Class 7 History Chapter 4 Ratna Sagar

Short Answer type Questions:-

Q1. Why did the later half of the reign of the Delhi Sultans witness the rise of regional kingdoms?

Ans. In the later half of the Delhi Sultanat the rulers were weak and fail to keep control over the kingdom and it broke into small regional kingdoms.

Q2. Who was the greatest ruler of Mewar? What did he do to make Mewar Strong?

Ans. Rana Sanga was the greatest ruler of Mewar who expended his kingdom to make it strong.

Q3. Who was Malik Sawar? How did he take advantage of Timur's invasion?

Ans. Malik Sawar was the ruler of Jaunpur. He took the advantage of Timur's invasion to declare himself independent and established Sharqi Dynasty.

Q4. Who were Harihara and Bukka?

Ans. Harihara and Bukka were the brothers who established and ruled over Vijaynagar empire.

Q5. Into how many sultanates was the Bahmani Kingdom split up? Why?

Ans. Bahmani dynasty rulers were weak and due to that governors of provinces declare their independence and kingdom split up into five parts.

Long Answer type Questions:-

Q1. Who was called the 'Akbar of Kashmir'? Why was he called so?

Ans. Zain-ul-Abidin was called the 'Akbar of Kashmir' because he had given patronage to education and learning, art and craft. He also encouraged agriculture and followed policy of religious tolerance.

Q2. How did Krishnadeva Raya make his kingdom powerful and prosperous?

Ans. Raja Krishnadeva Raya made his kingdom powerful and prosperous by extending it and also encouraged trade. 

    He had defeated The Bahmani sultan and the king of Odisha. He also annexed fertile Richure Doab and extended his kingdom to the whole South India.

    He established trade links with many European countries and paid attention to the growth of agriculture by building tanks, dams and canals for irrigation.

Q3. How did Firoz Shah Bahmani and Mahmud Gawan make Deccan an important center of learning? 

Ans. Firoz Shah Bahmani and Mahmud Gawan both were great patron to education and learning, their contribution in developing Deccan an important center of learning are as follows-

    Firoz Shah Bahmani encouraged learned men to migrate from different parts of the world to his court and contribute in the cultural development of Deccan.

    Mahmud Gawan contributed in the development of Urdu, many scholars from Persia came to his court. He had built a madrasah in Bidar were student from different parts of India and World were coming to study, it also had a great library with over three thousand manuscripts.

Q4. Write short notes on- Rajput Kingdoms of the period, administrative divisions of the Vijayanagar Empire.

Ans. Rajput Kingdoms:- In this period many Rajput rulers were ruling over Rajasthan region. Mewar and Marwar were the two important Rajput Kingdoms.
    The Rathors were ruling over Marwar. Maharaja Jodha and Maharaja Maldeva were the most powerful ruler of this kingdom.

    The Sisodia Rajputs ruled over Mewar. Rana Hamir and Rana Kumbha developed this Kingdom. Rana Sanga was the great ruler of this Kingdom.

Administrative division of the Vijaynagar Empire- The Vijaynagar Empire was divided in Mandalams (Provinces), each mandalams into nadus (Districts), nadus into sthalas (Sub-Districts) and sthalas into gramas(Villages).