7. Tribes, Nomads And Settled Communities

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Social science Chapter 7 Tribes, Nomads And Settled Communities.

Question.1. Match the following-
Answer-

1.Garh	Chaurasi
2.Tanda	Caravan
3. Labourer	Paik
4. Clan	Khel
5. Sib Singh	Ahom State
6. Durgawati	Garha Katanga

Question.2. Fill in the blanks-
1. The new castes emerging within varnas were called ______.
2. ___ were historical works written by the Ahoms.
3. The ____ mentions that Garha Katanga had 70,000 villages.
4. As tribal states became bigger and stronger, they gave land grants to__ and __.
Answer:- 1. Jatis 2. Buraryis    3.Akbar Nama 4. Temples, Brahmanas.
Question.3. State whether true or false-
(i) Tribal societies had rich oral traditions.
(ii) There were no tribal communities in the north-western part of the subcontinent.
(iii) The chaurasi in Gond states contained several cities.
(iv) The Bhils lived in the north-eastern part of the subcontinent.
Answer:- (i) True  (ii) False (iii) False  (iv) False
Question.4. What kinds of exchanges took place between nomadic pastoralists and settled agriculturists?
Answer- 1. Nomadic pastoralists gave wool, ghee etc.
2. Settled agriculturalists gave the nomadic pastoralists grains, cloth, utensils and other products.

Question.5. How was the administration of the Ahom state organized?
Answer- The forced workers were called paiks. Ahom society was divided into clans called khels. A khel controlled several villages. All adult males served in the army during war.

Question.6. What changes took place in varna-based society?
Answer- Within the varna-based society, smaller castes called jatis emerged. Jatis, rather than varna, became the basis for organizing society.

Question.7. How did tribal societies change after being organized into a state?
Answer- After being organized into a state, tribal societies gradually got divided into unequal social classes. The leading families joined the ruling class, while the others joined the lower jatis.

Question.8. Were the Banjaras important for the economy?
Answer- They were trader-nomads and controlled trade and commerce. They helped traders by working as carriers. At the same time they carried on their own trade and also transported food grains for the Mughal army during their campaigns.

Question.9. In what ways was the history of the Gonds different from that of the Ahoms? Were there any similarities?
Answer-

Gonds	Ahoms
1. Gonds lived in Gondwana.	Ahoms lived in Brahmaputra valley.
2.Gond kingdoms were large.	Ahom kingdom was small.
3. Gond kingdoms were divided into garhs.	Ahoms built a large state.
4. Gonds practiced shifting cultivation.	Ahoms did not practice shifting cultivation.

:-They were similar in the fact that both had risen from being small tribal communities to becoming powerful tribal states that modeled themselves on other centralized kingdoms. The Mughals tried to control the lands of both at different point of time.

EXTRA-QUESTIONS

Question.1. Name the tribe which was powerful in the north-west.
Answer- Balochis.
Question.2. Who was Aman Das?
Answer- The Gond raja of Garha Katanga.
Question.3. When did the Mughals attack the Ahom kingdom?
Answer-1662.
Question.4. Who controlled Garh?
Answer- A Gond clan.

7. Tribes, Nomads And Settled Communities