1. (A) Choose the right option and rewrite the sentence.
(1) The National Archives of India is situated at……….
(a) Pune
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Hyderabad
Ans. (b) New Delhi
(2) The …………… is included among the Audio-Visual media.
(a) Newspaper
(b) Television
(c) All India Radio
(d) Periodicals
Ans. (b) Television
(3) ………. is not included in physical sources.
(a) Coins
(b) Ornaments
(c) Buildings
(d) Proverbs
Ans. (d) Proverbs
(B) Identify the wrong pair and rewrite the corrected one.
Person Specialty
Jal Cooper – Philatelist
Kusumagraj – Poet
Anna Bhau Sathe – A people’s bard
Amar Shaikh – Art collector
Ans. Wrong Pair : Amar Shaikh – Art Collector
Correct Statement : Amar Shaikh was a Lok Shahir (Powada singer)
2. Write short notes.
(1) Written Sources
Ans. (1) Any historical document written by hand or typed or in printed form is called written sources. (2) The following are included in written sources: Newspapers, Periodicals, Diaries, Reference books, Correspondence, Document in the Archives, Government Gazettes, Postage Stamps, and Encyclopedias.
(2) Press Trust of India
Ans. (1) After 1953, the Press Trust of India has been an important source of primary details of all important events and of articles on important subjects. (2) Press Trust of India has provided reports, photographs and articles on financial and scientific issues to newspapers. (3) During the 1990s, PTI started using the ‘satellite broadcast’ technology instead of teleprinters to send news all over the country. (4) This material is important for writing the history of modern India.
3. Give Reasons.
(1) The postal department tries to preserve the heritage and integrity of Indian culture through postage stamps.
Ans. (1) Postage stamps reveal a lot to us about changing times due to the variety in the sizes of the stamps, the novelty in their subjects and colour schemes. (2) The Postal Department issues postage stamps on a wide variety of themes. (3) It issues stamps like political leaders, flowers, animals, birds, an event, or the silver, golden, diamond jubilees or centenary, bicentenary and tercentenary of different events. (4) Thus the postal department tries to preserve the heritage and integrity of Indian culture through postage stamp.
(2) Audio-visual media are an important source for writing the history of modern India.
Ans. (1) Television, films, internet are called ‘Audio-visual media’. (2) Many domestic and foreign television channels also come under this head, eg., History channel, Discovery channel, etc. (3) Video libraries possess a vast storage of historical information in audio-visual mode which becomes handy in writing the history of modern India.