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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which statement best defines an archive?
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Explanation:
• An archive preserves records created or accumulated by individuals, organisations or institutions.
• Its materials may include letters, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, administrative files and digital records.
• Archival records are retained because they provide evidence of activities, decisions, relationships or historical conditions.
• An archive is not limited to published criticism or literary documents.
• Its materials may include letters, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, administrative files and digital records.
• Archival records are retained because they provide evidence of activities, decisions, relationships or historical conditions.
• An archive is not limited to published criticism or literary documents.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
In archival research, a manuscript is generally:
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Explanation:
• A manuscript is commonly a handwritten, typed or otherwise unpublished documentary text.
• Manuscripts may include drafts, fair copies, notebooks, corrected proofs and scribal copies.
• They can reveal composition, revision, transmission and historical context.
• A published review or bibliography is normally a secondary source.
• Manuscripts may include drafts, fair copies, notebooks, corrected proofs and scribal copies.
• They can reveal composition, revision, transmission and historical context.
• A published review or bibliography is normally a secondary source.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
What is the primary function of an archival catalogue?
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Explanation:
• An archival catalogue provides structured descriptions of collections, series, files or individual items.
• It helps researchers identify the location, date, creator, extent and subject of relevant records.
• Catalogue descriptions vary in detail and do not necessarily reproduce or interpret every document.
• Researchers must still examine the original or digitised materials critically.
• It helps researchers identify the location, date, creator, extent and subject of relevant records.
• Catalogue descriptions vary in detail and do not necessarily reproduce or interpret every document.
• Researchers must still examine the original or digitised materials critically.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
A finding aid is best described as:
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Explanation:
• A finding aid is a guide to the structure, scope and contents of an archival collection.
• It may include a biographical or administrative history, series descriptions, box lists and access conditions.
• It enables researchers to locate potentially relevant files efficiently.
• A finding aid describes the collection but does not usually transcribe every document.
• It may include a biographical or administrative history, series descriptions, box lists and access conditions.
• It enables researchers to locate potentially relevant files efficiently.
• A finding aid describes the collection but does not usually transcribe every document.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
In archival studies, provenance refers to:
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Explanation:
• Provenance concerns who created, owned, accumulated or transmitted a body of records.
• It helps researchers understand the documentary context and authenticity of archival materials.
• Changes in custody may affect completeness, arrangement and interpretation.
• Provenance is therefore both an archival principle and an important form of historical evidence.
• It helps researchers understand the documentary context and authenticity of archival materials.
• Changes in custody may affect completeness, arrangement and interpretation.
• Provenance is therefore both an archival principle and an important form of historical evidence.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Paleography is the study of:
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Explanation:
• Paleography studies historical handwriting, scripts, abbreviations and writing conventions.
• It helps researchers read, date and sometimes localise handwritten documents.
• Knowledge of letter forms and scribal practices can prevent transcription errors.
• Paleography is distinct from conservation science and statistical corpus analysis.
• It helps researchers read, date and sometimes localise handwritten documents.
• Knowledge of letter forms and scribal practices can prevent transcription errors.
• Paleography is distinct from conservation science and statistical corpus analysis.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which of the following is most clearly a primary document for a study of a novelist's composition process?
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Explanation:
• An annotated draft provides direct evidence of the novelist's composition and revision process.
• It may reveal deletions, additions, substitutions and changes in structure.
• Textbooks, articles and bibliographies are secondary sources unless they themselves become the object of study.
• The classification of a source depends on its relationship to the research question.
• It may reveal deletions, additions, substitutions and changes in structure.
• Textbooks, articles and bibliographies are secondary sources unless they themselves become the object of study.
• The classification of a source depends on its relationship to the research question.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which statement about personal letters as archival evidence is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Letters can reveal relationships, opinions, events, networks and stages of literary production.
• Their content is shaped by the intended recipient, occasion and rhetorical purpose.
• They should therefore be interpreted critically rather than treated as transparent truth.
• Letters by lesser-known individuals may also be historically and culturally significant.
• Their content is shaped by the intended recipient, occasion and rhetorical purpose.
