Sources of Modern Indian History
Source materials are essential for the reconstruction of
history. Of course the sources vary from period to period. Historians divide
the source materials for modern Indian history into two parts viz. Primary and
Secondary sources. Government documents are the primary sources and constitute
important documents and reports published by the Indian Government at the
Central and State level. India Office Records (IOR) is the best government
documents of India under the colonial rule.
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History Class X Chapter 1
Topics: Sources of Modern Indian History
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(a) Government documents (b) Memoirs
(c) Magazine (d) None
(a) Biographies (b) Memoirs
(c) Feminism (d) None
Q3. Which among the following is
written by Debendra Nath Tagore?
(a) Sattar Bashar (b) Jiboner jharpata
(c) Atmocharit (d) None
Q4. Who wrote the book Ramtanu
Lahiri 0 Tatkalin Banga Samaj:
(a) S.N.Banerjee (b) D.Tagore (c) R. Tagore (d) J.L.Nehru
Q5. Who wrote the book Discovery
of India?
(a) S.N.Banerjee (b) D.Tagore
(c) R.Tagore (d) J.L. Nehru
Q6. India Wins Freedom is written
by
(a) Abdul Kalam A. (b) D.Tagore (c) R.Tagore (d) J.L.Nehru
Q7. Sattar Bathsar is –
(a) Memoir (b) Magazine (c) Autobioigraphy (d) Book
Q8. The author of Sattar Bathsar
is –
(a) S.N.Banerjee (b) D.Tagore (c) R. Tagore (d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Q9. Who wrote the Jiboner Smriti
(a) S.N.Banerjee (b) D.Tagore (c) Rabindranth Tagore (d) J.L.Nehru
Q10. Jibon Smriti is –
(a) Memoir (b) Magazine (c) Autobioigraphy (d) Book
Q11. When was the memoir Jiboner
Smriti published?
(a) 1910 (b) 1912 (c) 1915 (d) 1920
Q12. Who wrote the book Jiboner
Jharpata?
(a) Sarla Devi Chaudurani (b) Indrani Devi
(c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) None
Q13. Jiboner Jharpata is -
(a) Memoir (b) Magazine (c) Autobioigraphy (d) Book
Q14. Which among the followings
book was not written by Sarala Devi Chaudhurani?
(a) Jiboner Smriti (b) Jiboner
Jharpata
(c) Nababorsher Sapno (d) Shibratri
pujo
Q15. Who among the following was
pioneer in Bharat Stri Mahamandal?
(a) Sarla Devi Chaudurani (b) Indrani
Devi
(c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) None
Q16. Who wrote ‘Letters from a
Father to his Daughter?
(a) Abdul Kalam A. (b) D.Tagore
(c) Munshi Prem chanda (d) J.L.Nehru
Q17. Who wrote ‘Pita Ke Patre
Putri Ke Naam'
(a) Abdul Kalam A. (b) D.Tagore
(c)
Munshi Prem chanda (d) J.L.Nehru
Q18. What was the name of Nehru's
daughter -
(a) Indira (b) Priyadarshani (c)
Sarojani (d) Kamala
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Answers in one word
or one sentence (1marks)
1. What are the
sources of Modern history?
Ans: Two sources (i) Primary source
and (ii) Secondary source
2. What are the
examples of primary source?
Ans: Government document, police
report, intelligence report etc.
3. What are the
examples of secondary sources?
Ans: Newspaper, autobiographies,
memoirs etc.
4. What are the
examples of Memoir?
Ans:
5. What are the examples
of Autobiography?
Ans: Jibon smriti, Jiboner Jhorpata,
Sattar Batsar etc.
6. Who is the
author of Sattar Batsar?
Ans: Bipin Chandra Pal
7. Who is the
editor of Sattar Batsar?
Ans: Ramananda Chattopadhya.
8. Who is the
author of Jiban Smriti?
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore.
9. What was the
age of Rabindranath when he wrote Jiban Smriti?
Ans:
50 years.
10. Who is the
author of Jiboner Jharpata?
Ans: Sarala Devi.
11. When was
Jiboner Jhorpata published?
Ans: 1975.
12. Write the name
of the parents of Sarala Devi?
Ans: Janakinath Ghosal and
Swarnakumari Debi.
