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This section includes 54 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in History (M.A. History) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who is considered as the product of Scottish enlightenment? |
| A. | herder |
| B. | vico |
| C. | weber |
| D. | david hume |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
The concept of idea of the ideal eternal history was propagated by------ |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | vico |
| C. | weber |
| D. | febvre |
| Answer» C. weber | |
| 3. |
Who among the below was a strong critique of neoliberalism |
| A. | marx |
| B. | herder |
| C. | bourdieu |
| D. | karl popper |
| Answer» D. karl popper | |
| 4. |
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» B. aditya mukherjee | |
| 5. |
Who wrote the book Outline of a Theory of Practice? |
| A. | vico, |
| B. | herder |
| C. | hume |
| D. | bourdieu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Who used the terms “Archaeology of knowledge” and Genealogy of power? |
| A. | e.p. thomson |
| B. | durkheim |
| C. | karl popper |
| D. | foucault |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Theory of Habitus was the contribution of which social scientist? |
| A. | foucault |
| B. | marx |
| C. | weber |
| D. | bourdieu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Who wrote the book “An Outline of the Theory of Practice”? |
| A. | pierre bourdieu |
| B. | may brodbeck |
| C. | durkheim |
| D. | max weber |
| Answer» B. may brodbeck | |
| 9. |
Who wrote the book "Methodological Individualisms: Definition and Reduction,"? |
| A. | durkheim |
| B. | may brodbeck |
| C. | karl popper |
| D. | f.a hayek |
| Answer» C. karl popper | |
| 10. |
--------- was the major advocate of the idea of holism. |
| A. | jermy bentham |
| B. | max weber |
| C. | durkheim |
| D. | vico |
| Answer» D. vico | |
| 11. |
Who propogated the Marriage Circle Theory? |
| A. | morton klass |
| B. | sumit sarkar |
| C. | bipan chandra |
| D. | k.m. panicker |
| Answer» B. sumit sarkar | |
| 12. |
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» E. | |
| 13. |
The book what is Gender History? Is written by whom? |
| A. | sonya rose |
| B. | john kelly |
| C. | leonore davidoff |
| D. | joan w. scott |
| Answer» B. john kelly | |
| 14. |
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» D. sonya rose | |
| 15. |
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» B. e.p. thomson | |
| 16. |
"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» B. john kelly | |
| 17. |
Who asked the question, "Did Women have a Renaissance? |
| A. | gayatri spivak |
| B. | john kelly |
| C. | sonya.o.rose |
| D. | romila thapar |
| Answer» C. sonya.o.rose | |
| 18. |
The journal named ‘Gender and History’ was published in the year -------- |
| A. | 1988 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1989 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» D. 1990 | |
| 19. |
The book The Peasants of Northern France during the French Revolution published in the year |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1930 |
| Answer» B. 1925 | |
| 20. |
Which historian stated that ‘history seen from below and not from above’? |
| A. | durkheim |
| B. | foucault |
| C. | lucien febvre |
| D. | marc bloch |
| Answer» D. marc bloch | |
| 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» C. cristopher hill | |
| 22. |
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» D. marc bloch | |
| 23. |
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» B. henri hauser | |
| 24. |
History of mentalities (histoire des mentalités) is associated with the ------------ intellectual history. |
| A. | german |
| B. | russian |
| C. | french |
| D. | british |
| Answer» D. british | |
| 25. |
Who authored the book, “Civilisation and Capitalism”? |
| A. | fernand braudel |
| B. | loucien febvre |
| C. | karl popper |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» B. loucien febvre | |
| 26. |
The concept of longue durée is related to the work of ………. |
| A. | marx |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | braudel |
| D. | dutkheim |
| Answer» D. dutkheim | |
| 27. |
The journal Annales: économies, sociétés, civilisations first issue came out in which year? |
| A. | 1929 |
| B. | 1928 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» B. 1928 | |
| 28. |
The methodology of “ideal type” is associated with -------------- |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | ranke |
| C. | febvre |
| D. | durkheim |
| Answer» B. ranke | |
| 29. |
Who is the author of the “Critique of the Gotha Programme”? |
| A. | engels |
| B. | marx |
| C. | weber |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» C. weber | |
| 30. |
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» B. e.p. thomson | |
| 31. |
The book The Peasants of Northern France during the French Revolution published in the year |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1930 |
| Answer» B. 1925 | |
| 32. |
---------wrote the book, The World Turned Upside Down. |
| A. | foucault |
| B. | christopher hiil |
| C. | georges lefebvre |
| D. | derrida |
| Answer» C. georges lefebvre | |
| 33. |
The journal named ‘Gender and History’ was published in the year -------- |
| A. | 1988 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1989 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» D. 1990 | |
| 34. |
The book “The Making of the English Working Class†was written by-------- |
| A. | hobsbawm |
| B. | e.p. thomson |
| C. | cristopher hill |
| D. | foucault |
| Answer» C. cristopher hill | |
| 35. |
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» D. marc bloch | |
| 36. |
Which historian stated that ‘history seen from below and not from above’? |
| A. | durkheim |
| B. | foucault |
| C. | lucien febvre |
| D. | marc bloch |
| Answer» D. marc bloch | |
| 37. |
------------ is the author of the book Les Lieux de Memoire. |
| A. | herder |
| B. | philippe ariès |
| C. | norbert elias |
| D. | lucien febvre |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
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» B. henri hauser | |
| 39. |
The Mediterranean is the book written by ------------ |
| A. | marc block |
| B. | febvre |
| C. | henri hauser |
| D. | braudel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
History of mentalities (histoire des mentalités) is associated with the ------------ intellectual history. |
| A. | german |
| B. | russian |
| C. | french |
| D. | british |
| Answer» D. british | |
| 41. |
Who authored the book, “Civilisation and Capitalism� |
| A. | fernand braudel |
| B. | loucien febvre |
| C. | karl popper |
| D. | marx |
| Answer» B. loucien febvre | |
| 42. |
The concept of longue durée is related to the work of ………. |
| A. | marx |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | braudel |
| D. | dutkheim |
| Answer» D. dutkheim | |
| 43. |
Who among the below is not associated with the secon stage of annales school? |
| A. | third |
| B. | second |
| C. | fourth |
| D. | third |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The journal Annales: économies, sociétés, civilisations first issue came out in which year? |
| A. | 1929 |
| B. | 1928 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» B. 1928 | |
| 45. |
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie to the -------- phase of annales school. |
| A. | peter burke |
| B. | hobsbawm |
| C. | e.p. thomson |
| D. | romila thaper |
| Answer» C. e.p. thomson | |
| 46. |
Historian --------------- has divided annales school into different stages |
| A. | fernand braudel |
| B. | robert mandrou |
| C. | georges duby, |
| D. | henri hauser |
| Answer» B. robert mandrou | |
| 47. |
Annales School emerged in which country? |
| A. | germaby |
| B. | france |
| C. | britain |
| D. | italy |
| Answer» C. britain | |
| 48. |
----------------was one of the pioneers of the Critical Theory |
| A. | habermas |
| B. | vico |
| C. | hume |
| D. | herder |
| Answer» B. vico | |
| 49. |
The Annales school of history is a historiographial trend emerged in -----------century. |
| A. | 18th |
| B. | 19th |
| C. | 20th |
| D. | 21st |
| Answer» D. 21st | |
| 50. |
Who is the author of the “Critique of the Gotha Programme� |
| A. | engels |
| B. | marx |
| C. | weber |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» C. weber | |