Answer key of revision assignment of chapter 8, 16 and 25. Q1) Fill in the blanks- 1- Pramukha or shresthin 2- Patliputra 3- Uzhavar 4- Sangam literature 5- Arikamedu 6- Adimai / dasas / karamkara 7- Collection of Buddhist stories 8- Isthmus 9- Suez canal 10- Australia 11-The strait of Gibraltar 12- silicon and aluminium 13- Mesosphere 14- Northern hemisphere 15- Mid-Atlantic Ridge 16- Fishing 17- Ready made food industry /textile / steel plant 18- the dairy sector 19- regular 20- poor Q2) State whether the following statements are true or false 1- False 2- False 3- True 4- True 5- True 6- False 7- True 8- False 9- True 10- True Q3) Match the following (only answers) 1- Headmen 2- Large landowners 3- Cattle grazer 4- Amphorae 5- Asia 6- Antarctica 7- North America 8- Arctic Ocean 9- temporary worker 10- movement of people Q5- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow 1- Megasthenes wrote the book Indica in which the history of chandragupta and his empire was mentioned. 2- The various source of information of the Mauryan period are – Kautilya ‘s Arthashastra, Magesthenes ’ book Indika, the Puranas, Jain and Buddhist Literature, Punch- marked coins. 3- Vishakhadutta was a fomous playwriter who wrote the drama Mudrarakshasa. 4- Megasthenes came to Chandragupta’s court in 302 BC.