Question

Consider the following statement:

"The historical records of the medieval period was much more detailed and larger than that of the ancient period."

Choose the option which most correctly explains the above statement.

• A. There were more kings in the medieval period than that in the ancient period.
• B. There were more brahmins in the medieval period than that in the ancient period.
• C. There were more priests in the medieval period than that in the ancient period.
• D. Paper was abundantly available in the medieval period.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Paper was abundantly available in the medieval period.

Medieval period people had much more access to paper. So most of the historical data of this period was recorded in textual format on paper documents. Infact, because of this availability of paper, the volume of the historical records of the medieval period was much more than that of the ancient period.