Towns and Capital Cities
Trending Questions
Q. What is a court or capital town?
- A town with a lot of courts.
- The place where the king held his court.
- A town where the the royals convened regularly.
- A town that has been the capital of many empires.
Q. and were the capital towns of the Indus Valley civilization.
- Kausambi
- Mohenjodaro
- Indraprastha
- Harappa
Q. Which were the prominent capital towns during the vedic period?
- Ayodhya and Indraprastha
- Ayodhya and Hastinapura
- Indraprastha and Hastinapura
- Takshshila and Indraprastha
Q. The discovery of what encouraged people to abandon their nomadic lifestyles and settle down in places?
- Hunting
- Agriculture
- Mining
- Masonry
Q. The accounts of which historian is an important source of information regarding Mughal administration?
- Bertrand
- Barbosa
- Bernier
- Balmer
Q. What were some of the reasons for early towns to flourish?
- Activities of religious persons.
- Activities of traders.
- Activities of craftsmen.
- Activities of the ruling class.
Q. Identify the famous cartographers, who made maps of India.
- Gerard Mercator
- Sir Thomas Roe
- Jodocus Hondius
- Saxton
Q. Which of these towns/cities acted as court city in South India?
- Kanchi
- Badami
- Kamboja
- Manyakhet
Q. Which were the capital towns of the Indus Valley civilization?
- Harappa
- Babylon
- Mohenjodaro
- Assur
Q. Identify the travellers who have given us information about the urban history of the Mughal period.
- Duarte Barbosa
- Hector Barbossa
- Ralph Fitch
- Howard Finch