Need For Sources

Q. Why do Historians study sources of History?

1. To interpret the past subjectively.
2. To interpret the past objectively.
3. To make biased judgements about the past.
4. To make sure that nobody knows the past.

Q. The main office of the National Archives of India is at _______.

1. Pune
2. Mumbai
3. Bangalore
4. New Delhi

Q.

Which of the Following Is an Example of Nonvolatile Memory?

1. RAM

2. ROM

3. Cache memory

4. None of the above

Q.

Which memory is nonvolatile and may be written only once ?

1. RAM

2. PROM

3. EE-ROM

4. CPU

Q. The place where historical documents are preserved is called ____________.

1. Archives
2. Libraries
3. Museums
4. All of above

Q.

Which is the best type of customer?

Q. There may be discrepancies when we recall shared memories due to ______________ .

1. true memory
2. fake memory
3. false memory
4. imaginative memory

Q. History talks about the present situation and its effect on our surroundings.

1. True
2. False

Q. Alia has just started studying history. She is wondering which of the following situations can be said to be a part of history. Could you help her out by selecting the right situations?

1. India gaining independence from the British.
2. Alia becoming a doctor in the future.
3. Invasion of a Mughal king in India.
4. The discovery of a new planet.

Q. Pick out the incorrect statement.

1. History only refers to the wars that kings had, and when the kings died.
2. History is about the past.
3. History refers to the lives of all of the people in the past.
4. History is about any events which might have occurred in the past.

Q. History is like a story with .

1. facts
2. heroes
3. authors
4. gods

Q. History is like a story with .

1. heroes
2. gods
3. authors
4. facts

Q. Keerthi has decided that she wants to find buried treasure and old coins. She plans to search for these things in her garden. Her brother Sid is studying about the past from the old weapons and the old coins which he had found some days ago. He is also planning to give them to the museum when he finishes studying them. Who among them can be called an archaeologist?

1. Keerthi
2. Sid
3. Keerthi and Sid
4. None of them is an archaeologist

Q. Ritu was bored with studying history. She asked her teacher why they needed to learn about the people who lived long ago. She wondered why they needed to know about the events which happened many years ago before she was even born!

Can you answer Ritu's question?

1. We study history because we can learn from the past.
2. We study history because we can learn patience.
3. We study history because we want to have a hobby.
4. We study history because it teaches us meditation.

Q.

What is called "a collection of books"?