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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
--------------------is an alphabetical list of items used in a particular work with definitions. |
| A. | glossary |
| B. | index |
| C. | bibliography |
| D. | ibid |
| Answer» B. index | |
| 2. |
A census taker often collects data through which of the following? |
| A. | standardized tests |
| B. | interviews |
| C. | secondary data |
| D. | observations |
| Answer» C. secondary data | |
| 3. |
Which type of interview allows the questions to emerge from the immediate context or courseof things? |
| A. | interview guide approach |
| B. | informal conversational interview |
| C. | closed quantitative interview |
| D. | standardized open-ended interview |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Inductive reasoning is |
| A. | data collection analysis method |
| B. | theory data collection analysis method |
| C. | data collection method |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» C. data collection method | |
| 5. |
The method of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two statements is called |
| A. | empiricism |
| B. | inductive method |
| C. | hypothesis |
| D. | syllogism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
All research process starts with |
| A. | hypothesis |
| B. | experiments to test hypothesis |
| C. | observation |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 7. |
Who was the proponent of hypothetico deductive method |
| A. | francis bacon |
| B. | christian huygenes |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | isaac newton |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 8. |
The method that starts with formulation of hypothesis and testing of hypothesis in sequentialsteps where deduction applied is |
| A. | inductive |
| B. | deductive |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | hypothetic-deductive |
| Answer» B. deductive | |
| 9. |
The reasoning that uses general principle to predict specific results is called |
| A. | inductive |
| B. | deductive |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | hypothetic-deductive |
| Answer» C. both a and b | |
| 10. |
Inductive method was first proposed by |
| A. | francis bacon |
| B. | christian huygenes |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | isaac newton |
| Answer» B. christian huygenes | |
| 11. |
Who was the proponent of deductive method |
| A. | francis bacon |
| B. | christian huygenes |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | isaac newton |
| Answer» D. isaac newton | |
| 12. |
Information acquired by experience or experimentation is called as |
| A. | empirical |
| B. | scientific |
| C. | facts |
| D. | scientific evidences |
| Answer» B. scientific | |
| 13. |
Which of the following terms best describes data that were originally collected at an earlier timeby a different person for a different purpose? |
| A. | primary data |
| B. | secondary data |
| C. | experimental data |
| D. | field notes |
| Answer» C. experimental data | |
| 14. |
Which of the following is not a major method of data collection? |
| A. | questionnaires |
| B. | focus groups |
| C. | correlation method |
| D. | secondary data |
| Answer» D. secondary data | |
| 15. |
Secondary/existing data may include which of the following? |
| A. | official documents |
| B. | personal documents |
| C. | archived research data |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Which of these is not a method of data collection? |
| A. | questionnaires |
| B. | interviews |
| C. | experiments |
| D. | observations |
| Answer» D. observations | |
| 17. |
The method that consists of collection of data through observation and experimentation,formulation and testing of hypothesis is called |
| A. | empirical method |
| B. | scientific method |
| C. | scientific information |
| D. | practical knowledge |
| Answer» B. scientific method | |
| 18. |
Historical research is conducted for which of the following reasons? |
| A. | to identify the relationship that the past has to the present |
| B. | to identify the relationship that the past has to the present |
| C. | to enhance understanding of the culture in which we live |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
In evaluating historical research sources, external criticism ________. |
| A. | can involve the use of carbon dating and handwriting experts |
| B. | helps determine the validity, trustworthiness or authenticity of a source |
| C. | can involve use of historical linguists’ knowledgeable with the writing style of the period |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Oral histories can be based on ______. |
| A. | interviews with people |
| B. | stories and tales |
| C. | songs |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Copying another person’s ideas, words or works are called |
| A. | plagiarism |
| B. | cataloguing |
| C. | reviewing |
| D. | referencing |
| Answer» B. cataloguing | |
| 22. |
“Challenge and response” the theory put forwarded by |
