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CTET Primary Source — practice questions — page 2

Explore 47 free Primary Source questions in CTET Social Studies Pedagogy. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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Secondary sources typically involve which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Which are primary sources in law?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do legal writers prefer to cite primary sources?Read the answer and worked solution →Secondary legal sources such as articles and encyclopedias are at best what?Read the answer and worked solution →In science, review articles and meta-analyses are described as what?Read the answer and worked solution →In mathematics, what are secondary sources often used for?Read the answer and worked solution →The delineation of primary and secondary sources first arose in which field?Read the answer and worked solution →Following the 19th century Rankean model, historians use what?Read the answer and worked solution →Most undergraduate research projects rely mainly on what?Read the answer and worked solution →A first-hand account written long after an event is secondary in family history because of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are post-war World War I memoirs used with care?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can a documentary film be either a primary or a secondary source?Read the answer and worked solution →The NCERT social science position paper says a prescribed book should be seen as what?Read the answer and worked solution →The social sciences position paper wants a school book to move from a closed box to what?Read the answer and worked solution →The NCERT paper wants history to include what?Read the answer and worked solution →NCERT: gendering the curriculum means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Per NCERT, social equality is best clarified through what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Secondary sources typically involve which of these?

  1. Only raw unprocessed data
  2. Direct eyewitness testimony
  3. Analysis and interpretation
  4. Original laboratory measurements
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Correct answer: C. Analysis and interpretation

Secondary sources involve generalization, analysis, interpretation or evaluation of the original information.

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Which are primary sources in law?

  1. Legal encyclopedias
  2. Constitutions and statutes
  3. Headnotes of case reports
  4. Law journal articles
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Correct answer: B. Constitutions and statutes

Primary legal sources include cases, constitutions, statutes and administrative regulations.

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Why do legal writers prefer to cite primary sources?

  1. They are shorter than commentary
  2. Only they carry binding authority
  3. They are cheaper to access
  4. Courts ban secondary ones
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Correct answer: B. Only they carry binding authority

Only primary sources are authoritative and precedential, while secondary ones are at best persuasive.

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