• They should therefore be interpreted critically rather than treated as transparent truth.
• Letters by lesser-known individuals may also be historically and culturally significant.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which methodological caution is especially important when using diaries?
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Explanation:
• Diaries record selected experiences, emotions and interpretations from the diarist's perspective.
• Entries may omit events, revise memories or anticipate future readers.
• Researchers should consider purpose, audience, gaps, chronology and later alterations.
• Diaries can be valuable evidence without being complete or neutral accounts.
• Entries may omit events, revise memories or anticipate future readers.
• Researchers should consider purpose, audience, gaps, chronology and later alterations.
• Diaries can be valuable evidence without being complete or neutral accounts.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Unpublished materials are particularly valuable because they may:
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Explanation:
• Unpublished materials may preserve drafts, private correspondence, institutional records and suppressed or abandoned work.
• Such evidence can complicate or extend interpretations based on published texts.
• Unpublished status does not automatically make a source reliable or guarantee originality.
• Copyright, privacy, access and donor restrictions may still apply.
• Such evidence can complicate or extend interpretations based on published texts.
• Unpublished status does not automatically make a source reliable or guarantee originality.
• Copyright, privacy, access and donor restrictions may still apply.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which preservation practice is most appropriate when handling a fragile manuscript?
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Explanation:
• Fragile manuscripts should be handled according to the repository's preservation rules.
• Supports, weights and other approved materials may be used to prevent unnecessary strain.
• Researchers should never write on, forcibly flatten or expose documents to damaging conditions.
• Responsible handling protects the material for future scholarship.
• Supports, weights and other approved materials may be used to prevent unnecessary strain.
• Researchers should never write on, forcibly flatten or expose documents to damaging conditions.
• Responsible handling protects the material for future scholarship.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Digitisation of archival materials primarily involves:
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Explanation:
• Digitisation creates digital images, audio files or other representations of analogue records.
• It can improve access, support preservation and enable computational analysis.
• Digital surrogates do not automatically replace the evidential value of original objects.
• Copyright, privacy, metadata quality and technological obsolescence remain important concerns.
• It can improve access, support preservation and enable computational analysis.
• Digital surrogates do not automatically replace the evidential value of original objects.
• Copyright, privacy, metadata quality and technological obsolescence remain important concerns.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which statement best explains why metadata is important in a digitised archive?
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Explanation:
• Metadata records information such as title, creator, date, format, rights and archival location.
• It allows digital objects to be searched, organised, connected and interpreted.
• Inadequate metadata can obscure context or make relevant records difficult to find.
• Metadata supports but does not guarantee authenticity or error-free interpretation.
• It allows digital objects to be searched, organised, connected and interpreted.
• Inadequate metadata can obscure context or make relevant records difficult to find.
• Metadata supports but does not guarantee authenticity or error-free interpretation.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Statement I: Archival silence may result from loss, exclusion, non-collection or unequal record-making power.
Statement II: The absence of a document necessarily proves that an event did not occur.
Statement II: The absence of a document necessarily proves that an event did not occur.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because archives reflect historical inequalities in creation, survival and preservation of records.
• Statement II is incorrect because documentary absence can have many causes and does not automatically prove non-occurrence.
• Researchers should analyse both surviving evidence and conditions that produced gaps.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because documentary absence can have many causes and does not automatically prove non-occurrence.
• Researchers should analyse both surviving evidence and conditions that produced gaps.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Assertion: Archival arrangement should be studied before individual documents are interpreted.
Reason: The location and relation of a document within a collection can provide evidence about its original function and context.
Reason: The location and relation of a document within a collection can provide evidence about its original function and context.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because archival arrangement can preserve relationships among records.
• The Reason is correct because a document's series, folder and neighbouring materials may clarify its purpose and history.
• Removing a record from its archival context can encourage misleading interpretation.
• The Reason directly explains why arrangement should be examined.
• The Reason is correct because a document's series, folder and neighbouring materials may clarify its purpose and history.
• Removing a record from its archival context can encourage misleading interpretation.
