Social Studies CASE BASED QUESTIONS(4 Mark)

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions.
Language and Region 
In 1318, the poet Amir Khusrau noted that there was a different language in every region of this land: Sindhi, Lahori, Kashmiri, Dvarsamudri (in Southern Karnataka), Telangani (in Andhra Pradesh), Gujari (in Gujarat), Ma'bari (in Tamil Nadu), Gauri, (in Bengal). Awadhi (in Eastern Uttar Pradesh) and Hindawi (in the area around Delhi). Amir Khusrau went on to explain that in contrast to these languages there was Sanskrit which did not belong to any region. It was an old language and "common people do not know it, only the Brahmanas do".
Make a list of the languages mentioned by Amir Khusrau. Prepare another list of the names of languages spoken today in the regions he mentioned. Underline names that are similar and circle those that are different. Did you notice that the names by which languages are known have changed over time?

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 
There was no printing press in those days so scribes copied manuscripts by hand. If you have ever copied a friend's homework you would know that this is not a simple exercise. Sometimes, you cannot read your friend's handwriting and are forced to guess what is written. As a result, there are small but significant differences in your copy of your friend's work. Manuscript copying is somewhat similar. As scribes copied manuscripts, they also introduced small changes - a word here, a sentence there. These small differences grew over centuries copying until manuscripts of the same text became substantially different from one another. 
(i) Who collected manuscripts for the record? 
(a) Wealthy people 
(b) Rulers 
(c) Temples 
(d) All of the above 
(ii) Where were manuscripts and documents stored ? 
(a) Hall 
(b) Archive 
(c) Treasury 
(d) Granary 
(iii) What is the reason for substanial differences in manuscripts of the same text? 
(a) Better handwriting 
(b) Introduction of small changes by scribes over centuries 
(c) Existence of multiple original manuscripts 
(d) None of the above 
(iv) Why was copying a friend's homework compared to the process of manuscript copying? 
(a) To highlight importance of handwriting skills 
(b) To emphasise the simplicity of manuscript copying. 
(c) To illustrate the challenge of deciphering handwriting. 
(d) To promote use of printing