13. Who wrote A
Letter from a Father to his daughter?
Ans: Jawahar lal Nehru.
14. Who wrote Pita
ke Patra Putri ke naam?
Ans: Munshi Prem Chand.
15. What was the
age of daughter when Nehru wrote letters?
Ans: 10
years old.
16. Letter from a
Father to his daughter is collection of how many letters?
Ans: 30 letters.
Answer in two or
three sentences (2 marks)
1. What do you
understand by the term sources of modern history?
Ans: the sources for reconstruction
modern Indian history are divided into two parts (i) primary source and (ii)
secondary source. Primary source include government documents policy diary, and
narratives. Secondary source includes memoirs, newspaper, and autobiographies.
2. What is the
importance of primary source of History?
Ans: primary source of history
includes government documents. These documents include police report,
intelligence report and other reports. These documents are of great historical
importance as they are prepared after minute detailed analysis of incidents.
3. What is the
importance of secondary source of History?
Ans: Autobiographies, memoirs,
newspaper etc are the secondary source. They provide valuable of human life,
society and culture.
4. What are the
limitations of primary source of history?
Ans: Primary source is not much
reliable as it is prepared by the government officials. Its interpretation is based
on one’s knowledge and interpretation. That may not be sufficient in really extracting as much value
as possible out of the original materials.
5. What are the
limitations of secondary source of history?
Ans: Secondary sources are not necessarily focused on specific
topic. Information may be colored by the researcher’s own bias or faulty
approach. Also, secondary sources can become outdated,
6. What is the
difference between autobiography and memoir?
Ans: unadulterated truth about himself
is called an autobiography. Memoirs are reminiscences or compilation of one’s
memory. Historically autobiography tells the story of a life, a memoir tells a
story from life.
7. How
autobiographies are important source of history?
Ans: An autobiographies help in
understanding the life of the author. It also helps in understanding the situation
of locality, country, time, culture. It is true ingredient of new history.
.
8. Name two
autobiographical works by Indian authors.
Ans: Jiboner Jhorpata authored by
Sarala Devi and Jibon Smriti author by Rabindranath Tagore.
9. Describe the
significance of Satar Batsar?
Ans: Sattar Batsar is a autobiography
which gives us an insight into contemporary Calcutta, its students’ hostel,
Presidency college, influence of Brahmo Samaj, Hindu Mela and patriotism of
freedom fighters.
10. What are the
literary contributions of Sarala Devi?
Ans: Nababorsher Swapno and Shibratrir
Pujo are the other literary contributions of Sarala Devi.
11. What is the
importance of Letters from a Father to his daughter?
Ans: in 1928, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote
30 letters to his daughter Priyadarshini. These letters provide an insight to
natural history and the civilization of the world.
ج: تاریخ کے دو ذرایع ہوتے ہیں۔
2. What are the examples of primary source?
ج: سرکاری دستاویز، جیسے پولس رپورٹ، خوفیہ محکمہ کی رپورٹ، سرکاری خطوط وغیرہ ابتدای زرایع ہیں۔
3. What are the examples of secondary sources?
سوانح حیات، یااداشت، اخبار، خطوط وغیرہ
4. What are the examples of Memoir?
5. What are the examples of Autobiography?
ج: جیبن سمرتی، جیبونیر جھرپاتا، ستر بتسر وغیرہ۔
6. Who is the author of Sattar Batsar?
ج: بپن چندر پال
7. Who is the editor of Sattar Batsar?
ج: رامانندا چٹوپادھاے۔
8. Who is the author of Jiban Smriti?
ج: رابندر ناتھ ٹیگور۔
9. What was the age of Rabindranath when he wrote Jiban Smriti?
ج: ۵۰ سال (پچاس سال)
10. Who is the author of Jiboner Jharpata?
ج: سرلا دیوی
11. When was Jiboner Jhorpata published?
ج: انیس سو پچھتر (۱۹۷۵)
