Major Trends In Historical Thought And Writing Set 1
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This set of Major Trends in Historical Thought and Writing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Major Trends In Historical Thought And Writing Set 1
Q1 | Who is the Author of what is History?
- e.h.carr
- edward said
- r.g.collingwood
- herodotus
Q2 | In 1989, after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, ....................wrote an articlein the National Interest called "The End of History.
- francis fukuyama
- clifford geertz
- kenneth stamp
- leila ahmed
Q3 | .....................classic novel is ‘Heart of Darkness’ (1899).
- joseph conrad's
- conal furay
- michael j. salevouris
- chinua achebe
Q4 | ‘Genealogia’ is the work of ................... of Miletus.
- hecataeus
- herodotus
- sophocles
- aristotle
Q5 | ...................... has been called the “father of history.”
- herodotus
- xenophon
- polybius
- thucydides
Q6 | ‘History of the Greco-Persian Wars’ is the work of ...................
- herodotus
- aeschylus
- euripides
- polybius
Q7 | In .................. great work, the History of the Peloponnesian War, whichdescribes the destructive conflict between Athens and Sparta.
- polybius’
- herodotus’
- thucydides’
- aristotle’s
Q8 | ............... , one of the greatest Roman historians, lived through the fall ofthe republic and the establishment of the principate by Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
- livy
- pericles
- alexander the great
- herodotus
Q9 | ............... two great works—the Annals, and the Histories.
- tacitus’
- livy
- pericles
- julius caesar
Q10 | The De vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars), written by .............. in the2nd century.
- suetonius
- st. augustine
- edward gibbon
- thomas carlyle
Q11 | The most well-known originator of Roman historiography was .............., also known as the “Founder of Historiography”.
- quintus fabius pictor
- cato the elder
- livy
- pericles
Q12 | ..............was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India (1526)
- jahangir
- babur
- abul fazl
- abdul hamid lahori
Q13 | The first comprehensive history of India entitled History of BritishIndia (1818), was written by ......................
- james mill
- sir william jones
- macaulay
- st. augustine
Q14 | ................ Rajatarangini, written in 12th century Kashmir, is aremarkable piece of historical literature.
- r.c. majumdar’s
- athula’s
- jadunath sarkar’s
- kalhana’s
Q15 | ............... was the court historian of Sultan Alauddin Khalji
- kabiruddin
- kalhana
- confucius
- athula
Q16 | Humanism began and achieved fruition first in ..............
- india
- germany
- japan
- italy
Q17 | The fall of Constantinople in ................. AD provided humanism with amajor boost, for many eastern scholars fled to Italy, bringing with them important books and manuscripts and a tradition of Greek scholarship.
- 1443
- 1453
- 1458
- 1488
Q18 | ................, whose ‘Praise of Folly’epitomized the moral essence ofhumanism in its insistence on heartfelt goodness as opposed to formalistic piety.
- desiderius erasmus
- francis bacon
- john walsall
- francis bacon
Q19 | Francis Bacon was an ..............philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist,orator and author.
- french
- japanese
- english
- american
Q20 | It was at Cambridge that Francis Bacon first met ............., who wasimpressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to calling him The Young Lord Keeper.
- sir amias paulet
- aristotle
- queen elizabeth
- henry viii
Q21 | James I came to power in England in ...................
- 1503
- 1558
- 1603
- 1625
Q22 | During the Restoration, Bacon was commonly invoked as a guiding spiritof the Royal Society founded under Charles II in.................
- 1556
- 1560
- 1578
- 1660
Q23 | ...............has been reputed as the "Father of Experimental Science".
- francis bacon
- william hepworth dixon
- descartes
- giambattista vico
Q24 | The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, writtenin .............. and published in 1620.
- latin
- english
- french
- dutch
Q25 | René Descartes was a ................philosopher, mathematician, and writerwho spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic.
- american
- british
- dutch
- french