Solutions Chapter 2. New Kings And Kingdoms - NCERT Exercise | Class 7 History - Toppers Study

Solutions Chapter 2. New Kings And Kingdoms - NCERT Exercise | Class 7 History - Toppers Study

1. Match the following

Answer : 

Q2. Who were the parties involved in the “tripartite struggle”?

Answer: The gurjana-pratiharas, Rashtrakuta and palas dynasties were invilved in the "tripartite struggle"over the occupation of city of kaunaj i ganga valley.

Q3. What were the qualifications necessary to become a member of a committee of the sabha in the Chola Empire?

Answer: According to the uttaramerur inscription the following qualification were nessessary to become a member of a communitee of the sabha in chola empire:

(i) A person should own land from which revenue was collected.

(ii) He shuld been their own home.

(iii) he ned between 25 and 70 years.

(iv) He shuld have been knowledge of vedas

(v) He required to be well revsed in the administrative matters and honest.

Q4. What were the two major cities under the control of the Chahamanas?

Answer: The chahamanas ocntrolled Indraprathaand and Kanauj.

Q5. How did the Rashtrakutas become powerful?

Answer: (i) In the mid-8th  century, Dantidurga, a Rashtrakuta chief, killed his Chalukyan king.
Q6. What did the new dynasties do to gain acceptance?

Answer: The new dynesties performed hloy retual with the help of brahmans in order to gain acceptamce. for example, hiranya-garbha ritual performanceby low cate

Q7. What kind of irrigation works were developed in the Tamil region?

Answer:

(i) In the delta region canals were constructed to carry water to the fields.        (ii) In some areas, wells were dug.                                              (iii) In other places, huge tanks were constructed to collect rainwater. 

  
Q8. What were the activities associated with Chola temples?

Answer:

(i) Temples were nuclei of settlements which grew around them.                  (ii) The temples were centres of craft production.                                  (iii) The produce of the land owned by temple went into maintaing-priest, garland makes, cooks, sweepers, musician, dancers etc.                                  (iv) Temples were the places of social, economic, cultural and religious activities.  (v) Bronze images were also made in Chola temples.        

Q9. Look at Map 1 once more and find out whether there were any kingdoms in the state in which you live.
Q10. Contrast the “elections” in Uttaramerur with presentday panchayat elections.

Answer:

The present-day panchayat elections do notuse the lottery system to ellect the members of panchayat as was done in the Chola empire.