MCQ Questions for Class 7 History: Ch 6 Towns, Traders and Craftspersons
1. Bronze is an alloy containing
(a) Copper and zinc
(b) Copper and tin
(c) Gold and tin
(d) Zinc and tin
► (b) Copper and tin
2. From Africa traders brought
(a) gold and silver
(b) blue pottery and silver
(c) gold and ivory
(d) blue pottery and ivory
► (c) gold and ivory
3. Madras is present day
(a) Kerala
(b) Chennai
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madurai
► (b) Chennai
4. Who emerged as the most successful commercial and political power in the subcontinent
(a) Dutch
(b) French
(c) Portuguese
(d) English
► (d) English
5. ___ traders, including the communities of Hindu____ and Muslim Bohras, traded extensively with the ports of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East Africa, Southeast Asia and China.
(a) Tamil, Jat
(b) Punjabi, Baniyas
(c) Gujarati, Baniyas
(d) Marathi, Jat
► (c) Gujarati, Baniyas
6. The fort at Masulipatnam was built by the
(a) East India Company
(b) Indian
(c) French
(d) Dutch
► (d) Dutch
7. Sthapati were called
(a) Sculptures
(b) Soldiers
(c) Weavers
(d) Farmers
► (a) Sculptures
8. Whose bronze statues were made using the lost wax technique
(a) Mughals
(b) Chola
(c) Cheras
(d) Pallavas
► (b) Chola
9. Fish port town is called
(a) Masolipatnam
(b) Masulipatnom
(c) Masulipatnam
(d) Masulipatnem
► (c) Masulipatnam
10. Devadasi were the
(a) Temple Dancers
(b) Temple Devotees
(c) Temple Priest
(d) Temple Sweepers
► (a) Temple Dancers
11. Zari is
(a) Silver lace border
(b) Golden Ivory
(c) Gold lace border
(d) Golden colour Shawl
► (c) Gold lace border
12. Vasco da Gama was
(a) a Chinese sailor
(b) a Portuguese sailor
(c) a French sailor
(d) a Dutch sailor
► (b) a Portuguese sailor
13. Qutb Shahi rulers of
(a) Bijapur
(b) Bidar
(c) Golconda
(d) Hampi
► (c) Golconda
14. Kabul is in present day
(a) Iraq
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) Afghanistan
► (d) Afghanistan
15. Which of the following is not the Deccani sultan
(a) Kabul
(b) Bijapur
(c) Golconda
(d) Berar
► (a) Kabul
16. Saliyar or Kaikkolars were
(a) Weavers
(b) Farmers
(c) Traders
(d) Craftsman
► (a) Weavers
17. Whose dargah is in Ajmer
(a) Khwaja Mahmud Chishti
(b) Khwaja Mohammad Chishti
(c) Khwaja Mahmood Chishti
(d) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
► (d) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
18. People in small town in come from far of places to sell their distant product except
(a) Salt
(b) Polybags
(c) Beetle Nuts
(d) Horse
► (b) Polybags
19. ____ were often central to the economy and society
(a) Temples
(b) House
(c) Filed
(d) Palace
► (a) Temples
20. English East India Company shifted its headquarters in 1668 to
(a) Bombay
(b) Gujarat
(c) Delhi
(d) Surat
► (a) Bombay