Material Sources

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

1. Clothes
2. Weapons
3. Currency
4. Pottery

Q. A museum is a place that houses a collection of objects of historical significance.

1. True
2. False

Q. sources are used as an evidence in reconstructing past events.

1. Geological
2. Mythical
3. Archaeological

Q. Jal Cooper was an internationally acclaimed ________.

Q. Rohan was digging in his garden to plant a seed when he found a very old coin. He showed it to his mother. She told him that the silver coin he found was used during the time of the Mughals. Remembering his history lesson, he wondered which type of evidence he found.

Can you help him out by selecting the type of evidence he found?

1. Archaeological Source
2. Literary Source
3. Written Source
4. Buried Source

Q. Historical sources _____.

1. are always objective.
2. are always subjective.
3. are sometimes subjective, but mostly objective.
4. may or may not be objective.

Q. A museum is a place that houses _________.

1. historical documents
2. books
3. scientific specimens
4. objects of historical significance

Q. Looking at this note, which of the following inferences do you think are true about it?

1. It was issued after Indian independence.
2. It was issued on 18 June 1920.
3. It was probably issued by the British-Indian government.
4. It shows that King George V was the ruler of India in 1920.

Q. Which of the following is not found in excavations?

1. Clothes
2. Weapons
3. Currency
4. Pottery

Q. Why are seals used on documents in modern times?

1. To authenticate the document
2. To post the document
3. To seal the document
4. They are used instead of stamps

Q. Choose the literary sources.

1. Manuscripts
2. Diary
3. Weapons
4. Myths
5. Folktales
6. Old coins
7. Lavanies
8. Bones

Q.

Seema's grandmother was telling her a story about Tenali Ramakrishna and Emperor Sri Krishna Deva Raya. Though she enjoyed the story, she wondered if the characters in the story were real or an interesting folktale. When she checked on the internet she found out that Tenali Ramakrishna was one of the 'Ashtadiggajas', of the emperor's court during his reign (1509 CE - 1529 CE).

What is the above story an example of?

1. Buried Source
2. Story Source
3. Archaeological Source
4. Literary Source

Q. Which of the following are the best inferences that can be drawn from this coin?

1. This coin was minted in England.
2. Queen Victoria ruled India in the year 1862.
3. In the year 1862, this coin had a value of one rupee.
4. This coin was issued during the rule of Queen Victoria.

Q. Choose the wrong inferences for the following coin.

1. This coin depicts the national integration of India.
2. This coin shows the British conquest of India.
3. This coin had the value of fifty paise.
4. It was issued to celebrate India becoming a Republic.

Q. Swetha is an archaeologist. She is trying to explain to her friend about how she studies the past. Which of the following statements can she use to describe her job?

1. Archaeologists only study history from textbooks and the internet.
2. Archaeologists dig in excavation sites to find old artefacts and then study these.
3. Archaeologists give the artefacts that they find to museums.
4. Archaeologists make use of secondary sources to write books about history.

Q.

what is the meaning of legacy.??

Q. Which of the following organisation issues postage stamps?

1. Department of Posts
2. Film and Television Institute of India
3. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
4. Press Trust of India

Q.

What changes are made in the seventeenth century?

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Q. Pop the bubbles containing archaeological sources.

1. Monuments
2. Weapons
3. Myths
4. Old coins
5. Folktales
6. Bones
7. Pottery
8. Lavanies