List of practice Questions

Examine the causes of resistance and failure of zamindars to make payment of land revenue to the East India Company in Bengal during eighteenth century.

Analyse the significance of water resources of the Vijayanagara Empire.

Describe the role of village artisans in the Mughal era.

Examine the rumours that spread across India during the 1850s.

On the same map two places have been marked as A and B as the centres of Indian National movement. Identify them and write their names on the lines drawn near them.

Explain any three sources to know about the Gupta Empire.

You are asked to prepare a report on how the end of the American Civil War affected the cotton boom in the Indian Deccan. How would you assess the changes? Explain.

Analyse the factors that led the rulers of the Vijayanagara empire to choose the site of Vijayanagara as their capital.

Describe the role of Panchayats in the Mughal era.

Analyse the policies adopted by William Bentinck to reform Indian society.

"During the debates in Constituent Assembly, B.R. Ambedkar told that he wanted a strong centre, much stronger than the centre we had created under the Act of 1935." Analyse the statement.

Examine the various strategies used to enhance agricultural output from the sixth BCE onwards.

‘Francois Bernier contrasted what he saw in India with the situation in Europe.’ Explain the statement with examples.

‘Ibn-Battuta has written extensively about his experience in India.’ Explain the statement with examples.

Imagine you are leading a historical research team. How would you explain the role of Ryotwari System in fostering rural indebtedness and its long-term consequences on Bombay-Deccan peasantry? Explain.

Identify the person from the given information:
1. He was the head of the Advisory Committee of the Constituent Assembly.
2. He was against the separate electorate.
3. He was the first home minister of free India.

Why did Gandhi call for a nationwide campaign against the 'Rowlatt Act'? Choose the appropriate option from the following: Choose the correct option:

“There were different views of archaeologists on the administration of Harappa.” Explain the statement with examples.

Explain any three sources to know about the Maurya Empire.

Analyse the role of Amara-nayakas in the Vijayanagara Empire.