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Class 6 History
Vital Villages Thriving Towns
Quiz 1
Who were known as uzhavar?
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Large Landowners
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Ordinary ploughmen
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Landless labourers
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Slaves
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In the Tamil region, large landowners were known as vellalar, ordinary ploughmen were known as uzhavar, and landless labourers, including slaves, were known as kadaisiyar and adimia.
Punch marked coins were made of ______.
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Silver
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Gold
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Tin
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Ivory
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The earliest coins which were in use were punch marked coins. They have been given this name because the designs were punched on to the metal — silver or copper.
Arikamedu was an important coastal settlement on the west coast of India.
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True
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False
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Arikamedu
was an Indo-Roman trading city and the earliest-known Indo-Pacific bead-making site on the wast coast of India.
Consider the following statements about the 'shrenis'.
1) It was an association of craft persons and the merchants
2) The Shrenis also served as the banks.
Which of the above statements are
incorrect.
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Only (1)
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Only (2)
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Both (1) and (2)
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None of these
Mathura was an important religious centre where there we Buddhist monasteries, Jaina shrines and it was an important centre for the worship of _______.
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Shiva
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Krishna
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Brahma
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None of these
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Mathura was an important religious centre where there we Buddhist monasteries, Jaina shrines and it was an important centre for the worship of Krishna.
It is believed that he was born in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
What was Grama Bhojaka?
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Largest Ruler
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Largest Guru
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Largest Landowner
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Largest Mason
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Grama Bhojaka was the largest landowner.
Jatakas were the stories composed by the ordinary people and then written and preserved by the Jain monks.
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True
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False
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The Jatakas are a voluminous body of literature native to India concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.
Around 2000 years ago, _________ became the second capital of the Kushanas.
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Peshawar
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Mathura
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Varanasi
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Arikamedu
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Around 2000 years ago, Mathura became the second capital of the Kushana under
Kanishka I.
Punch-marked coins were generally
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Rectangular
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Round
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Square
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All of these
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Punch-marked coins were generally rectangular or sometimes square or round in shape, either cut out of metal sheets or made out of flattened metal globules (a small spherical body). The coins were not inscribed, but were stamped with symbols using dies or punches.Hence, they are called punch-marked coins.
The stamped red-glazed pottery known as Arretine Ware was named after a city in __________.
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Germany
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Greece
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France
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Italy
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The stamped red-glazed pottery known as Arretine Ware was named after
Arretium (modern Arezzo)
a city in central Italy.
What type of vessel is named for the handles that it has on both sides?
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Bivalve
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Jerry can
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Passepartout
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Amphora
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amphora
is a jar with two vertical handles used in antiquity for the storage and transportation of foodstuffs such as wine and olive oil.
Ring wells were used for _____.
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Bathing
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Washing clothes
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Irrigation
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Drainage
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In many cities, archaeologists have found rows of pots, or ceramic rings arranged one on top of the other. These are known as ring wells. These seem to have been used as toilets in some cases, and as drains and garbage dumps
Arikamedu is found in which of the following state of India?
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Kerala
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Tamil Nadu
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Maharashtra
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Gujarat
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The excavations at Arikamedu in Tamil Nadu have also brought to light many articles made in Rome. This place were very important centres of trade between India and Rome. Many such trade centres are mantioned in the literature of those time.
Who were known as grihapatis?
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Large landowners
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Independent farmers
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Landless labourers
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Traders
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Apart from the gramabhojaka, there were other independent farmers, known as grihapatis, most of whom were smaller landowners. And then there were men and women such as the dasa karmakara, who did not own land and had to earn a living working on the field owned by others.
The earliest coins in India are known as _________.
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Tiger marked coin
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Punch marked coin
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King marked coin
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Queen marked coin
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The earliest coins in India are known as punch-marked
coins.
The first punch-marked
coins
in India may have been minted around the 6th century BCE by the Mahajanapadas of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
'Shrenis' were associations of ______.
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Rulers
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Crafts persons
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Farmers
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Herders
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Archaeological evidence for many crafts may not have survived. Many crafts persons and merchants formed associations known as shrenis. These shrenis of crafts persons provided training, procured raw material, and distributed the finished product.
State whether the sentence is true(T) or false(F).
Arretine Ware was named after a city in Germany.
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False
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Arretine ware, in spite of its very distinctive appearance, was an integral part of the wider picture of fine ceramic tableware in the Graeco-Roman world.
State whether the sentence is true(T) or false(F).
Shrenis also served as banks where rich men and women deposited money.
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The associations of crafts persons and merchants were known as shrenis. Shrenis also served as banks where rich men and women deposited money. The shrenis of merchants organized the trade and shrenis of craft persons gave training, obtained raw material, and distributed the completed product.
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