Archives

Q. What is the major purpose of national archives?

1. It's used to preserve important administrative records.
2. These are museums with historic artifacts.
3. None of the above
4. It's an office regarding administration.

Q. In which region was the first metallic coin used in India?

1. Western India
2. The Deccan plateau
3. The Himalayas
4. Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Q. Who among the following was the author of Rajatarangini ?

1. Banbhatta
2. Ravikirti
3. Pushpananda
4. Kahana

Q. Which of the following are the places that store historical records?

1. Archives
2. Universities
3. All of the above
4. Schools

Q. Why material sources, written sources and oral sources of history are collected and thoroughly examined?

1. To make collection
2. To determine the reliability
3. For fun purposes
4. All of the above

Q. The Mauryas contributed ______ to the Tamil culture.

1. The art of stone cultivatng and sculpture
2. the art of engraving stone inscriptions
3. the Prakrit language
4. the Brahmi script

Q. Zainab is writing an essay on Mahatma Gandhi. She decides to go to the library to get more information about his life. The librarian tells her that the library only has literary sources. She wonders where she can go, to use both literary and archaeological sources.

Which of the following places do you think she can visit?

1. Museum
2. Archive
3. Library
4. Bookstore

Q. Choose the correct pairs.

1. Storage
2. Excavations
3. Archaeologists
4. Inscriptions
5. Age of material
6. Archive
7. Carbon Dating
8. Copper Plates

Q. Guess what the following pictures are referring to.

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