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The modern period

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   is the study of changing patterns in the society

2.

Dates in history are linked to _____

a)

Dates

b)

Time

c)

People

3.

Historians have divided history into _____ periods

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

4.

_____,_____and_____ are the periods of history

(a)  

5.

Periodization in history has changed over____

a)

Date

b)

Time

c)

Event

6.

Change from the ancient to the mediaeval period after the arrival of ______ in India

a)

Turks

b)

British

c)

Africans

7.

Change from material to modern occurred with the arrival of_____

a)

Turks

b)

Africans

c)

British

8.

The (a)   generally taken as starting point of the modern period

9.

Some of the defining features of the modern era are______

a)

Time,date

b)

Love, events

c)

Scientific progress,industrialisation, colonization

10.

The changing trends for first visible in_____

a)

Europe

b)

India

c)

America

11.

The British treated India as a (a)  

12.

Modern period can also called as _____

a)

Colonial period

b)

Historical period

c)

Present period

13.

It is easier to define dates for events in _____

a)

Political history

b)

Social history

14.

4 questions are important in history what are they

a)

What happened

b)

When did it happen

c)

Where it happen

d)

How it happen

e)

All

15.

Sepoy mutiny is an example of (a)  

16.

Literary sources include_____

a)

Government reports, administrative records, official records of the British

b)

Population surveys, revenue surveys

17.

All literary sources records have been carefully preserved in______ and _____

(a)  

18.

Administrative decision was recorded and carefully preserved and culture of recording comes under_____

a)

Literary sources

b)

Survey reports

c)

Indigenous records

d)

Official records

19.

Survey reports include (a)  

20.

_____was an important part of these surveys

a)

Mapping

b)

Timing

c)

Culture and care

21.

The British made a large number of (a)  

22.

Diaries, accounts of pilgrims and travellers, newspapers ,books are included in

a)

Indigenius records

b)

Literary sources

c)

Official records

d)

Survey reports

23.

Dadabhai naoroji wrote (a)   in India

24.

Newspaper such as _____ and ____ also made people aware of the real intentions of the British

(a)  

25.

The modern period in India is associated with the establishment of (a)