Historians

Q. Which of the following objects do historians use to study about the past?
a) Artefacts
b) Old written sources like books

1. Only a
2. Only b
3. Both a and b
4. Neither a nor b

Q. I am known for my famous line "Veni, Vidi, Vici"
Who am I ?

1. Kautilya
2. Chandragupta Maurya
3. Julius Caesar
4. Alexander the Great

Q. The main difference between historians and archaeologists is that historians research by referring to from the past unlike archaeologists.

1. written materials
2. buildings
3. movies
4. people

Q. What was the major focus of the British historians while writing history?

1. The activities of British Governor-Generals.
2. The British policies and their positive impacts.
3. The justification of the British rule in India.
4. All of the above

Q. Which of the following is not a written source of history?

1. Periodicals
2. Biographies
3. Correspondence
4. Statues

Q. Select the wrong answers out of the following.

1. Historians can predict the weather.
2. Historians can tell us about ancient kingdoms.
3. Historians are people who do not like history.
4. Historians study and write about the past.

Q. ________ was the first historian.

1. Herodotus
2. Thucydides
3. Hera
4. Heracles

Q. Das is a researcher who is very interested in finding out more about how India got its independence. He has been refering to various accounts written by people who lived during the British rule. He is also planning to write a book about it. Which of the following words can we use to describe him?

1. Student
2. Teacher
3. Archaeologist
4. Historian

Q. Define a historian.

1. Somebody who researches data from primary sources and then gives the primary sources to museums.
2. Somebody who researches data from primary sources and then writes about it.
3. Somebody who researches data from secondary sources and then writes about it.
4. Somebody who researches data from secondary sources and then gives the secondary sources to museums.

Q. Which of the following objects do historians use to study about the past?
a) Artefacts
b) Old written sources like books

1. Only a
2. Only b
3. Both a and b
4. Neither a nor b

Q. Which of the following expresses a mythological allusion made in the passage?

1. Interest on the loan (line 89676)
2. Turned her to marble (line 16607)
3. No sign of it (line 27294)
4. In Lincolnshire (line 64291)
5. The Pygmalion and Galatea business (line 72432)

Q. The main difference between historians and archaeologists is that historians research by referring to from the past unlike archaeologists.

1. written materials
2. buildings
3. movies
4. people

Q. Who are historians?

1. Historians are people who study history.
2. Historians are those who create history.
3. Historians are those who are interested in history.
4. Historians are those who write about the history they research.

Q. Select the wrong answers out of the following.

1. Historians can predict the weather.
2. Historians can tell us about ancient kingdoms.
3. Historians are people who do not like history.
4. Historians study and write about the past.

Q. Define a historian.

1. Somebody who researches data from primary sources and then writes about it.
2. Somebody who researches data from primary sources and then gives the primary sources to museums.
3. Somebody who researches data from secondary sources and then writes about it.
4. Somebody who researches data from secondary sources and then gives the secondary sources to museums.

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Q. Historians are researchers of history who use only primary sources to study and write about history.

1. True
2. False

Q. Das is a researcher who is very interested in finding out more about how India got its independence. He has been refering to various accounts written by people who lived during the British rule. He is also planning to write a book about it. Which of the following words can we use to describe him?

1. Archaeologist
2. Historian
3. Student
4. Teacher