Question

1. What are primary sources of information?
2. What were the common themes of writers of the nineteenth century?
3. Why was the conducting of census so important to the British?
4. How did James Mill categorise the history of India? What was wrong with this kind of categorisation?
5. Why did the British pay a lot of attention to mapping and surveying?
C. Answer the following questions in detail.
*1. Historians place the beginning of Modern Age in India as the eighteenth century. Do you
think it was really modern? Give at least two valid reasons in support of your answer.
2. Highlight the various ways of categorisation of sources of History of modern period in India.
3. Why are autobiographies not reliable sources of information?
4. Compare and contrast the government records with that of the indigenous sources.
*5. How were films an important source of study of history of a period? Cite examples to
justify your answer.
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Answer 1

Ans1- A primary source is an original document or other material that has not been changed in any way. It is a reliable first-hand account usually written at or near the time the event(s) occurred. ... Secondary sources are documents based on primary sources