Material Sources of History

Q. The first Delhi sultan used copper coins as the common currency and it was known as .

1. Jital
2. Tanka
3. Saringa

Q. What do inscriptions help us understand?

1. Language spoken by the masses
2. Development of written script
3. The social life
4. Information about the higher sciences

Q. What kinds of information do coins give us?

1. Information about financial transactions
2. Economic conditions at the time
3. The advancement of metallurgy
4. The minting frequency

Q. A Coin is a _______.

1. Material source
2. Haptic source
3. Oral source
4. Written source

Q. How were royal orders and official records recorded?

1. Stone tablets
2. Copper plates
3. Inscriptions
4. Sculptures

Q. What do coins from the Mughal era depicting images of Shiva denote?

1. The rule of the Hindu kings.
2. Efforts to strengthen currency value.
3. The coins carried those images so that the people grew more god fearing.
4. People of different belief systems lived in harmony with one another

Q. How do monuments generally act as sources of history?

1. They reflect the development of architecture of that particular period.
2. They reflect the cultural influx of that particular period.
3. They reflect the quality of art of that particular period.
4. There may be buried treasures underneath them which may give us an insight into the economic condition.

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Q. Which of the following is NOT a material source of history?

1. Folklores
2. Coins
3. Forts
4. Memorials

Q. _______ are carvings on a stone or a wall that document important historical events.

1. Stone carvings
2. Subscriptions
3. Sculptures
4. Inscriptions

Q. Which of the following are considered as a material source?

1. Inscriptions
2. Manuscripts
3. Biographies
4. Coins
5. Forts
6. Folk Songs
7. Copper Plates
8. Buildings

Q. The sources of history we can touch and feel are called ______.

1. Material sources
2. Haptic sources
3. Tangible sources
4. Written sources

Q. Material sources are also called ______.

1. Tangible sources
2. Physical sources
3. Haptic sources
4. Written sources