Reference Chapter: Importance of Ancient Indian History and Influence of Geography on Indian History
Highly Important: V. V. Imp category
Q: What name did Chinese traveller Hieun Tsang write for India?
Answer: The Chinese traveller Hieun Tsang wrote Tien-Chu and Intu as the names of India.
Q: In which direction of India is the Himalayas Mountains situated? What is the length and breadth of these mountain ranges?
Answer: The Himalaya Mountains are situated in the North side of India. It is 1500 miles long and 150 to 200 miles broad. The height is 8,850 m/29,035 ft. For some interesting information you may log on to http://www.ciolek.com/
Q: What do you mean by the word ‘Himalayas’?
Answer: The word ‘Himalayas’ a house covered with snow.
Q: Name the four most important peaks of Himalayas.
Answer: The four most important peaks of Himalayas are Mount Everest, Mount. Kanchanjunga, Mount Dholgiri and Mount Naga Hills.
Q: What is the name of the highest peak of the Himalayas?
Answer: The highest peak of the Himalayas is Everest or Gory Shankar.
Q: Which place in the world does receive maximum rainfall? Where is it situated?
Answer: The maximum rainfall is received in Chirapunji which falls in mountains of Khasi in the Indian state Assam.
Q: Which are the important passes in the Western ranges of Himalayas?
Answer: The important passes in the Western ranges of Himalayas are Khyber, Khurram, Tochi and Gomal.
Q: Name the famous mountains in eastern ranges of Himalayas?
Answer: The famous mountains of eastern ranges of Himalayas are Patkoi, Lushai, Jaintia and Khasi mountains.
Q: What is the approximate length and breadth of Plain of Ganges and Indus Valleys?
Answer: The Plains of Ganges and Indus Valley are in the range of 1500 miles and 100 to 400 broad.
Q: Name the important rivers flowing through the Plains of Ganges and Indus Valley.
Answer: The main rivers which drains the Plains of Ganges and Indus are Beas, Satluj, Ravi, Beas, Chenab, Ghaggar, Indus, Brahmputra etc.
Q: Name the main passes of the Southern India?
Answer: The main passes of the Southern India are Thal Ghat, Bhor Ghat and Pal Ghat.
Q: Name the four most famous rivers of Southern India.
Answer: The four most famous rivers of Southern India are Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Caveri.
Q: Name the main rivers flowing through the Plains of Indus Valley.
Answer: The main rivers flowing though the Plains of Indus Valley are Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum.
Q: Which are the important rivers those flow through the Plains of Ganga Valley?
Answer: The important rivers those flow through the Plains of Ganga Valley are Ganga, Yammuna, Chambal, Ghaggar and Brahmputra.
Q: Name the four most famous cities situated in the Plains of Ganga Valley.
Answer: The four most famous cities situated in the Plain of Ganga Valley are Benaras, Lucknow, Bhopal and Kalkatta (Calcutta).
Q: How did the word "Hindu" originates?
Answer: The word "Hindu" is a corrupted form of the word "Sindh". The Iranians pronounced the syllable "S" as "H". Therefore, they pronounced Sindhu as Hindu.
Two lines answer:
Most of the time, the questions are such that they can be answered in one word. However, in between, a trend had started that the paper setter had asked such questions which required two or three specific lines. This is a feature of the question papers of Punjabi Unniversity Patiala and Guru Nanak University Amritsar. In those universities there are specific sections which ask answer in two or three lines and there is no single word answer. Such questions have also appeared in Punjab University Chandigarh question papers. The following questions are of that category.
Q: Write any two main effects (influence) of the Himalayas on the history of India.
Answer: a). The maximum from invasions on India came from North West Frontiers of situated in Himalayas ranges.
b). Punjab became the Gateway of India.
Q: Write any two effects of the Plains of Ganga and Indus on the history of India.
Answer: The two main effects of the Plains of Ganga and Indus were-
a). Delhi remained the capital of India.
b). Most the Indian Empire emerged in those Plains.
Q: Write any two effects of the rivers of India on the history of India.
Answer: a). The rivers impeded the march of invaders on India.
b). They proved natural boundaries for the smaller Indian kingdoms.
Q: Write any two social influences of geographical features on the history of India.
Answer: The two main social influences of geographical features on the history of India were:
a). The people of India were tolerant by nature.
b). The people of Ganga Valley were intelligent and peace loving.
Q: Write any two economic influences of the geographical features on the history of India.
Answer: The two main economic influences of geographical features on the history of India were:
a). India had grown rich because of its natural wealth.
b). India developed fruitful trading links with the foreign countries due to it geographical location.
Q: Write any two religious influences of the geographical features on the history of India.
Answer: The two main religious influences of geographical features on the history of India were:
a). The Islam religion spread in North India due to its geographical location.
b). Jainism and Buddhism were born in the Plains of Ganga.
Q: Write any two cultural influences of the geographical features on the history of India.
Answer: The two main cultural influences of geographical features on the history of India were:
a). A high standard religious literature was produced.
b). The fine arts developed and progressed due to its geographical features.
Read only type questions:
Q: By which name was India called during Vedic period?
Answer: India was called as ‘Aryavrata’ during the Vedic period.
Q: In which two geographical sections is Southern India divided?
Answer: The Southern Indian is divided into two geographical sections – Deccan Plateau and Eastern and Western Ghats.
Q: In how many and which geographical sections can India be divided?
Answer: From geographical point of view India can be divided into four sections - Himalayas ranges with its Eastern and Western ranges, the Plains of Ganga and Indus Valley, the Deccan Plateau and the Eastern and Western Ghats.
Q: What is Deccan Plateau?
Answer: The triangular high rising table of land made of volcanic material in the south of the Valleys of Ganga and Indus is called Deccan Plateau.
Q: What is the extent of the spread of Deccan Plateau?
Answer: The Deccan Plateau extents from Vindhya and Satpura ranges in north to Kumar Antareep in south.
Q: Name some important rivers of North India situated on the banks of the rivers during the ancient period of Indian history.
Answer: Some of the major cities situated on the banks of the rivers of North India during the ancient period of Indian history were Pataliputra, Varanasi, Prayaga, Ayodhya, Indraprasta etc.
Q: Which personality traits among Marathas were the result of geographical features of Mahrashtra?
Answer: The geographical features of Maharashtra made Marathas sturdy, diligent, courageous, brave and believer in simplicity.
Q: What was the effect of the geographical features of Punjab on the behaviour of the people of Punjab?
Answer: The geographical features of Punjab made the people of Punjab courageous, brave, intrepid and inculcated in them the personality traits of compassion, social service and self sacrifice.
Q: What was the main occupation of the Indians due to geographical features of India.
Answer: The main occupation of the Indians due to the geographical features of India was agriculture.
Q: Why is India called a sub-continent?
Answer: India is called a sub-continent because it is surrounded by seas from three sides.
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