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Historical Sources and Historiography

Test your knowledge of historical sources, including manuscripts, inscriptions, travelogues, and archaeological methods. Learn how historians use primary sources to understand the past.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Writings on hard surfaces like rocks, stone and metals are called

  1. Manuscripts
  2. Inscriptions
  3. Chronicle
  4. Biography
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A book describing the places visited by a traveller is called

  1. Chronicle
  2. Travelogue
  3. Biography
  4. Autobiography
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An account of a person's life written by the person themselves is called

  1. Chronicle
  2. Autobiography
  3. Biography
  4. travelogue
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following names was never given to India?

  1. Bharatvarsha
  2. Hindustan
  3. Aryavarta
  4. Macedonia
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Travels of Marco Polo was written by

  1. Marco Polo
  2. Ibn Batuta
  3. Al-Baruni
  4. Abu'l Fazl
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Babur Nama was written by

  1. Akbar
  2. Babur
  3. Al-Baruni
  4. Ibn Batuta
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Monuments are an example of _______ source.

  1. Literary
  2. Archaeological
  3. Biological
  4. Spatial
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The study of coins is called

  1. Epigraphy
  2. Numismatics
  3. Cartography
  4. Biography
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