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Q. Who was the Scottish economist and political philosopher during 1817?
  • (A) Wellesley
  • (B) James Princep
  • (C) Canning
  • (D) James Mill
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) James Mill
Q. Other the keeping Records, the practice which became common in colonial administration
  • (A) Editing
  • (B) Reading
  • (C) Surveying
  • (D) Competing
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Surveying
Q. The National Archives of India came up in
  • (A) 1920
  • (B) 1910
  • (C) 1935
  • (D) 1915
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 1920
Q. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
  • (A) Lord Canning
  • (B) Lord Mountbatten
  • (C) dtipon
  • (D) Lord Wellesley
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Lord Mountbatten
Q. Medieval period was
  • (A) the old period of history
  • (B) the period associated with the growth of all the forces of modernity
  • (C) both of the above
  • (D) none of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) none of these
Q. The British thought surveys were important for
  • (A) writing history
  • (B) effective judgement
  • (C) effective administration
  • (D) none of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) effective administration
Q. The British preserve official documents because
  • (A) the preserved documents reveal the progress made by country in the past
  • (B) one can study the notes and reports which were prepared in the past
  • (C) their copies may be made and used in modern times
  • (D) all of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of the above
Q. Which one of the sources do historians use in writing about the last 250 years of Indian history?
  • (A) Official records of the French administration
  • (B) Official records of the British administration
  • (C) Official records of the Church administration
  • (D) None of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Official records of the British administration
Q. Which of the following is NOT the period of division of Indian History by James Mill?
  • (A) Hindu
  • (B) Muslim
  • (C) Christians
  • (D) Sikhs
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Sikhs
Q. Which is NOT the source of describing history.?
  • (A) Diaries of people
  • (B) Conversation between two people
  • (C) Accounts of pilgrims and travellers
  • (D) Autobiographies of important personalities
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Conversation between two people
Q. Those who are specialised in art of beautiful writing
  • (A) Literate
  • (B) Caligraphists
  • (C) Artists
  • (D) Novelists
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Caligraphists
Q. How did many historians refer British period in India as?
  • (A) Modern
  • (B) Colonial
  • (C) Political subjugation
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Colonial
Q. At present about what Historians do not write?
  • (A) How people earned their livelihood
  • (B) What was produced
  • (C) How markets came up
  • (D) Kings and battles
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) How markets came up
Q. What do you mean by Colonisation?
  • (A) Conquest of one country by another.
  • (B) Subjugation of two country by another country.
  • (C) Subjugation of one country by another
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Subjugation of one country by another
Q. Who produced first map of India?
  • (A) James Mill
  • (B) James Rennel
  • (C) William
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) James Rennel
Q. Where was National Archives in India located?
  • (A) Mumbai
  • (B) Madras
  • (C) Delhi
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Delhi
Q. Who was Warren Hastings?
  • (A) Last Governor General
  • (B) First Governor General
  • (C) First Indian Governor General
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) First Governor General
Q. What are the sources of information of the periods?
  • (A) Primary sources
  • (B) Secondary sources
  • (C) Both a and b
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Both a and b
Q. Who was James Mill?
  • (A) Indian economist
  • (B) Scottish economist
  • (C) British economist
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Scottish economist
Q. What do you mean by contemporary?
  • (A) The term refers to the future period.
  • (B) The term refers to the present period.
  • (C) The term refers to the past period.
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) The term refers to the present period.
Q. What do you mean by Survey?
  • (A) A study of Animals
  • (B) A study or investigation of important facts
  • (C) A study of birds
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) A study or investigation of important facts
Q. When did the National Archives came up in India?
  • (A) 1875
  • (B) 1956
  • (C) 1920
  • (D) 1985
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) 1920
Q. In which year James Mill published β€˜A History of British India’?
  • (A) 1817
  • (B) 1896
  • (C) 1853
  • (D) 1800
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 1817
Q. What is Renaissance?
  • (A) Re-marriage
  • (B) Re-birth
  • (C) Re-appointment
  • (D) All of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Re-birth
Q. What is a Directory?
  • (A) Gave the right to speak to the citizens
  • (B) Gave the right to vote to the citizens
  • (C) Gave the right to freedom to the citizens
  • (D) None of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Gave the right to vote to the citizens

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