Question

Explain the following statements with the reasons.

1) During the British period newspapers also acted as source of social reformation.

2) Audio Visual Recording are considered as the most trustworthy source for the study of modern Indian History.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1). The newspapers acted as the source of social reformation: ... Journalism was all about to make common man understand the social, religious, administrative situation of India under the British rule. • Awareness and against Customs and practices like Sati, untouchability, infanticide etc were given through newspapers.

2) In order to study the modern Indian history, audio visual recording is considered as the best source. These mainly include the books written, newspapers of that time and so on. It depicts usual information which actually happened at that time. Thus, these recordings provide factual information of the prevailing period.