Need For Sources

Q.

Give a brief note on the historians and their Sources?

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

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

Q. Why do Historians study sources of History?

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

Q. Numismatics is the study of currency.

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. History is like a story with .

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

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

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

1. True
2. False

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

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