Class 07 Social Science Rulers And Buildings CBSE Questions & Answers

Class 7 · Social Science Rulers And Buildings

This is Social Science class 07 Social Science Rulers and Buildings CBSE Questions & Answers. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
Built by Akbar, the Agra Fort required ____ stone-cutters, _____cement and lime-makers and _____ labourers
  • A
    1500, 4000, 8000
  • B
    8000, 5000, 2000
  • C
    1000, 2000, 2000
  • D
    2000, 2000, 8000
    Correct
2
Between the ____ and the _____ centuries kings and their officers built two kinds of structures
  • A
    Seventh, Eighteenth
  • B
    Seventh, eighteenth
  • C
    Seventh Seventeenth
  • D
    Eighth, eighteenth
    Correct
3
Identify the temple
Question 3 figure 1
  • A
    Birla Temple
  • B
    Vithala Temple
  • C
    Kandariya Mahadeva Temple
    Correct
  • D
    Lotus Temple
4
Who constructed the temple and when
  • A
    Dhangadeva, 999
    Correct
  • B
    Dhangadeva, 979
  • C
    Dhangadeva, 998
  • D
    Dhangadeva, 987
5
What is special about the Shikhara of Rajarajeshwara temple:
  • A
    Tallest among the temple of its time
    Correct
  • B
    Built by the local people
  • C
    Built in a very short time
  • D
    Shortest among the temple of its time
6
Thanjavur
  • A
    Maharashtra
  • B
    Odisha
  • C
    Kerala
  • D
    Tamil Nadu
    Correct
7
Which of the following is false
  • A
    Rulers offered patronage to the learned and pious.
  • B
    As each new dynasty came to power, kings wanted to emphasise their moral right to be rulers.
  • C
    Constructing places of worship provided rulers with the chance to proclaim their close relationship with God, especially important in an age of rapid Economic change.
    Correct
  • D
    Tried to transform their capitals and cities into great cultural centres that brought fame to their rule and their realm.
8
Rajarajeshwara temple Construction was not easy because
  • A
    There were cranes in those days which cannot lift 90 tonne stone
  • B
    Modern technology were there to lift heavy stone
  • C
    There were no cranes in those days and the 90 tonne stone for the top of the shikhara was too heavy to lift manually
    Correct
  • D
    People can easily lift the heavy stone of 90 tonne
9
Inclined path to the top of the Rajarajeshwara temple started more than _____ kilometers away so that it would not be too steep
  • A
    2
  • B
    8
  • C
    4
    Correct
  • D
    12
10
Identify the following figure
Question 10 figure 1
  • A
    Painting from the Akbar Nama
    Correct
  • B
    Painting from the Babar Nama
  • C
    Painting from the Jahangir Nama
  • D
    Painting from the Humayun Nama
11
The above figure is showing the
  • A
    Construction of the back gate at the Delhi Fort
  • B
    Construction of the well-gate at the Delhi Fort
  • C
    Construction of the main gate at the Agra Fort
  • D
    Construction of the water-gate at the Agra Fort
    Correct
12
Match the following items in Column A with items in Column B Column A(a) Shikhara(b) Mandapa(c) GopuramColumn B(1) The gateway of the temple(2) Structure over the central shrine of a temple(3) Constructed in front of the main shrine
  • A
    (a)-(1),(b)-(2),(c)-(3)
  • B
    (a)-(1),(b)-(3),(c)-(2)
  • C
    (a)-(2),(b)-(3),(c)-(1)
    Correct
  • D
    (a)-(2),(b)-(1),(c)-(3)
13
Tomb of Humayun, constructed between
  • A
    1568 and 1581
  • B
    1566 and 1578
  • C
    1564 and 1578
  • D
    1562 and 1571
    Correct
14
Which of the following is not true
  • A
    The temple was a miniature model of the Palace in which the king and his allies live
    Correct
  • B
    The largest temples were all constructed by kings.
  • C
    The other, lesser deities in the temple were gods and goddesses of the allies and subordinates of the ruler.
  • D
    As king and his allies worshipped their deities together in the royal temples it seemed as if they brought the just rule of the gods on earth
15
Match the following. When the Chola king Rajendra I built a Shiva temple in his capital he filled it with prized statues seized from defeated rulers. Now match the prized statue with the rulers from where it was seizedRulers(a) Chalukyas(b) Kalingas of Orissa (c) Palas of Bengal Prized statues (1) Sun-pedestal(2) a Kali statue(3) an image of Bhairava (a form of Shiva) and Bhairavi
  • A
    (a)- (3) ,(b)- (2),(c)- (1)
  • B
    (a)- (1),(b)- (3),(c)- (2)
    Correct
  • C
    (a)- (1),(b)- (2),(c)- (3)
  • D
    (a)- (2) ,(b)- (3) ,(c)- (1)