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Archives Keeping

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Archives is an organised ______________.

a)

body of records

b)

transaction of letters

c)

activities

d)

proceedings

2.

The word Archives is originated from the Greek word ____________.

a)

Archeion

b)

Angel

c)

Argentina

d)

Angelo

3.

The records of Government agencies are known as ____________.

a)

Public Archives

b)

Institutional Archives

c)

Business Archives

d)

Personal Archives

4.

Public Archives are termed as __________.

a)

Government documents

b)

Institutional records

c)

Publications

d)

Documentary materials

5.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines Archives as __________

a) A place in which public records or other important documents are kept.

b) A historical record of document so preserved.

a)

Both a) and b) are right

b)

a) is right

c)

Both a) and b) are wrong

d)

None of the above

6.

Sir Hilary Jankinson wrote ____________

a)

A manual of Archives Administration

b)

Monuments of model plays

c)

Archival Institution

d)

Old Testament

7.

_____________ records can stand before any court of law.

a)

Collector office records

b)

University records

c)

Government orders

d)

All of the above answers

8.

___________ is a creating agency of Archives.

a)

Madurai Kamaraj University

b)

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University

c)

Alagappa university

d)

Indhra Gandhi Open University

9.

If we lost the original document we can get only it's duplicate of ______

a)

Victory Charter

b)

Collector's order

c)

Government's order

d)

All of the above answers

10.

The _____________ refer to the existence of Archives.

a)

verses of Old Testament

b)

Bhagavad Gita

c)

Quran

d)

Adi Grantha

11.

At first, _________ founded the Archival institution.

a)

Athenian general and statesman Ephialities

b)

Alexander

c)

Cyrus

d)

Porus

12.

Mother Goddess of Athenians was_____

a)

Metroon

b)

Pasupathi

c)

Koyal

d)

Saturn

13.

________ ruled Rome between 527 and 565 A.D.

a)

Emperor Justinian

b)

Valarious

c)

Socrates

d)

Aeschylus

14.

____________ preserved the records pertaining to religious administration.

a)

Ecclesiastical Archives

b)

Public Archives

c)

State Record Office

d)

Military Archives

15.

During the King Edward I, the records were maintained in the _________.

a)

Tower of London

b)

State Record Office

c)

Archives of Exchequer

d)

Royal Archives

16.

In the first yearsof the 18th century _________ was the founder of the Privy Vatican Archives.

a)

Pope Paul V

b)

Pope Leo XIII

c)

Charles X

d)

Maxmillan

17.

The Central Africa Archives at Sailabury was created in ________.

a)

1935

b)

1946

c)

1954

d)

1947

18.

The verses of _________ was passed from one generation to another generation only through memory.

a)

Rig Veda

b)

Jatakas

c)

Bhagavad Gita

d)

Quran

19.

Arthasastra mentions a word about Archives called ___________.

a)

Akshapatala

b)

Shamasastri

c)

Nilkapattu

d)

Dhikara

20.

Nilkapattu means a ________.

a)

record office

b)

manuscript office

c)

Palm leaves

d)

pillared hall