Question

The study of inscriptions is called __________.
A) Archaeology
B) Numismatic
C) Epigraphy
D) Palaeography

Answer 1

Hint:
Writings on relatively hard surfaces such as metal, stones, etc, are known as inscriptions. Kings used to get their orders inscribed on such stones many times so that people could see, read, and obey them.

Complete Answer:
Many things can be found out from the past like what kind of houses did ancient people have, what they ate, what kind of clothes they wore, etc. Other things like how these ancient people like hunters, priests, scientists, artists, merchants, farmers, rulers, etc. lived.
There are other kinds of inscriptions too, wherein women and men, including kings and queens, recorded what all they had accomplished or other things like what they did too. For example, kings often kept records of their victories in battles.
Many things were made and used in the past. Archaeologists are those people who study these objects. Therefore, archaeology is the study of the human past. This branch of social science studies the remains and objects left by people who lived a long time ago. These remains include buildings, old coins, tools, inscriptions, and manuscripts. The people who study archaeology i.e. archaeologists, use these remains to study how people lived at that time and this is how we understand how human civilization evolved.

Thus, option (A) is correct.

Note:
An Indian Government agency known as the Archaeological Survey of India is attached to the Ministry of Culture that is responsible for the preservation and conservation and archaeological research of ancient cultural monuments, archaeological sites, and remains of national importance in the country. These include everything from temples, rock-cut caves, tombs, cemeteries to palaces, churches, mosques, forts, step-wells, etc.