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British histories of India began with the first Governor-General:Read the answer and worked solution →The last Viceroy with whom British histories of India ended was:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill published A History of British India in:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill's history of India ran to how many volumes?Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill divided Indian history into Hindu, Muslim and:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill was by nationality:Read the answer and worked solution →Mill believed all Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisation than:Read the answer and worked solution →Historians moving away from Mill's scheme divided Indian history into ancient, medieval and:Read the answer and worked solution →Because British rule brought no equality or liberty, many historians call the period:Read the answer and worked solution →The Class 8 history textbook is called Our Pasts in the plural because:Read the answer and worked solution →The British set up record rooms attached to administrative institutions because they believed in:Read the answer and worked solution →In the early nineteenth century official documents were beautifully copied by:Read the answer and worked solution →The National Archives of India came up in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1946 the colonial government put down a mutiny on the ships of the:Read the answer and worked solution →From the end of the nineteenth century, Census operations were held every:Read the answer and worked solution →Revenue surveys in villages recorded topography, soil, flora, fauna and:Read the answer and worked solution →Official records tell us what the officials thought but not:Read the answer and worked solution →Sources like diaries, pilgrims' accounts and bazaar booklets were all produced by those who were:Read the answer and worked solution →A 1946 newspaper report described a strike over bad food by more than how many Delhi policemen?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the official sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Governor-Generals and ViceroysRead the answer and worked solution →Run the history yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the history wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Official or popular sourceRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the periods and sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →How, when and where bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The prehistoric period of early human development is commonly known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The first discovery of rock paintings in India, in 1867-68, was made by:Read the answer and worked solution →Carlleyle's Indian discovery came twelve years before the famous cave paintings of Altamira in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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British histories of India began with the first Governor-General:

  1. Lord Dalhousie
  2. Warren Hastings
  3. Lord Cornwallis
  4. Lord Wellesley
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Correct answer: B. Warren Hastings

1. Each Governor-General got a chapter. 2. Warren Hastings was the first. 3. The histories ended with Mountbatten. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 1, How, When and Where._

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The last Viceroy with whom British histories of India ended was:

  1. Lord Willingdon
  2. Lord Chelmsford
  3. Lord Mountbatten
  4. Lord Linlithgow
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Correct answer: C. Lord Mountbatten

1. All dates were tied to Governor-Generals and Viceroys. 2. The series ended with Lord Mountbatten. 3. Indian activities had no space in this format. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 1, How, When and Where._

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James Mill published A History of British India in:

  1. 1857
  2. 1782
  3. 1837
  4. 1817
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Correct answer: D. 1817

1. He was a Scottish economist and philosopher. 2. The work appeared in 1817. 3. It divided Indian history into three periods. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 1, How, When and Where._

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