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This set of Trends in Historiography Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Trends In Historiography Set 6

Q1 | Ramayana was written by_____
  • Vyasa
  • poonthanam
  • chanakya
  • valmiki
Q2 | Geneology, mythology and historical narrative are the three main constituence of_________tradition
  • Ithihasa- Purana
  • aranyakas
  • Vedas
  • samhithas
Q3 | How many puranas are there in India?
  • 12
  • 18
  • 15
  • 10
Q4 | __________purana contains the information about the satavahanas.
  • Vayu Purana
  • Bhavishyapurana
  • Matsya Purana
  • Vishnupurana
Q5 | According to ___________the four varnas are said to have sprung from the body of the god Prajapati.
  • Ithihasa
  • Purushasuktha
  • Purana
  • Vedas
Q6 | Historical writings of Vamsacharitas were started in which century?
  • 7th Century
  • 8th century
  • 10th century
  • 9th century
Q7 | Harshacharita is written by which writer?
  • Bilhana
  • Bana
  • Jayanga
  • Athula
Q8 | ___________ is considered as the first historical chronicle of Kerala.
  • Rajatarangini
  • Harshacharita
  • Prithviraja vijaya
  • Mushakavamsa kavya
Q9 | Mushakavamsa Kavya deals with the dynastic history of the rulers of which region?
  • Valluvanadu
  • Thiruvitamkur
  • Kolothunadu
  • Venadu
Q10 | Rajatarangini is the chronicle on the kings of __________
  • Kashmir
  • Kerala
  • Delhi
  • Karnataka
Q11 | “only a poet can bring the past with the eye of his mind, by divine intuition”, whose statement is this?
  • Bana
  • Kalhana
  • Athula
  • Jayanga
Q12 | Zia Ud Din Barani served as an adviser to Sultan ______
  • Firoz sha Tuglaq
  • jalaludhin Khalji
  • Ghiyasudhin Thughlaq
  • Muhammed bin Thuglaq
Q13 | Fatwa-i-Jahandari is written in which language?
  • Arabic
  • Hindi
  • Persian
  • Sanskrit
Q14 | Abul Fazal was a historian in the court of _______
  • Khalji
  • Mughals
  • satavahanas
  • Mauryas
Q15 | The book Akbarnama was written by _____________
  • Abul Fazal
  • Athula
  • Kalhana
  • Bana
Q16 | Ain i Akbari is the _________ part of Akbarnama
  • First
  • Third
  • Second
  • Fourth
Q17 | Which author translated Bhagavad-Gita from Sanskrit to Persian?
  • Bana
  • Abul Fazal
  • Kalhana
  • Vyasa
Q18 | Tarikh –i- ferishta was written as per the instructions of which ruler?
  • nizam shah
  • Muhammad Bin Tuglaq
  • Akbar
  • Ibrahim Adil shah
Q19 | Romaila Thapar was the student of _____
  • Basham
  • Bipan Chandra
  • Eric Hobsbawm
  • Kosambi
Q20 | Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thapar?
  • Past and Prejudice b) Lineage to State
  • Knowing India
  • Indian Numismatics
Q21 | Mushakavamsa Kavya was written in_______
  • 10th century
  • 11th Century
  • 12th Century
  • 9th Century