How When and Where (Chapter-1)

Q.3   How the various surveys conducted by British became a Important source of history?

Q.2   What is colonial ?

Q.1   How the periodisation done by James Mill different from other Historians ?

Q.6   How various surveys helped the British administration ? 

Q.5   What was the misconception of James Mills ?

Q.4   How can we write history in different ways ?

Q.3   What should be the base of selection of dates ?

Q.2   Why do we divide history into different periods ?

Q.1   What were the drawbacks of official records?

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Q.1   What is history ?

Q.2   How does history help us ?

Q.3   Why do we connect history with dates?

Q.4   What is Census?

Q.5   What is calligraphy?

Q.6   What is the title of the book written by James Mill ?

Choose The Correct Answer

Q.1   James Mill was a -

          (A) Indian economist

          (B) An Italian economist

          (C) Scottish economist

          (D) A Dutch economist

Q.2   History is about -

          (A) changes that occur over time

          (B) finding out how things were in past

          (C) how things have changed

          (D) all of the above

Q.3   Who wrote "History of British India" ?

          (A) Rippon       (B) Liton

          (C) James Mill (D) Irwin

Q.4   Who was asked by Robert Clive to produce the maps of Hindustan ?

          (A) Hastings     (B) Brahmans

          (C) Rennel        (D) None of these

Q.5   Now a days history lays emphasis on

          (A) dates

          (B) periods

          (C) other issues as compared to dates and periods

          (D) None of the above

Q.6   The census operations are held every -

          (A) 1 year         (B) 5 years

          (C) 10 years      (D) 20 years

Q.7   Who published the massive three-volume work "A history of British India" ?

          (A) Hindus

          (B) Muslims

          (C) Warren Hastings

          (D) James Mill

Q.8   What was important in the histories written by British historians in India ?

          (A) The role of Kings in making India a great country

          (B) How the British defeated the French and captured India.

          (C) The rule of each Governor-General

          (D) The role of Indians who supported the British In establishing their rule over India

How will the information historians get from old newspapers be different from that found in police reports?

Why did the British preserve official documents?

What is the problem with the periodisation of the Indian history that James Mill offers?

State whether true or false:

(a) James Mill divided Indian history into three periods - Hindu, Muslim, Christian.

(b) Official documents help us understand what the people of the country think.

(c) The British thought surveys were important for effective administration.