Q1. The National Archives of India came up in the

(i) 1920s (ii) 1930s (iii) 1940s (iv) 1950s



Q2. The chosen set of dates by the historians become more vital when the focus is on particular

(i) King (ii) Location (iii) Battle (iv) Set of events



Q3. The first Governor General of India was

(i) Lord Dalhousie (ii) Lord Mountbatten (iii) Lord Bentinck (iv) Warren Hastings



Q4. From the list of the record rooms set up by the British, pick out the odd man out

(i) British offices (ii) Village Tahsildar (iii) Collectorate (iv) Law court



Q5. A History of British India was written by

(i) Charles Darwin (ii) Albert Einstein (iii) James Mill (iv) Thomas Hardy



Q6. The British thought surveys were important for

(i) Writing history (ii) Effective judgement(iii) Administration (iv) None of these

Q7. By the end of the 19th century census operations were held every

(i) Five years (ii) Seven years (iii) Ten years (iv) Twelve years

Q8. Which is NOT the source of describing history?

(i) Diaries of people (ii) Conversation between two people

(iii) Accounts of pilgrims and travellers (iv) Autobiographies of important personalities

Q9. According to Mills, all ____ societies were of lower level of civilization.

(i) African (ii) Asian (iii) European (iv) American

Q10. British introduced practise of ______ to know about rural topography.

(i) Judiciary (ii) Revenue collection (iii) Surveying (iv) Mapping

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