Q1. How can you define History?
Q2. Why do you study History?
Q3. How historians divided Indian History?
Q4. State the defining features of Modern Era.
Q5. What do you mean by the term Colonialism?
Q6."Historical events are interpreted differently by different people". Justify the statement by giving suitable example.
Q7. What are the main sources of information of modern period of Indian History?
Answers
Q1. Ans all the events of the past.
Q2.AnsStudying history helps us understand and grapple with complex questions and dilemmas by examining how the past has shaped (and continues to shape) global, national, and local relationships between societies and people.
Q3.AnsHistorians divide the past into large segments—periods—that possess shared characteristics. In the middle of the nineteenth century British historians divided the history of India into three periods: "Hindu", "Muslim" and "British". ... On the other hand, the modern past is followed by the medieval past.
Q4.AnsIn the west, the definining feature of the modern era is the development of all forces of modernity, i.e., science, reason, democracy, liberty and equality. Medieval is in fact a term that is used to describe a societal period that lacked all these features.
Q5. Ans Colonialism is a practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to another. ... The term colony comes from the Latin word colonus, meaning farmer.
Q6. Ans
Interpretations differ because they are written for different audiences. Historians select information and when they write they can distort information to make their arguments stronger. Historians change their views when they discover new evidence.
Q7. AnsThe five major sources of information about modern Indian history are as :
Official records of the British government or administration.
Newspapers of the time.
Biographies, books and personal diaries of the important personalities.
Census and Surveys of the government.
Buildings and monuments of the time.
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