12. Write the name of the parents of Sarala Devi?
ج: جانکیناتھ گھوشال اور سورنا کماری دیوی۔
13. Who wrote A Letter from a Father to his daughter
ج: جواہر لال نہرو۔
14. Who wrote Pita ke Patra Putri ke naam?
ج: منشی پریم چند
15. What was the age of daughter when Nehru wrote letters?
ج: دس سال کی عمر تھی۔
Answer in two or three sentences (2 marks)
1. What do you understand by the term sources of modern history?
جواب: جدید ہندوستانی تاریخ کی تعمیر نو کے ذرائع کو دو حصوں میں تقسیم کیا گیا ہے (i) بنیادی ماخذ اور (ii) ثانوی ماخذ۔ بنیادی ماخذ میں حکومتی دستاویزات کی پالیسی ڈائری، اور بیانیں شامل ہیں۔ ثانوی ماخذ میں یادداشتیں، اخبارات اور خود نوشتیں شامل ہیں۔
2. What is primary source of History?
جواب: تاریخ کے بنیادی ماخذ میں سرکاری دستاویزات شامل ہیں۔ ان دستاویزات میں پولیس رپورٹ، انٹیلی جنس رپورٹ اور دیگر رپورٹس شامل ہیں۔ یہ دستاویزات بہت تاریخی اہمیت کی حامل ہیں کیونکہ یہ واقعات کے تفصیلی تجزیہ کے بعد تیار کی جااتی ہیں۔
3. What is secondary source of History?
جواب: خود نوشت، یادداشتیں، اخبار وغیرہ ثانوی ماخذ ہیں۔ وہ انسانی زندگی، معاشرے اور ثقافت کا اہم جانکاریاں فراہم کرتے ہیں۔
4. What are the limitations of primary source of history?
جواب: بنیادی ماخذ زیادہ قابل اعتماد نہیں ہے کیونکہ اسے سرکاری افسران تیار کرتے ہیں۔ یہ حکومت کے مفاد کے مطابق تیار کی جاتی ہیں۔ یہ سماجی، شقافتی اور دیگر انسانی پہلوں کو بیان نہیں کرتی ہیں۔ کسی بھی معاملہ کی اہمیت کلے یہ زیادہ کارگر ثابت ہیں ہوتی۔
5. What are the limitations of secondary source of history?
جواب: ضروری نہیں کہ ثانوی ذرائع مخصوص موضوع پر مرکوز ہوں۔ معلومات محقق کے اپنے تعصب یا غلط نقطہ نظر سے سرابور ہو سکتی ہیں۔ نیز، ثانوی ذرائع پرانے نظریوں پر منبی بھی ہو سکتے ہیں۔
6. What is the difference between autobiography and memoir?
جواب: خود کے زندگی کی داستاں کو قلم بند کرنے کو خود نوشت کہا جاتا ہے۔ زندگی کے کسی خاص لمحات کو قلم بند کرنے کو یادداشت کیتے ہیں۔
7. How autobiographies are important source of history?
جواب: سوانح عمری مصنف کی زندگی کو سمجھنے میں مدد گار ثابت ہوتی ہے۔ یہ مقامیت، ملک، وقت، ثقافت کی صورتحال کو سمجھنے میں بھی مدد گار ہوتی ہے۔ یہ نئی تاریخ کا حقیقی جزو ہے۔
8. Name two autobiographical works by Indian authors.
جواب: سرلا دیوی کی تصنیف کردہ جبونر جھورپاتا اور رابندر ناتھ ٹیگور کی تصنیف کردہ جبون اسمرتی۔
9. Describe the significance of Satar Batsar?
جواب: ستار باتسر بپن چندرپال کی نصنیف کردہ خود نوشت ہے۔ اس میں عصری کلکتہ، اس کے ہاسٹل میں رینے والے طلباء، پرسیڈنسی کالج، برہمو سماج کے اثرات، ہندو میلا اور آزادی پسندوں کی حب الوطنی کے بارے میں مخصوص جانکاریاں فراہم کرتی ہے۔
10. What are the literary contributions of Sarala Devi?
جواب: نبابرشیر سوپنو اور شیو راتری پوجا وغیرہ سرلا دیوی کی دیگر ادبی خدمات ہیں۔
11. What is the importance of Letters from a Father to his daughter?
جواب: 1928 میں جواہر لال نہرو نے اپنی بیٹی پریہ درشنی کو 30 خط لکھے۔ یہ خطوط قدرتی تاریخ اور دنیا کی تہذیب کے بارے میں بصیرت فراہم کرتے ہیں۔