History Practice Quiz 133

Q1.What historical question does the source suggest one might ask while looking out of a train window?

A. When were railways built and how did people travel before railways? B. How fast do trains travel? C. Who invented the steam engine? D. Which is the longest railway line in India?

Q2.What historical question does the source suggest one might ask while reading a newspaper in the morning?

A. How did people get to hear about things before newspapers began to be printed? B. Which newspaper has the largest circulation? C. When was the first newspaper published? D. How are newspapers printed today?

Q3.According to the source, why is it sometimes incorrect to fix precise dates to historical processes?

A. Because historical records are often incomplete B. Because processes happen over a period of time, not at a single moment C. Because historians prefer approximate dates D. Because precise dates are not important in history

Q4.What example does the source give to illustrate that processes develop over time rather than at a single date?

A. The invention of the printing press B. People in India developing a taste for tea C. The signing of the Magna Carta D. The discovery of America

Q5.According to the source, why did history used to be associated with a string of dates?

A. Because dates are easy to remember B. Because history was an account of battles and big events about rulers and their policies C. Because historians preferred chronological order D. Because students needed to memorize dates

Q6.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the source as an event for which specific dates were historically determined?

A. The year a king was crowned B. The year a king married C. The year a king had a child D. The year a new product was introduced

Q7.According to the source, what do historians now write about in addition to rulers and policies?

A. Only economic changes B. How people earned their livelihood, what they produced and ate, how cities developed, markets came up, kingdoms formed, new ideas spread, and how cultures and society changed C. Only cultural history D. Only military history

Q8.What determines which dates become important in historical narratives, according to the source?

A. The availability of records B. The focus of study and the set of events considered important C. The popularity of the ruler D. The number of battles fought

Q9.In the histories written by British historians in India, whose rule was considered important?

A. Each Prime Minister B. Each Governor-General C. Each Viceroy only D. Each King

Q10.According to the source, with whom did the histories written by British historians in India begin and end?

A. Begin with Robert Clive and end with Lord Canning B. Begin with Warren Hastings and end with Lord Mountbatten C. Begin with Lord Dalhousie and end with Lord Curzon D. Begin with Lord Wellesley and end with Lord Ripon

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History Practice Quiz 133