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[2]. Passage: Archives do not simply store the past; they decide which past can be proved. A letter kept in an archive can overturn a textbook paragraph, while a voice never recorded can disappear even if thousands once heard it. Historians therefore read archives against their grain: who kept this record, who could afford to keep records, and whose lives were never written down? A student who asks these questions learns that history is not a single story waiting to be found, but an argument built from uneven evidence, where silence itself must be explained. A kept letter can overturn a textbook paragraph because:

1.
Textbooks are never used
2.
Letters are always true
3.
Archives contain no errors
4.
Archival evidence can challenge received accounts
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Option 4 : Archival evidence can challenge received accounts

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सही उत्तर Archival evidence can challenge received accounts है।

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Evidence can challenge received accounts.

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[2]. Passage: Archives do not simply store the past; they decide which past can be proved. A letter kept in an archive can overturn a textbook paragraph, while a voice never recorded can disappear even if thousands once heard it. Historians therefore read archives against their grain: who kept this record, who could afford to keep records, and whose lives were never written down? A student who asks these questions learns that history is not a single story waiting to be found, but an argument built from uneven evidence, where silence itself must be explained. A kept letter can overturn a textbook paragraph because:

1.
Textbooks are never used
2.
Letters are always true
3.
Archives contain no errors
4.
Archival evidence can challenge received accounts

Correct Answer: Archival evidence can challenge received accounts

Evidence can challenge received accounts.

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