• The Reason directly explains why arrangement should be examined.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Catalogue
2. Finding aid
3. Provenance
4. Paleography
List II
A. Study of historical handwriting
B. Origin and custody history of records
C. Structured description of archival holdings
D. Guide to the organisation and contents of a collection
List I
1. Catalogue
2. Finding aid
3. Provenance
4. Paleography
List II
A. Study of historical handwriting
B. Origin and custody history of records
C. Structured description of archival holdings
D. Guide to the organisation and contents of a collection
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Catalogue matches C because it provides structured descriptions of archival holdings.
• Finding aid matches D because it guides researchers through the organisation and contents of a collection.
• Provenance matches B because it concerns the origin and custody history of records.
• Paleography matches A because it is the study of historical handwriting.
• Finding aid matches D because it guides researchers through the organisation and contents of a collection.
• Provenance matches B because it concerns the origin and custody history of records.
• Paleography matches A because it is the study of historical handwriting.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements about archival ethics:
1. Researchers should respect access restrictions.
2. Sensitive personal information may require anonymisation or careful quotation.
3. Permission to view a document automatically includes permission to publish it.
4. Researchers should accurately cite archival locations.
Which statements are correct?
1. Researchers should respect access restrictions.
2. Sensitive personal information may require anonymisation or careful quotation.
3. Permission to view a document automatically includes permission to publish it.
4. Researchers should accurately cite archival locations.
Which statements are correct?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because repository and donor restrictions must be respected.
• Statement 2 is correct because privacy and potential harm remain relevant even in historical research.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because access, reproduction and publication permissions may be separate.
• Statement 4 is correct; therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because privacy and potential harm remain relevant even in historical research.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because access, reproduction and publication permissions may be separate.
• Statement 4 is correct; therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which is the best first step when planning a visit to an archive?
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Explanation:
• Preliminary consultation of catalogues and finding aids helps identify relevant collections and files.
• Researchers should also review registration, access, handling, photography and closure policies.
• Some materials may require advance notice or special permission.
• Careful preparation makes archival work more efficient and methodologically focused.
• Researchers should also review registration, access, handling, photography and closure policies.
• Some materials may require advance notice or special permission.
• Careful preparation makes archival work more efficient and methodologically focused.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
A researcher discovers an undated handwritten letter. Which combination would be most useful for estimating its date?
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Explanation:
• Paleographical features can help estimate when the handwriting was produced.
• Paper, watermarks, postal marks and references to identifiable events may provide additional evidence.
• Related letters can establish chronological sequences or internal clues.
• Dating should rely on converging evidence rather than preference or catalogue order alone.
• Paper, watermarks, postal marks and references to identifiable events may provide additional evidence.
• Related letters can establish chronological sequences or internal clues.
• Dating should rely on converging evidence rather than preference or catalogue order alone.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which claim about digitised archival records is incorrect?
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Explanation:
• The claim that a digital surrogate preserves every feature is incorrect.
• Digital images may not fully reproduce texture, scale, binding, watermarks, sequence or verso details.
• Interface design and metadata affect discovery and interpretation.
• Digitisation expands access but does not eliminate the scholarly value of examining originals.
• Digital images may not fully reproduce texture, scale, binding, watermarks, sequence or verso details.
• Interface design and metadata affect discovery and interpretation.
• Digitisation expands access but does not eliminate the scholarly value of examining originals.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which principle requires records created by the same person or institution to be maintained together rather than mixed indiscriminately with other records?
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Explanation:
• Respect des fonds is the archival principle of maintaining records according to their originating creator or body.
• It helps preserve provenance and relationships among documents.
• The principle supports contextual interpretation of records as parts of a larger administrative or personal archive.
• Randomisation and emendation belong to different research practices.
• It helps preserve provenance and relationships among documents.
• The principle supports contextual interpretation of records as parts of a larger administrative or personal archive.
• Randomisation and emendation belong to different research practices.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Why must archival researchers distinguish between a contemporary entry and a later annotation?
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Explanation:
• A contemporary entry and a later annotation belong to different moments in the document's history.
• They may have different authors, purposes and levels of knowledge about the recorded event.
