Archaeological and literary sources

Q. What do you understand by sources of history ?

Q. What was the disadvantage of recording events on paper in the medieval period?

1. The papers were very heavy.
2. Too many copies on paper of the same event over years caused confusion.
3. Paper was very costly in those times.
4. Some of the rulers punished the people who used papers.

Q. Where is the Iron Pillar located?

1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Chennai
4. Jaipur

Q. Travelogues are important source of information about medieval India. Justify.

Q. Which of the following is not a fort of medieval India ?

1. Jodhpur Fort
2. Jaipur Fort
3. Qutub Minar
4. Jaisalmer Fort

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Who did the work of copying manuscripts?

1. Archive

2. Chronicles

3. None of the above

4. Scribe

Q. Select the following option(s) that are mosques of the medieval India.

1. Jama Masjid
2. Konark temple
3. Moth Ki Masjid
4. Quwwat-ul-Islam

Q. "It is the duty of a historian to be faithful, to have no hope of profit, no fear of injury, to show no partiality on one side, or animosity on the other, to know no difference between friend and stranger, and to write nothing but with sincerity." are the words of _____________.

1. Abbas Sarwani
2. Ahmad Yadgar
3. Abul Fazl
4. Khafi Khan

Q. Which among these is the book 'Thafa-Tul-Thafat' based on?

1. Science
2. History
3. Philosophy
4. Psychology

Q. _______ are the supporting materials, documents or records in the form of evidence that help to reconstruct the past.

1. Music records
2. Scriptures
3. Sources
4. Kings

Q. "It is the duty of a historian to be faithful, to have no hope of profit, no fear of injury, to show no partiality on one side, or animosity on the other, to know no difference between friend and stranger, and to write nothing but with sincerity." are the words of _____________.

1. Abbas Sarwani
2. Abul Fazl
3. Ahmad Yadgar
4. Khafi Khan

Q. Select the option that most accurately describes the definition of a source ?

1. They are supporting materials, documents, or records in the form of an evidence, that helps us to reconstruct the past.
2. They are supporting materials, manuscripts and artefacts in the form of an inscription, that helps us to reconstruct the future.
3. They are supporting materials, manuscripts and artefacts in the form of an inscription, that helps us to reconstruct the past.
4. They are supporting matierials, documents, or records in the form of an evidence, that helps us to reconstruct the future.

Q. Amongst all the archaeological sources, are the most important of them.

1. inscriptions
2. coins
3. ancient monuments
4. weapons

Q. _______ are the supporting materials, documents or records in the form of evidence that help to reconstruct the past.

1. Scriptures
2. Sources
3. Kings
4. Music records

Q. Where is the Iron Pillar located?

1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Jaipur
4. Chennai

Q. How does Gulliver gradually win over the emperor his retinue of followers the army and the common man alike explain by giving examples from the text

Q. literature is based on principles and practical beliefs.

1. Non-religious
2. Secular
3. Performing work art

Q. Which of the following options is not a temple of medieval India?

1. Khajuraho
2. Dilwara
3. Quwwat-ul-Islam
4. Konark