Question

Why were the official records not always helpful to understand
people?
What efforts were made by the British to preserve important documents

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Official records were not always helpful to understand the psyche of people because such records reflect the position of the government. Even if some policies were having harmful effect on the people, official records were likely to conceal such harmful effects and instead, claim that the policies were beneficial.

British government wanted to save the important documents and they made many efforts to save them from getting destroyed.

They made different kinds of surveys to understand the country more easily like- forest surveys, botanical surverys, zoological surveys and human surveys which helps them to understand everything more easily and govern the country more effectively.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:Why were the official records not always helpful to understand the psyche of the people in short​