Types of Sources

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What Is the Use of Multimedia Software?

Q. Media is considered as the ______ pillar of democracy.

1. tenth
2. first
3. fourth
4. fifth

Q. Ballads form _______ sources of History.

1. visual
2. literary
3. oral
4. archaeological

Q. Which of the following serve as literary sources to study ancient history of India?

1. Mahabharata
2. Ramayana
3. Atharva Veda
4. Coins

Q. Architectural remains are considered as _______ source of history.

1. literary
2. archaeological
3. oral
4. written

Q. Which of the following serve as sources of ancient History?

1. Literary sources
2. Magazines
3. Newspapers
4. Archaeological sources

Q.
The Taj Mahal would serve as __________source of history.

1. literary
2. oral
3. archaeological
4. archival

Q. While going through some old boxes in your grandparents' house, you saw a diary and started reading through it. You realise it belong to your grandmother's brother, who participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement in the 1920s.

What kind of source would this be to you?

1. Written source
2. Oral source
3. Literary source
4. Audio-visual source

Q. Prashant had to write an article for his school magazine, about the first Indian Independence Day celebrated on 15 August 1947.

Which of the following places will not help him with his sources?

1. Archives
2. Library
3. The Taj Mahal
4. Videos

Q. Which of the following aspects of stamps reveal about changing times?

1. Their texture
2. Their varying sizes
3. Their colour schemes
4. The novelty in their subjects

Q. The Press Trust of India now uses _________ technology.

1. satellite broadcast
2. nuclear
3. nano
4. biomedical

Q. Raj was collecting information on the partition of India and Pakistan to give a presentation at school. Which of the following items can he use to get reliable information?

1. Archeological evidence from Harappa
2. Newspapers
3. Stamps issued after 1947
4. Stamps issued before 1900

Q. Which of the following appear to be the best inferences that can be drawn from this stamp?

1. It was released as a celebration of Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday.
2. It depicts Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
3. It may have been released just after Jawaharlal Nehru's death in his memory.
4. It tells us about Jawaharlal Nehru being the first Prime Minister of India.

Q. Rakesh is a historian and he wants to study the history of the Marathas. What kind of sources do you think he would find useful in his work?

1. Songs about Chhatrapati Shivaji.
2. Palaces constructed by the Marathas.
3. Books at the archives in Maharashtra.
4. Newspapers from the time of the Marathas.

Q. Most archaeological sources are found by excavations.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following pairs of kings of ancient and medieval periods of Indian history and the works authored by them is correctly matched?

1. Krishnadevaraya : Samaranganassutrad-hara
2. Mahendravarman : Mattavilasa Prahasana
3. Bhojadeva: Manasollasa
4. Somesvara : Amuktamalyada

Q. Which of the following is not a literary source of History?

1. Newspaper
2. Journal
3. Coins
4. Manuscript

Q. Identify the person shown by using the following pictures.

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Q. When did Press Trust of India started using the satellite broadcast technology instead of tele-printers?

1. During the 1980s
2. During the 1990s
3. During the 2000s
4. During the 1970s

Q. Which of the following is not an archaeological source of History?

1. Dagger
2. Monument
3. Diary
4. Pottery

Q. Digging under the surface of the earth is called .

1. geology
2. archaeology
3. research
4. excavation