Sources of Indian History
Trending Questions
Q. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
- Lord Mountbatten
- C. Rajagopalachari
- Lord Irwin
- Lord Dalhousie
Q. Why did the British introduce survey in India?
- For effective administration.
- To prepare detailed maps of the country.
- All of the above
- To take an account of remote areas of the country.
Q. How are official records different from unofficial records? (3 marks)
Q. Why were revenue surveys conducted in villages?
- To know sbout the topography of the village.
- To know about the cropping pattern in the village.
- To know about quality of soil in the village.
- To know about the composition of each caste in the village.
Q.
The study of ancient societies is called
Anthropology
Archaeology
History
Ethnology
Q. Who were calligraphists? Why were they important during the nineteenth century? (2 marks)
Q. Why did British conduct so many surveys in India?
Q. Which among the following is not an objective of a forest survey?
- To keep an inventory of plant varieties and trees in the forest.
- To collect details of animals.
- To list out the endangered species of plants and animals.
- To excavate archaeological sites.
Q.
In which year was the first map of India produced by the British?
1789
1879
1781
1782
Q.
People often believe that Adivasis are
Orthodox
Modern
Primitive
Fashionable
Q.
how did survey become important under the colonial administration?
Q.
Who commissioned the making of the first map of India?
James Rennel
Robert Oppenheim
Robert Clifford
Robert Clive
Q.
who was head of the government in british india? lesson is the expansion of british power in india
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Hpw did survey become important under the colonial administration?
Q. What do you mean by an anthropological survey?
- The survey about plants.
- The survey about animals.
- The survey about history.
- The survey about human evolution.
Q. What were the sources from which historians collected information about the last 250 years of the Indian history?
- Tales passed on through generations
- Through songs and poems
- Official records of the British administration
- Local folklores
Q. The image called 'HINDOOSTAN' (Brahmans offering the Shastras to Britannia) was first seen in the ----------.
- Map of India in 1782
- Hortus Malabaricus
- survey of colonial India
- history of colonial india
Q. The Medieval period (7th to 13th century CE) is often referred to as the ‘Dark Ages’.
- True
- False
Q. What do you mean by an archaeological survey?
- The survey about plants.
- The survey about animals.
- The survey about history.
- The survey about human evolution.
Q. Newspapers provide accounts of the movements in different parts of the country.
- True
- False