttarapatha’ and ‘Dakshinapatha’.
Answer:
‘Uttarapatha’ and ‘Dakshinapatha’ were trade routes during the Mahajanapadas. The ‘Uttarapatha’ connected the northwest regions to the Ganga plains; all the way to eastern India and the ‘Dakshinapatha’ started from Kaushambi (near Prayagraj), then the capital of the Mahajanapadas, and crossed the Vindhya Range of hills to proceed all the way south.
New Beginnings Cities and States Class 7 Long Question Answer
Question 1.
How can you say this, “Urbanisation does not happen without technologies”?
Answer:
I can say this because civilisation existed before the second urbanisation was prosperous only on the basis of technology.
I am mentioning here about the Harappan civilization where:
- Every system was planned such as drainage, fortification etc.
- Craftsmanship, trading centres etc. were well flourished
- Also, civilization mastered the copper and bronze metallurgy.
In the second Urbanisation, technology involving iron metallurgy brought a bigger change in the states of Janpadas and mahajanpadas.
- Technology helped in the development of Agriculture
- Technology helped in providing better quality weapons Swords, Spears, arrows, shields etc.
- Technology helped in expanding the Empires.
- Technology helped in the introduction of India’s first silver coins.
- Technology helped in the expansion of trades.
Question 2.
What factors were responsible for becoming the mahajanapadas from the janapadas?
Answer:
The following factors were responsible for becoming the mahjanapadas from the janapadas:
- Innovation in technologies
- Flourishment in agriculture
- Development in quality of tools
- Empowerment of kingdoms
- Introduction of coins
- Opening up new trade routes
Question 3.
Mention the four Varnas with their roles.
Answer:
The four Varnas are the followings :
- Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras
Roles of Brahmins:
- Preserving and spreading knowledge
- Perform the rituals
Roles of Kshatriyas:
- Defend societies and land
- Engage in warfare
Roles of Vaishyas:
- Promote trade, business or agriculture
- Increase the society’s wealth
Role of Shudras
- Giving services as Artisans, workers, Craftspeople, Servants
New Beginnings Cities and States Class 7 Case Based Questions
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
The kingdom shall be protected by fortifying the capital and the towns at the frontiers. The land should not only be capable of sustaining the population but also outsiders in times of calamities. … It should be beautiful, being endowed with cultivable land, mines, timber forests, elephant forests, and good pastures rich in cattle. It should not depend [only on rain for water. It should have good roads and waterways. It should have a productive economy, with a wide variety of commodities ….
(i) Who has given this quotation?
a) Kautilya
b) Bimbisara
c) Raja
d) Marcel Proust
Ans.
(a)
(ii) From which text has this quotation been taken?
a) Vedas
b) Mahabharata
c) Arthashastra
d) None of these
Answer:
(c)
Picture Based Questions
Question 1.
Name the Mahajanapada, close to the Godavari River.
a) Avanti
b) Magadha
c) Ashmaka
d) Kuru
Answer:
(c)
Question 2.
Name any one eastern mahajanpada.
Answer:
‘Anga
Question 3.
Name any one mahajanapada in the north
a) Gandhara
b) Kamboja
c) Kuru
d) Matsya
Answer:
(b)
Map Based Questions
Question 1.
Locate and Label the following things on the given map of India with appropriate symbols.
(a) Avanti, mahajanapada
(b) Chedi, mahajanpada
(c) Kuru,mahajanpada
Answer:
(a) Avanti-A
(b) Chedi-C
(c) Kuru-B
Class 7 New Beginnings Cities and States Extra Questions for Practice
Very Short Answer Type Questions:
Question 1.
What was the main occupation of people during the Janapada period?
Question 2.
What does “Mahajanapada” mean?
Question 3.
How many Mahajanapadas were there?
Short Answer Type Questions:
Question 1.
Define Varnas. How many were there in number? Write the names of them.
Question 2.
How did ‘Uttarapatha’ and ‘Dakshinapatha’ pave the way for Mahajanapadas?
Long Answer Type Questions:
Question 1.
What factors were responsible for becoming the mahajanapadas from the janapadas?
Passage Based Questions:
The kingdom shall be protected by fortifying the capital and the towns at the frontiers. The land should not only be capable of sustaining the population but also outsiders in times of calamities. … It should be beautiful, being endowed with cultivable land, mines, timber forests, elephant forests, and good pastures rich in cattle. It should not depend [only on rain for water. It should have good roads and waterways. It should have a productive economy, with a wide variety of commodities ….
Question 1.
Name the person who has designed these words.
Question 2.
What are the features of the kingdom?
(a) Should be protected
(b) Should be beautiful
(c) Should not depend on rainfall
(d) All of these
Picture Based Questions:
Study the picture given below carefully and answer the following questions :
Question 1.
Where is Shishupalgarh, shown in an image?
(a) Odisha
(b) Karnataka
(c) West Bengal
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Question 2.
When was this region first excavated?
(a) In 1948
(b) In 1949
(c) In 1947
(d) In 1946
Map Based Questions
Locate and Label the following things on the given map of India with appropriate symbols.
(a) Avanti, mahajanapada
(b) Chedi, mahajanpada
(c) Kuru,mahajanpada