History and Theory Solved MCQs

1.

Who wrote the book History of England?

A. marx
B. fernan braudel
C. socratese
D. hume
Answer» D. hume
2.

Who is regarded to be the founder of positivism?

A. auguste comte
B. herder
C. ranke
D. karl popper
Answer» A. auguste comte
3.

Who is associated with the idea of German Idealism?

A. vico
B. ranke
C. durkheim
D. hegel
Answer» D. hegel
4.

The methodology of “ideal type” is associated with --------------

A. max weber
B. ranke
C. febvre
D. durkheim
Answer» A. max weber
5.

Who is the author of the “Critique of the Gotha Programme”?

A. engels
B. marx
C. weber
D. hegel
Answer» B. marx
6.

----------------was one of the pioneers of the Critical Theory

A. habermas
B. vico
C. hume
D. herder
Answer» A. habermas
7.

The Annales school of history is a historiographial trend emerged in -----------century.

A. 18th
B. 19th
C. 20th
D. 21st
Answer» C. 20th
8.

Annales School emerged in which country?

A. germaby
B. france
C. britain
D. italy
Answer» B. france
9.

The journal Annales: économies, sociétés, civilisations first issue came out in which year?

A. 1929
B. 1928
C. 1927
D. 1925
Answer» A. 1929
10.

Historian --------------- has divided annales school into different stages

A. fernand braudel
B. robert mandrou
C. georges duby,
D. henri hauser
Answer» A. fernand braudel
11.

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie to the -------- phase of annales school.

A. peter burke
B. hobsbawm
C. e.p. thomson
D. romila thaper
Answer» B. hobsbawm
12.

Who among the below is not associated with the secon stage of annales school?

A. third
B. second
C. fourth
D. third
Answer» D. third
13.

The concept of longue durée is related to the work of ……….

A. marx
B. hegel
C. braudel
D. dutkheim
Answer» C. braudel
14.

The Mediterranean is the book written by ------------

A. marc block
B. febvre
C. henri hauser
D. braudel
Answer» D. braudel
15.

Who authored the book, “Civilisation and Capitalism”?

A. fernand braudel
B. loucien febvre
C. karl popper
D. marx
Answer» A. fernand braudel
16.

History of mentalities (histoire des mentalités) is associated with the ------------ intellectual history.

A. german
B. russian
C. french
D. british
Answer» C. french
17.

Who among the below is not associated with the history of mentalities? 22. -------------- studied about the mentalities of social deviants and nonconformists

A. michael foucault
B. henri hauser
C. fernand braudel
D. philippe ariès
Answer» A. michael foucault
18.

------------ is the author of the book Les Lieux de Memoire.

A. herder
B. philippe ariès
C. norbert elias
D. lucien febvre
Answer» D. lucien febvre
19.

Which historian argues that “argues that memory developd through three stages, pre-modern, modern, and post-modern” ?

A. vico
B. ranke
C. pierre nora
D. marc bloch
Answer» C. pierre nora
20.

Which historian stated that ‘history seen from below and not from above’?

A. durkheim
B. foucault
C. lucien febvre
D. marc bloch
Answer» C. lucien febvre
21.

The book “The Making of the English Working Class” was written by--------

A. hobsbawm
B. e.p. thomson
C. cristopher hill
D. foucault
Answer» B. e.p. thomson
22.

---------wrote the book, The World Turned Upside Down.

A. foucault
B. christopher hiil
C. georges lefebvre
D. derrida
Answer» B. christopher hiil
23.

The book The Peasants of Northern France during the French Revolution published in the year

A. 1924
B. 1925
C. 1926
D. 1930
Answer» A. 1924
24.

The journal named ‘Gender and History’ was published in the year --------

A. 1988
B. 1987
C. 1989
D. 1990
Answer» C. 1989
25.

The book “The Emeregence of South Asian Caste System” was written by who? 32. The journal ‘Gender and History’ was founded in Britain by ------

A. eric hobsbawm
B. e.p. thomson
C. marc bloch
D. leonore davidoff
Answer» A. eric hobsbawm
26.

Who asked the question, "Did Women have a Renaissance?

A. gayatri spivak
B. john kelly
C. sonya.o.rose
D. romila thapar
Answer» B. john kelly
27.

"Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis" is written by whom?

A. joan w. scott
B. john kelly
C. sonya.o.rose
D. judit butler
Answer» A. joan w. scott
28.

Who made the statement ‘gender is a critical means by which power is expressed or legitimised’?

A. leonore davidoff.
B. john kelly
C. joan w. scott
D. sonya rose
Answer» C. joan w. scott
29.

The book what is Gender History? Is written by whom?

A. sonya rose
B. john kelly
C. leonore davidoff
D. joan w. scott
Answer» A. sonya rose
30.

Who among the below is not associated with the history of slavery?

A. john blassingame
B. eugene genovese
C. leslie howard owens
D. foucault
Answer» D. foucault
31.

Who propogated the Marriage Circle Theory?

A. morton klass
B. sumit sarkar
C. bipan chandra
D. k.m. panicker
Answer» A. morton klass
32.

--------- was the major advocate of the idea of holism.

A. jermy bentham
B. max weber
C. durkheim
D. vico
Answer» C. durkheim
33.

Who wrote the book "Methodological Individualisms: Definition and Reduction,"?

A. durkheim
B. may brodbeck
C. karl popper
D. f.a hayek
Answer» B. may brodbeck
34.

Who wrote the book “An Outline of the Theory of Practice”?

A. pierre bourdieu
B. may brodbeck
C. durkheim
D. max weber
Answer» A. pierre bourdieu
35.

Who used the terms “Archaeology of knowledge” and Genealogy of power?

A. e.p. thomson
B. durkheim
C. karl popper
D. foucault
Answer» D. foucault
36.

Theory of Habitus was the contribution of which social scientist?

A. foucault
B. marx
C. weber
D. bourdieu
Answer» D. bourdieu
37.

Who wrote the book Outline of a Theory of Practice?

A. vico,
B. herder
C. hume
D. bourdieu
Answer» D. bourdieu
38.

The book The Cracked Mirror: An Indian Debate on Experience and Theory was written by---------

A. gopal guru and sundar sarukkai
B. aditya mukherjee
C. sumit sarkar
D. bipan chandra
Answer» A. gopal guru and sundar sarukkai
39.

Who among the below was a strong critique of neoliberalism

A. marx
B. herder
C. bourdieu
D. karl popper
Answer» C. bourdieu
40.

The concept of idea of the ideal eternal history was propagated by------

A. socrates
B. vico
C. weber
D. febvre
Answer» B. vico
41.

Who is considered as the product of Scottish enlightenment?

A. herder
B. vico
C. weber
D. david hume
Answer» D. david hume
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