• Failure to distinguish them can produce inaccurate claims about chronology or authorship.
• Later annotations may still be valuable when identified and interpreted appropriately.
• They may have different authors, purposes and levels of knowledge about the recorded event.
• Failure to distinguish them can produce inaccurate claims about chronology or authorship.
• Later annotations may still be valuable when identified and interpreted appropriately.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
A scholar quotes a private letter containing sensitive information about a living person. What is the most responsible course of action?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Archival availability does not automatically remove ethical obligations toward living persons.
• The researcher should review access agreements, copyright, privacy and possible harm.
• Anonymisation, paraphrase or omission may be appropriate depending on the circumstances.
• Ethical interpretation balances scholarly value with legal and human responsibilities.
• The researcher should review access agreements, copyright, privacy and possible harm.
• Anonymisation, paraphrase or omission may be appropriate depending on the circumstances.
• Ethical interpretation balances scholarly value with legal and human responsibilities.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which statement best describes responsible interpretation of an archival record?
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Explanation:
• Archival records are produced for particular purposes, audiences and institutional circumstances.
• Their material features, annotations, arrangement and provenance may contribute to meaning.
• Researchers must distinguish documentary evidence from inference and acknowledge uncertainty.
• Neither literal acceptance nor unrestricted present-day interpretation is methodologically sufficient.
• Their material features, annotations, arrangement and provenance may contribute to meaning.
• Researchers must distinguish documentary evidence from inference and acknowledge uncertainty.
• Neither literal acceptance nor unrestricted present-day interpretation is methodologically sufficient.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
A collection contains letters selected and donated by an author's family, while other papers were destroyed. What methodological issue should the researcher foreground?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Archives are shaped by processes of creation, preservation, destruction, selection and donation.
• Family mediation may influence which aspects of an author's life become available to researchers.
• Surviving records should therefore not be treated as a complete or neutral totality.
• Mediation requires critical attention but does not make every document unusable.
• Family mediation may influence which aspects of an author's life become available to researchers.
• Surviving records should therefore not be treated as a complete or neutral totality.
• Mediation requires critical attention but does not make every document unusable.
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Question 26
ప్రశ్న 26
Which combination represents the strongest archival research practice?
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Explanation:
• Strong archival research begins with catalogues and finding aids but proceeds to critical examination of relevant records.
• Provenance, arrangement, material form and historical context should inform interpretation.
• Accurate archival citations allow other scholars to locate and verify evidence.
• Ethical, legal and repository restrictions must be addressed transparently.
• Provenance, arrangement, material form and historical context should inform interpretation.
• Accurate archival citations allow other scholars to locate and verify evidence.
• Ethical, legal and repository restrictions must be addressed transparently.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. An organised body of records preserved because of their continuing evidential, historical or cultural value సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. A handwritten, typed or otherwise unpublished documentary text సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. To describe and organise holdings so that relevant materials can be identified సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. A descriptive guide explaining the arrangement and contents of an archival collection సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. The origin, ownership, custody and history of records సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Historical handwriting and systems of script సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. The novelist's annotated draft of the work సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. They provide situated evidence shaped by audience, purpose and circumstance. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Diary entries are selective self-representations rather than complete records of experience. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. provide evidence unavailable in published sources సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Following repository instructions and using appropriate supports and clean hands సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. Creating digital representations of physical or analogue records సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. It provides descriptive and technical information that makes digital objects discoverable and interpretable. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. 1-C, 2-D, 3-B, 4-A సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. Consult the catalogue or finding aid and review access and reproduction policies. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Handwriting, paper, watermark, references to events and related correspondence సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. A digital surrogate always preserves every physical and contextual feature of the original. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. Respect des fonds సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. They may originate at different times and reflect different authors, purposes or interpretations. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Assess permission, privacy, potential harm and whether anonymisation is necessary. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. It should be interpreted in relation to authorship, purpose, audience, material form and archival context. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. The archive was shaped by selection, survival and family mediation. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 26 ప్రశ్న 26Answer: B. Using finding aids, examining original context, documenting references and addressing ethical restrictions సమాధానం: B.