OMTEX CLASSES: Chapter 2. Historiography : Indian Tradition, SSC 10th History, Maharashtra Board, 2019

SSC 10th History, Maharashtra Board, 2019 - 2020.

Chapter 2. Historiography : Indian Tradition

1. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct option.

(1) ........ was the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India.

(a) Alexander Cunningham

(b) William Jones

(d) Friedrich Max Muller

(2) ............ translated the Sanskrit text of ‘Hitopadesh’.

(a) James Mill

(b) Friedrich max Muller

(d) Sir John Marshall

(B) Identify the wrong pair in the following, correct it and rewrite.

(1) ‘Who were the Shudras’ - Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar

(2) ‘Stri-Purush Tulana’ - Feminist writing

(3) ‘The Indian War of Independence 1857’ - Marxist History

(4) Grant Duff - Colonial History.

Answer: The incorrect pair is:

The Indian War of Independence, 1857 - Marxist History

The Appropriate Pair is:

The Indian War of Independence, 1857 - Nationalistic Historiography.

2. Explain the following with its reason.

3. Answer the following in 25-30 words.

4. Write detailed answers to the following questions :

5. (a) Complete the following chart.

Answer:

James Mill	‘The History of British India’
James Grant Duff	'A History of Mahrattas'
Mountstuart Elphinstone	‘The History of India’
S.A. Dange	'Primitive Communism to Slavery'
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar	‘Who were the Shudras’