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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 101. |
The term quasi history refers to explain___________compositions. |
| A. | Post classical |
| B. | classical |
| C. | modern |
| D. | post modern |
| Answer» B. classical | |
| 102. |
Who made attempts to free history from logography? |
| A. | Thucydides |
| B. | August Comte |
| C. | Herodotus |
| D. | Ibn Khaldun |
| Answer» C. Herodotus | |
| 103. |
Who called Herodotus as the father of history? |
| A. | Augustus |
| B. | Caesar |
| C. | Cicero |
| D. | Vico |
| Answer» C. Cicero | |
| 104. |
Who is also known as the first economic historian in the world? |
| A. | Herodotus |
| B. | St. Augustine |
| C. | Ibn Khaldun |
| D. | Thucydides. |
| Answer» D. Thucydides. | |
| 105. |
Thucydides analysed the economic conditions of which place? |
| A. | Olympia |
| B. | Appolo |
| C. | Athens |
| D. | Sparta |
| Answer» C. Athens | |
| 106. |
___________historiography is also called as the Church historiography. |
| A. | Modern |
| B. | ancient |
| C. | classical |
| D. | medieval |
| Answer» D. medieval | |
| 107. |
Which historian compared the Science of History with the Science of Culture? |
| A. | Vico |
| B. | Ibn Khaldun |
| C. | St. Augustine |
| D. | Herodotus |
| Answer» B. Ibn Khaldun | |
| 108. |
Who supported the cylindrical theory of history? |
| A. | Ranke |
| B. | St. Augustine |
| C. | Ibn Khaldun |
| D. | vico |
| Answer» D. vico | |
| 109. |
The idea of history as a social physiscs was put forward by whom? |
| A. | August Comte |
| B. | Ranke |
| C. | Vico |
| D. | Herodotus |
| Answer» A. August Comte | |
| 110. |
The contribution of ____ and his followers are known as the Berlin Revolution in History. |
| A. | Ranke |
| B. | Vico |
| C. | August Comte |
| D. | Thucydides |
| Answer» A. Ranke | |
| 111. |
The theory of the materialist conception of history is put forward by_____ |
| A. | Hegal |
| B. | Engels |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Toynbee |
| Answer» C. Marx | |
| 112. |
“The Western Question in Greece and Turkey” is the book of ______ |
| A. | Arnold J. Toynbee |
| B. | J.B. Bury |
| C. | Marc Bloch |
| D. | E.H. Carr. |
| Answer» A. Arnold J. Toynbee | |
| 113. |
The study of civilisations is associated with which historian? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Arnold Toynbee |
| C. | Marc Bloch |
| D. | J.B. Burry |
| Answer» C. Marc Bloch | |
| 114. |
The conceptualisation of the idea of progress is associated with________ |
| A. | Toynbee |
| B. | J.B. Burry |
| C. | Marc block |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» B. J.B. Burry | |
| 115. |
Ecole Normale Superiure was established in which country? |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | England |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | France |
| Answer» D. France | |
| 116. |
Which historian criticised the periodisation in history? |
| A. | Marc Bloch |
| B. | Bury |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Vico. |
| Answer» A. Marc Bloch | |
| 117. |
Who is behind the ideas like Geo history and long duree? |
| A. | E.H.Carr |
| B. | Fernand Brudel |
| C. | Lucian Febvre |
| D. | Marc Bloch |
| Answer» B. Fernand Brudel | |
| 118. |
A History of Soviet Russia is written by________ |
| A. | Marc Bloch |
| B. | Bury |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | E.H.Carr |
| Answer» D. E.H.Carr | |
| 119. |
________was a follower of Maoist group in Paris and later became an admirer of American liberalism. |
| A. | Keith Jenkins |
| B. | Julia kristova |
| C. | Jacques Lacan |
| D. | Francois lyotard |
| Answer» B. Julia kristova | |
| 120. |
___________ started the First Women’s History course in the world at the New School for Social research. |
| A. | Michael Foucault |
| B. | Felipe Fernandez Armesto |
| C. | Gerda Lerner |
| D. | Jacques Lacan |
| Answer» C. Gerda Lerner | |
| 121. |
Which among the following is not a work of Gerda Lerner |
| A. | The female Experience |
| B. | Why History Matters |
| C. | History of Sexuality |
| D. | Women and History |
| Answer» C. History of Sexuality | |
| 122. |
The work, “Madness and Civilisation” is written by ________ |
| A. | Michael Foucault |
| B. | Keith Jenkins |
| C. | Francois lyotard |
| D. | Gerda Lerner |
| Answer» A. Michael Foucault | |
| 123. |
‘Near A Thousand Tables: A History of Food is a path breaking work written by ________ |
