Q1: Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Ans: Lord Mountbatten
Q2: Who prepared the first map and when?
Ans: James Rennel in 1782.
Q3: Who was James Mill?
Ans: He was a Scottish economist and a political philosopher who published a massive three volume work- A History of British India.
Q4: How did Mills divide Indian History?
Ans: Mills divided Indian History into three periods namely, Hindu, Muslim and British.
Q5: Why did the British establish botanical gardens?
Ans: To collect plant specimens and information about their uses.
Q6: Who was the first Governor General of India?
Ans: Warren Hastings.
Q7: Who wrote the book ‘The History of British India’?
Ans: ‘The History of British India’ was written by James Mill.
Q8: Why did the British set up record rooms attached to all administrative institutions?
Ans: They did so to preserve important documents and letters there.
Q9: Why did the British establish botanical gardens?
Ans: The British established botanical gardens to collect plant specimens and information about their uses.
Q10: How do dates become important in history?
Ans: Dates become vital in history because we focus on a particular set of events as important.
Q11: Why do we divide history into different periods?
Ans: In an attempt to capture the characteristics of a time, its central features as they appear to us.
Q12: Why were revenue surveys conducted in the villages?
Ans: In the villages, revenue surveys were conducted to know the topography, the soil quality, the flora, the fauna, the local histories and the cropping patterns. These facts were necessary to administer the region.
Q13: What is the Botanical Survey of India?
Ans: The Botanical Survey of India (1351) is an institution set up by the Government of India in 1890 to survey the plant resources of the Indian empire.
Q14: What was an important aspect of the histories written by the British historians in India?
Ans: The rule of each Governor-General was an important aspect.
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