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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?

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Archaeologist
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Historian
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The correct option is B Historian
Das is a historian. Historians are those who study history from many primary sources and then write about it. Archaeologists are those that study about the past based on the artefacts that they find.

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