| A. | arnold j toynbee |
| B. | spengler |
| C. | marx |
| D. | gibbon |
| Answer» B. spengler | |
| 23. |
Who is the earliest exponent of “cyclical Theory” ? |
| A. | livy |
| B. | thucydides |
| C. | st. augustan |
| D. | carle |
| Answer» C. st. augustan | |
| 24. |
Philology is the study of |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | stamps |
| C. | languages |
| D. | coins |
| Answer» D. coins | |
| 25. |
Importance of historical method was firstly attributed by |
| A. | herodotus |
| B. | thucydides |
| C. | cicero |
| D. | livy |
| Answer» C. cicero | |
| 26. |
--------------is a segment attached at the end of the thesis is called |
| A. | references |
| B. | glossary |
| C. | bibliography |
| D. | appendix |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Who is the author of the book “Doing Local History” |
| A. | joe gould |
| B. | donald ritchie |
| C. | carlo kammen |
| D. | alessandro fortelli |
| Answer» D. alessandro fortelli | |
| 28. |
“New History” the term coined by |
| A. | carl becker |
| B. | carlo kammen |
| C. | donald ritchie |
| D. | joe gould |
| Answer» B. carlo kammen | |
| 29. |
“Urban History” was developed by |
| A. | positivist school |
| B. | romantic school |
| C. | annales historians |
| D. | scientific school |
| Answer» D. scientific school | |
| 30. |
Who is the author of the book “The Country around Paris” |
| A. | carl becker |
| B. | marc block |
| C. | federic engels |
| D. | carl marx |
| Answer» C. federic engels | |
| 31. |
The study of history in a geographically local context is called |
| A. | local history |
| B. | geographical history |
| C. | regional history |
| D. | national history |
| Answer» B. geographical history | |
| 32. |
An historian reached a broad conclusion of his work is called |
| A. | theory |
| B. | generalization |
| C. | conclusion |
| D. | formula |
| Answer» C. conclusion | |
| 33. |
----------is used as a methodology for textual analysis |
| A. | heuristics |
| B. | hermeneutics |
| C. | higher criticism |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. higher criticism | |
| 34. |
Heuristics is also called |
| A. | internal criticism |
| B. | external criticism |
| C. | higher criticism |
| D. | lower criticism |
| Answer» C. higher criticism | |
| 35. |
Which is the method of determine the authenticity of the data |
| A. | external criticism |
| B. | internal criticism |
| C. | interview |
| D. | observation |
| Answer» B. internal criticism | |
| 36. |
-----------------is an alphabetical list of all source materials used for an academic essay |
| A. | bibliography |
| B. | foot notes |
| C. | end notes |
| D. | references |
| Answer» B. foot notes | |
| 37. |
The collection of facts from which historian draws conclusion is called |
| A. | data |
| B. | sources |
| C. | accounts |
| D. | facts |
| Answer» C. accounts | |
| 38. |
Who defined history as ‘History is a science no less and no more” |
| A. | napoleon |
| B. | churchill |
| C. | jb bury |
| D. | edward gibbon |
| Answer» D. edward gibbon | |
| 39. |
--------------is called the working bibliography |
| A. | select bibliography |
| B. | preliminary bibliography |
| C. | primary sources |
| D. | secondary sources |
| Answer» C. primary sources | |
| 40. |
‘Toponymy ’is the study of-------- |
| A. | currency names |
| B. | manuscripts |
| C. | palace names |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 41. |
‘Folk lore’ the term coined by |
| A. | william james |
| B. | william thomas |
| C. | federic william |
| D. | maxmullar |
| Answer» C. federic william | |
| 42. |
The word ‘archive’ is derived from |
| A. | the french |
| B. | the greek |
| C. | the english |
| D. | the latin |
| Answer» C. the english | |
| 43. |
Notaphily is the study of ------- |
| A. | carvings |
| B. | inscriptions |
| C. | paper money |
| D. | stamps |
| Answer» D. stamps | |
| 44. |
Exonumia is the scientific study of------ |
| A. | metals |
| B. | medals |
| C. | monuments |
| D. | materials |
| Answer» C. monuments | |
| 45. |
Numismatics is the study of ------ |
| A. | coins |
| B. | writings |
| C. | palaces |
| D. | carvings |
| Answer» B. writings | |
| 46. |
Ethno botany is the study of -------- |
| A. | cultural utilization of plants |
| B. | herbal plants |
| C. | ancient plants |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. herbal plants | |
| 47. |
Epigraphy is the study of-------- |
| A. | coins |
| B. | monuments |
| C. | inscriptions |
| D. | palaces |
| Answer» D. palaces | |
| 48. |
Paleobotany is the study of------ |
| A. | ancient monuments |
| B. | ancient plant remains |
| C. | ancient coins |
| D. | ancient writings |
| Answer» C. ancient coins | |
| 49. |
The study of ancient things is called |
| A. | archaeology |
| B. | epigraphy |
| C. | ethnography |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. epigraphy | |
| 50. |
The author of the book Ä guide to Historical Method” |
| A. | garraghan |
| B. | herodotus |
| C. | thucydides |
| D. | jj renesh |
| Answer» B. herodotus | |