Read the two statements about the Mongol confederacy under Genghis Khan and choose the correct option: Statement I: Genghis Khan reorganised the Mongol people by breaking up old tribal groups and distributing their members among new military units of tens, hundreds and thousands (the decimal system). Statement II: The largest unit, called the tumen, was made up of 10,000 soldiers drawn only from a single tribe to keep tribal loyalties intact.

Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

Statement II is correct but Statement I is incorrect

A question paper calls the Yasa the Mongols' body of 'laws and customs'. For a well-prepared student, which statement about the Yasa best fits the chapter's explanation of its role?

It was a shared code of law and custom that helped unite the Mongol tribes under common rules

It was the name of the royal bodyguard that protected the Khan

It was a tax register recording the herds owned by each noyan

It was a trade treaty signed only with the cities of Bukhara and Samarqand

The chapter contrasts nomadic pastoralists of the steppe with the settled, agricultural societies around them. Which pairing of 'need' and 'response' best explains why the two were often drawn into contact and conflict?

Nomads lacked farm produce and crafts, so they sought them from settled peoples through trade or raids

Nomads produced surplus grain, so they sold it to self-sufficient cities for luxuries

Settled peoples needed horses only for sport, so contact remained purely peaceful

Settled peoples lacked all metals, so they migrated onto the steppe to live as herders

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Bihar Board Class 11 Arts History · Ch 3: Nomadic Empires

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Q1. Read the two statements about the Mongol confederacy under Genghis Khan and choose the correct option: Statement I: Genghis Khan reorganised the Mongol people by breaking up old tribal groups and distributing their members among new military units of tens, hundreds and thousands (the decimal system). Statement II: The largest unit, called the tumen, was made up of 10,000 soldiers drawn only from a single tribe to keep tribal loyalties intact.
चंगेज़ ख़ान के अधीन मंगोल संघ के बारे में दिए गए दो कथनों को पढ़िए और सही विकल्प चुनिए: कथन I: चंगेज़ ख़ान ने पुराने जनजातीय समूहों को तोड़कर और उनके सदस्यों को दहाइयों, सैकड़ों और हज़ारों (दशमलव प्रणाली) की नई सैन्य इकाइयों में वितरित करके मंगोल लोगों का पुनर्गठन किया। कथन II: सबसे बड़ी इकाई, जिसे तुमन कहा जाता था, 10,000 सैनिकों से बनी होती थी जो केवल एक ही जनजाति से लिए जाते थे ताकि जनजातीय निष्ठाएँ बरकरार रहें।
- A. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect / कथन I सही है परंतु कथन II ग़लत है
- B. Statement II is correct but Statement I is incorrect / कथन II सही है परंतु कथन I ग़लत है
- C. Both statements are incorrect / दोनों कथन ग़लत हैं
- D. Both statements are correct / दोनों कथन सही हैं
Solution
Genghis Khan did use the decimal military organisation, so Statement I is correct. But the tumen deliberately mixed men from different tribes so that old tribal loyalties would break down, making Statement II wrong.
चंगेज़ ख़ान ने वास्तव में दशमलव सैन्य संगठन का उपयोग किया था, इसलिए कथन I सही है। लेकिन तुमन में जानबूझकर विभिन्न जनजातियों के लोगों को मिलाया जाता था ताकि पुरानी जनजातीय निष्ठाएँ टूट जाएँ, जिससे कथन II ग़लत हो जाता है।
Q2. A question paper calls the Yasa the Mongols' body of 'laws and customs'. For a well-prepared student, which statement about the Yasa best fits the chapter's explanation of its role?
एक प्रश्नपत्र यासा को मंगोलों की 'विधियों और रीति-रिवाजों' का समूह कहता है। एक अच्छी तैयारी वाले विद्यार्थी के लिए, यासा के बारे में कौन-सा कथन अध्याय द्वारा दी गई इसकी भूमिका की व्याख्या से सबसे अच्छी तरह मेल खाता है?
- A. It was the name of the royal bodyguard that protected the Khan / यह शाही अंगरक्षक दल का नाम था जो खान की रक्षा करता था
- B. It was a tax register recording the herds owned by each noyan / यह एक कर-पंजी थी जो प्रत्येक नोयान के स्वामित्व वाले पशुओं का लेखा रखती थी
- C. It was a trade treaty signed only with the cities of Bukhara and Samarqand / यह केवल बुखारा और समरकंद के नगरों के साथ हस्ताक्षरित एक व्यापार संधि थी
- D. It was a shared code of law and custom that helped unite the Mongol tribes under common rules / यह विधि और रीति-रिवाज की एक साझा संहिता थी जिसने मंगोल कबीलों को साझा नियमों के अंतर्गत एकजुट करने में मदद की
Solution
The Yasa was the common code of law and custom that helped Genghis Khan bind the different tribes into one disciplined people under shared rules.
यासा विधि और रीति-रिवाज की साझा संहिता थी जिसने चंगेज़ खान को विभिन्न कबीलों को साझा नियमों के अंतर्गत एक अनुशासित जनसमूह में बाँधने में मदद की।
Q3. The chapter contrasts nomadic pastoralists of the steppe with the settled, agricultural societies around them. Which pairing of 'need' and 'response' best explains why the two were often drawn into contact and conflict?
अध्याय स्टेपी के खानाबदोश पशुपालकों की तुलना उनके आसपास के स्थायी, कृषि-आधारित समाजों से करता है। 'आवश्यकता' और 'प्रतिक्रिया' का कौन-सा युग्म सबसे अच्छी तरह समझाता है कि दोनों अक्सर संपर्क और संघर्ष में क्यों आ जाते थे?
- A. Nomads produced surplus grain, so they sold it to self-sufficient cities for luxuries / खानाबदोश अतिरिक्त अनाज उत्पन्न करते थे, इसलिए वे इसे आत्मनिर्भर नगरों को विलासिता की वस्तुओं के बदले बेचते थे
- B. Settled peoples needed horses only for sport, so contact remained purely peaceful / स्थायी लोगों को घोड़े केवल खेल के लिए चाहिए थे, इसलिए संपर्क पूर्णतः शांतिपूर्ण रहा
- C. Settled peoples lacked all metals, so they migrated onto the steppe to live as herders / स्थायी लोगों के पास कोई धातु नहीं थी, इसलिए वे पशुपालक के रूप में रहने हेतु स्टेपी पर प्रवास कर गए
- D. Nomads lacked farm produce and crafts, so they sought them from settled peoples through trade or raids / खानाबदोशों के पास कृषि-उपज और शिल्प-वस्तुएँ नहीं थीं, इसलिए वे व्यापार या लूट के माध्यम से इन्हें स्थायी लोगों से प्राप्त करते थे
Solution
Pastoral nomads could not produce all they needed, so they relied on trade or raids with settled farming societies to obtain grain and goods.
पशुपालक खानाबदोश अपनी सभी ज़रूरतों का उत्पादन नहीं कर सकते थे, इसलिए वे अनाज और वस्तुएँ प्राप्त करने हेतु स्थायी कृषि समाजों के साथ व्यापार या लूट पर निर्भर रहते थे।

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