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[3]. 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. Reading archives 'against their grain' means asking:
Option 2 : Who kept the record, who could afford to, and whose lives were unwritten
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सही उत्तर Who kept the record, who could afford to, and whose lives were unwritten है।
Keeper, affordability, unwritten lives are the questions.
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[3]. 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. Reading archives 'against their grain' means asking:
Correct Answer: Who kept the record, who could afford to, and whose lives were unwritten
Keeper, affordability, unwritten lives are the questions.