Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (SSC) · History-Political Science (इतिहास-राज्यशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 1 — Chapter 1: Sources of History
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What are official records? [1]
(A) Government documents and court proceedings
(B) Only personal diaries
(C) Only newspapers
(D) Only photographs
2. What do newspapers from this period offer? [1]
(A) Contemporary perspectives and public opinion
(B) Only advertisements
(C) Only sports news
(D) Nothing useful
3. What are personal accounts? [1]
(A) Diaries, letters, autobiographies
(B) Only government documents
(C) Only newspapers
(D) Only photographs
4. What do personal accounts provide? [1]
(A) First-hand insights into events
(B) No useful information
(C) Only fictional stories
(D) Only future predictions
5. What do photographs and audio-visual records offer? [1]
(A) Visual evidence of events
(B) No evidence at all
(C) Only text-based evidence
(D) Only oral evidence
6. Why are multiple source types important? [1]
(A) To build accurate, comprehensive history
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for decoration
7. What historical period do these sources cover? [1]
(A) Modern Indian history
(B) Only ancient history
(C) Only prehistoric times
(D) No specific period
8. Why learn about sources of modern history? [1]
(A) To understand how modern history is reconstructed
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What are official records? [1]
(A) Government documents and court proceedings
(B) Only personal diaries
(C) Only newspapers
(D) Only photographs
10. What do newspapers from this period offer? [1]
(A) Contemporary perspectives and public opinion
(B) Only advertisements
(C) Only sports news
(D) Nothing useful
11. What are personal accounts? [1]
(A) Diaries, letters, autobiographies
(B) Only government documents
(C) Only newspapers
(D) Only photographs
12. What do personal accounts provide? [1]
(A) First-hand insights into events
(B) No useful information
(C) Only fictional stories
(D) Only future predictions
13. What do photographs and audio-visual records offer? [1]
(A) Visual evidence of events
(B) No evidence at all
(C) Only text-based evidence
(D) Only oral evidence
14. Why are multiple source types important? [1]
(A) To build accurate, comprehensive history
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for decoration
15. What historical period do these sources cover? [1]
(A) Modern Indian history
(B) Only ancient history
(C) Only prehistoric times
(D) No specific period
16. Why learn about sources of modern history? [1]
(A) To understand how modern history is reconstructed
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests