EXERCISES:
A. Choose the correct option.
1. Village headman was called
i) grihapati ii) uzhavar iii) dasakarmakara iv) gramabhojaka
Ans: gramabhojaka.
2) In the northern part of India large landowners were known as
i) vellalar ii) uzhavar iii) grihapati iv) dasakarmakara
Ans: grihapati.
3) Which of these was not a religious town?
i) Mathura ii) Varanasi iii) Agra iv) Ujjain
Ans: Agra.
4) Shrenis were an association of
i) traders ii) peasants iii) warriors iv) religious preachers
Ans: traders.
5) Arikamedu was a small settlement on the coast of
i) Bengal ii) Kerala iii) Tamil Nadu iv) none of these
Ans: Tamil Nadu.
6) Arretine ware has been found at
i) Ujjain ii) Mathura iii) Arikamedu iv) Bharuch.
Ans: Arikamedu.
B. Fill in the blanks.
1. Iron tools show that the people knew the technique of smelting iron ore.
2. The advent of currency coins facilitated trade.
3. Varanasi became an important cloth trading centre.
4. Arikamedu was located on the bank of a small river Ariyankuppam.
C. State whether True or False.
1. Dasakarmakaras were the landless people.
Ans: True.
2. People were allowed to occupy vacant land just on their own will.
Ans: False.
3. The king used to rule with the help of governors.
Ans: True.
4. Shrenis acted like a bank.
Ans. True.
5. The excavations at Arikamedu reveal the influence of Romans and the French.
Ans: True.
D. Answer the following questions briefly.
1) List the three heads in which the towns can be grouped?
Ans: The three heads in which the towns can be grouped are -
a) the political centres
b) the religious centres
c) the trade centres.
2) List the three categories of cultivators of the south.
Ans: The three categories of cultivators of the south are -
a) Vellalar: they are the large landowners.
b) Uzhavar: they are the small landowners.
c) Kadaisiyar and Adimai: they are the landless workers.
3)Name some religious towns that developed during this period.
Ans: Bodh Gaya, Mathura, Varanasi, Vidhisha and Ujjain.
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