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3. The study of material remains of past human existence is called:

(a) Geography (b) Archaeology (c) Padology (d) Gerentology
4. A Historian studies the source materials and draws:
(a) sources (b) effects (c) conclusion (d) none of these
5. Before the invention of paper, people wrote on:
(a) cloth (b) bhojpatra (c) notebooks (d) none of these
B. Fill in the blanks :
1. A person who studies history subject as a profession is called _____________________.
2. A person who studies _____________________ is called an Archaeologist.
3. Any building of historical significance is considered to be a _____________________.

4. The study of _____________________ is known as numismatics.
5. All _____________________ of the past are known as literary sources or manuscripts.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false :
1. AD is always counted backwards.
2. History is the study of recent events.

3. Poems, plays, manuscripts are examples of literary sources.
4. Indika was written by Kalidas.
5. Writings on religious themes are called religious literature.
D. Define the following :

1. Chronology ________________________________________
2. History ________________________________________
3. Numismatics ________________________________________
4. Monuments ________________________________________

5. Manuscript ________________________________________
E. Answer these Questions :
1. How does the study of history help us?
2. What is Prehistory?

3. What are the literary sources of Indian history?
4. Briefly describe how the archeological source materials help us to learn about past.

Life Skills and Value (Activity)

• Take a coin and study it carefully. List the information that you can get from it; like— the metal that
has been used, dates, languages, pictures, etc.
• Visit a historical monument in your city. Write a short report on the variety of information that you
have gathered or could derive from this visit.
• Prepare a class project on the variety of information obtained about society and culture from the
study of any one of the great epics–Ramayana or Mahabharata.

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