Choose the given statement as true/false:

Several difficulties were faced by historians in using manuscripts.

see full answer

Your Exam Success, Personally Taken Care Of

1:1 expert mentors customize learning to your strength and weaknesses – so you score higher in school , IIT JEE and NEET entrance exams.

An Intiative by Sri Chaitanya

True

False

answer is A.

(Unlock A.I Detailed Solution for FREE)

Best Courses for You

JEE

NEET

Foundation JEE

Foundation NEET

CBSE

Detailed Solution

The given statement is True.
Copying a manuscript is not an easy task. Historians have encountered some difficulties in using the manuscripts. There were no printers then, so scribes copied manuscripts by hand. When scribes transcribed manuscripts, they also made minor changes; one word here, one sentence there. These small differences increased over centuries of copying until manuscripts of the same text became significantly different from each other. This is a serious problem as the original author's manuscript is rarely found. We are completely dependent on copies of later scribes. As a result, historians have to read different manuscript versions of the same text to guess what the author originally wrote.

Watch 3-min video & get full concept clarity