MEDIEVAL PERIOD

The modern history of India roughly begins with the end of the ……………

• Mughal empire

• British rule

• Both a and B

• None of the above are correct

Many foreign invaders were attracted towards the ……….of medieval India.

• Wealth

• Cultural heritage

• Monuments

• None of the above

Identify the major features of the medieval period.

• Great cities were developed

• Cultural enhancement

• Both a and B are correct

• Both A and B are wrong

Poor people who worked for lords during the Middle Ages; they worked long hours, were poorly fed and clothed, and were not allowed to leave the manor.

• vassal

• lord

• knight

• serf

Why were these years labeled as the Dark Ages?

• There was no light available

• Scarcity of literary and cultural output

• The Sun went out

• The days were very short and the nights were very long

Nuns in the Medieval period were NOT allowed to

• Sing in church

• Teach Choirs

• Sing in public

• Go to church

Tahqiq-i-hind is a famous

• document

• story

• drama

• travel account

_______ are handwritten text or document.

• Manuscript

• Inscriptions

• Sculpture

• monument

Chand Bardai wrote the book _____

• Tahqiq-i-Hind

• Ain-i-Akbari

• Prithviraj Raso

• Ramayan

Which of the following were major technological developments of medieval period?

• hand axe

• spinning wheel

• persian wheel

• wooden bow