Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 7 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 6 — Chapter 6: The Age of Reorganisation
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. When did the Mauryan Empire decline? [1]
(A) Around 185 BCE
(B) Around 1000 CE
(C) Around 500 CE
(D) Around 100 CE
2. What rose after the Mauryan decline? [1]
(A) Regional kingdoms like the Shungas
(B) A single unified empire immediately
(C) No political change
(D) Foreign rule immediately
3. What increased during this period? [1]
(A) Trade and cultural exchange
(B) Isolation only
(C) Nothing changed
(D) Only warfare
4. What developments occurred despite fragmentation? [1]
(A) Art, religion and society developed
(B) Nothing developed
(C) Only decline occurred
(D) Only warfare occurred
5. What did regional rulers patronise? [1]
(A) Cultural activities
(B) Nothing
(C) Only warfare
(D) Only taxation
6. What empire eventually rose after this period? [1]
(A) The Gupta Empire
(B) The Mughal Empire
(C) The British Empire
(D) No empire rose
7. What is the Gupta Empire known for? [1]
(A) A golden age of art and science
(B) Only decline
(C) Only warfare
(D) Nothing notable
8. Why study this period of political change? [1]
(A) It shows how India's political landscape evolved
(B) No reason
(C) Only for tests
(D) It's not useful
9. What rose after the Gupta Empire's decline? [1]
(A) Regional kingdoms and dynasties
(B) A single unified empire immediately
(C) No political change
(D) Only foreign rule
10. Which of these is an example of a regional dynasty? [1]
(A) The Pallavas
(B) The Mughals
(C) The British
(D) The Mauryas
11. What did competing kingdoms sometimes lead to? [1]
(A) Periods of conflict
(B) Only peace
(C) No changes
(D) Only trade
12. What did these kingdoms also foster? [1]
(A) Regional cultural development
(B) Nothing cultural
(C) Only warfare
(D) Only decline
13. What did many dynasties build? [1]
(A) Temples and monuments
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only forts for war
(D) Only markets
14. What are some of these monuments today? [1]
(A) Important heritage sites
(B) Forgotten and destroyed
(C) Irrelevant
(D) Only used for storage
15. What did this period set the stage for? [1]
(A) Further political developments in medieval India
(B) No further developments
(C) Only decline
(D) Only foreign invasion
16. Why study these regional kingdoms? [1]
(A) They shaped India's medieval political landscape
(B) No reason
(C) Only for tests
(D) It's not useful