Maharashtra Board Class 10 History and Political Science — Flashcards for Quick Revision

A: The writing of critical historical narrative is known as historiography.

A: A scholar who writes such a narrative is a historian.

A: Historical research cannot use laboratory experiments and observation, because historical events cannot be recreated and the researcher was not present in that time and place.

A: Historiography means the writing and study of history. It includes the methods, sources, and ideas used to present the past.

A: They were preserved through oral recitals. People remembered the deeds of ancestors, mythological stories, and social changes by speaking and reciting them.

A: Harappan seals and artefacts show that Indians had mastered writing by the third millennium B.C.E. or earlier. The script is still undeciphered, so the exact meaning cannot yet be read.

A: Applied History is a field of study concerned with the application of history for the benefit of people in contemporary and future times.

A: Applied History is also known as Public History.

A: Public History helps overcome the idea that history has no practical or economic value. It makes history meaningful in everyday life and connects people to their heritage.