| A. | Felipe Fernandez Armesto |
| B. | Michael Foucault |
| C. | Keith Jenkins |
| D. | Julia kristova |
| Answer» A. Felipe Fernandez Armesto | |
| 124. |
According to Felipe Fernandez Armesto ___________ is the final stage of food history. |
| A. | The Meaning of Eating |
| B. | Feeding the Giants |
| C. | The Edible Horizon |
| D. | Food and Rank |
| Answer» B. Feeding the Giants | |
| 125. |
Mahabharata contains how many slokas? |
| A. | 50000 |
| B. | More than one lack |
| C. | 8800 |
| D. | 24000 |
| Answer» B. More than one lack | |
| 126. |
Ramayana was written by_____ |
| A. | Vyasa |
| B. | poonthanam |
| C. | chanakya |
| D. | valmiki |
| Answer» D. valmiki | |
| 127. |
Geneology, mythology and historical narrative are the three main constituence of _________tradition |
| A. | Ithihasa- Purana |
| B. | aranyakas |
| C. | Vedas |
| D. | samhithas |
| Answer» A. Ithihasa- Purana | |
| 128. |
How many puranas are there in India? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» B. 18 | |
| 129. |
__________purana contains the information about the satavahanas. |
| A. | Vayu Purana |
| B. | Bhavishyapurana |
| C. | Matsya Purana |
| D. | Vishnupurana |
| Answer» C. Matsya Purana | |
| 130. |
According to ___________the four varnas are said to have sprung from the body of the god Prajapati. |
| A. | Ithihasa |
| B. | Purushasuktha |
| C. | Purana |
| D. | Vedas |
| Answer» B. Purushasuktha | |
| 131. |
Historical writings of Vamsacharitas were started in which century? |
| A. | 7th Century |
| B. | 8th century |
| C. | 10th century |
| D. | 9th century |
| Answer» A. 7th Century | |
| 132. |
Harshacharita is written by which writer? |
| A. | Bilhana |
| B. | Bana |
| C. | Jayanga |
| D. | Athula |
| Answer» B. Bana | |
| 133. |
___________ is considered as the first historical chronicle of Kerala. |
| A. | Rajatarangini |
| B. | Harshacharita |
| C. | Prithviraja vijaya |
| D. | Mushakavamsa kavya |
| Answer» D. Mushakavamsa kavya | |
| 134. |
Mushakavamsa Kavya deals with the dynastic history of the rulers of which region? |
| A. | Valluvanadu |
| B. | Thiruvitamkur |
| C. | Kolothunadu |
| D. | Venadu |
| Answer» C. Kolothunadu | |
| 135. |
Rajatarangini is the chronicle on the kings of __________ |
| A. | Kashmir |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Karnataka |
| Answer» A. Kashmir | |
| 136. |
“only a poet can bring the past with the eye of his mind, by divine intuition”, whose statement is this? |
| A. | Bana |
| B. | Kalhana |
| C. | Athula |
| D. | Jayanga |
| Answer» B. Kalhana | |
| 137. |
Zia Ud Din Barani served as an adviser to Sultan ______ |
| A. | Firoz sha Tuglaq |
| B. | jalaludhin Khalji |
| C. | Ghiyasudhin Thughlaq |
| D. | Muhammed bin Thuglaq |
| Answer» D. Muhammed bin Thuglaq | |
| 138. |
Fatwa-i-Jahandari is written in which language? |
| A. | Arabic |
| B. | Hindi |
| C. | Persian |
| D. | Sanskrit |
| Answer» C. Persian | |
| 139. |
Abul Fazal was a historian in the court of _______ |
| A. | Khalji |
| B. | Mughals |
| C. | satavahanas |
| D. | Mauryas |
| Answer» B. Mughals | |
| 140. |
The book Akbarnama was written by _____________ |
| A. | Abul Fazal |
| B. | Athula |
| C. | Kalhana |
| D. | Bana |
| Answer» A. Abul Fazal | |
| 141. |
Ain i Akbari is the _________ part of Akbarnama |
| A. | First |
| B. | Third |
| C. | Second |
| D. | Fourth |
| Answer» B. Third | |
| 142. |
Which author translated Bhagavad-Gita from Sanskrit to Persian? |
| A. | Bana |
| B. | Abul Fazal |
| C. | Kalhana |
| D. | Vyasa |
| Answer» B. Abul Fazal | |
| 143. |
Tarikh –i- ferishta was written as per the instructions of which ruler? |
| A. | nizam shah |
| B. | Muhammad Bin Tuglaq |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Ibrahim Adil shah |
| Answer» D. Ibrahim Adil shah | |
| 144. |
Romaila Thapar was the student of _____ |
| A. | Basham |
| B. | Bipan Chandra |
| C. | Eric Hobsbawm |
| D. | Kosambi |
| Answer» A. Basham | |
| 145. |
Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thapar? |
| A. | Past and Prejudice b) Lineage to State |
| C. | Knowing India |
| D. | Indian Numismatics |
| Answer» D. Indian Numismatics | |
| 146. |
Mushakavamsa Kavya was written in_______ |
| A. | 10th century |
| B. | 11th Century |
| C. | 12th Century |
| D. | 9th Century |
| Answer» B. 11th Century | |
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