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Historiography: Development in the West

Every solved example, exercise, and miscellaneous question — in the order the textbook teaches them. · 12 questions

Exercise

12 q
  1. Choose the correct option from the given options and complete the statement.
    Ex Q1(A)(1)
    It may be said that …….. was the founder of modern historiography.
    1. A.
      Voltaire
    2. B.
      René Descartes
    3. C.
      Leopold Ranké
    4. D.
      Karl Marx
  2. Ex Q1(A)(2)
    ………… wrote the book entitled 'Archaeology of Knowledge'.
    1. A.
      Karl Marx
    2. B.
      Michel Foucault
    3. C.
      Lucien Febvre
    4. D.
      Voltaire
  3. Ex Q1(B)
    Identify and write the wrong pair in the following set. (1) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - 'Reason in History' (2) Leopold von Ranké - 'The theory and Practice of History' (3) Herodotus - 'The Histories' (4) Karl Marx - 'Discourse on the Method'
  4. Write short notes.
    Ex Q2(1)
    Dialectics
  5. Ex Q2(2)
    Annales School
  6. Explain the following with its reason.
    Ex Q3(1)
    Historical research was driven to focus in depth on various aspects of women's life.
  7. Ex Q3(2)
    Foucault called his method, 'the archaeology of knowledge'.
  8. Ex Q4
    Complete the concept chart. Notable Scholars in Europe
  9. Answer the following in detail.
    Ex Q5(1)
    Explain Karl Marx's 'Class Theory'.
  10. Ex Q5(2)
    What are the four characteristics of modern historiography ?
  11. Ex Q5(3)
    What is feminist historiography ?
  12. Ex Q5(4)
    Explain Leopold von Ranké's perspective of history ?