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Q.4 Read the paragraph and answer the following questions:
People have lot of misgivings about the practicality of the knowledge of History. For example,
history is usually thought as a field of interest only for historians and students wishing to pursue
higher studies in the subject and not pertaining to practical life, history as a field of knowledge does
not have any applicability to economically productive fields, etc.
"Public History' helps to overcome such misgivings and makes history meaningful in everyday life
connecting people to history. There are many universities abroad, where various courses in Public
History' are offered. Srushti Institute of Art Design and Technology is an institute at Bengaluru,
Karnataka. This institute has an independent department, named, 'Centre for Public History. This
department has taken up various projects and research in the field of public history,
2) What misgiving does the paragraph talk about?
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Answer:
Public History : People have lot of misgivings about the practicality of
the knowledge of history. For example, history is usually thought as a field
of interest only for historians and students wishing to pursue higher studies
in the subject and not pertaining to practical life, history as a field of
knowledge does not have any applicability to economically productive fields,
etc.
"Public History' helps to overcome such misgivings and makes history
meaningful in everyday life connecting people to history.
There are many universities abroad, where various courses in Public
History' are offered. Srushti Institute of Art Design and Technology is an
institute at Bengaluru, Karnataka. This institute has an independent
department, named, 'Centre for Public History'. This department has taken
up various projects and research in the field of public history.