CLASS: M.A. HISTORY
15A/ 309
St. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 002
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – APRIL 2015
TIME: 40 minutes
MAXIMUM MARKS: 30
SEM
SET
PAPER CODE
TITLE OF THE PAPER
II
2014
14PHS2107
HISTORIOGRAPHY
SECTION - A
Answer all the questions:
30  1 = 30
Choose the correct answer:
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“History is an account of the unchanging past” said by
a) Aristotle
b) H.G. Wells
c) Lord Acton
d) Voltaire
Political events make history for the
a) Greeks
b) Romans
c) French
d) German
“Human history is in essence, a history of ideas” said by
a) Aristotle
b) H.G. Wells
c) E.H. Carr
d) Voltaire
“History makes men wise” says
a) Johnson
b) Titus Levy
c) John Seely
d) Braudel
Legendry accounts gives importance to
a) Sources
b) Heroism
c) Facts
d) Reasons
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Reason was primary during the time of
a) Medieval
b) Enlightment
c) Romantic
d) Democratic
A study of coin is called
a) Epigraphy
b) Numismatics
c) Sigilography
d) Paleography
“History of Rome” is the work of
a) Thucydides
b) Titus
c) Spenglet
d) Dionysius
“History of the prison wars” is the book of
a) Herodotus
b) Thucydides
c) Thomas Acquinas
d) Toynbee
“History is nothing but a picture of crimes and unfortunes” said by
a) Aristotle
b) Plato
c) Rousseau
d) Voltaire
“The French Revolution” was a classical work written in 1837 by
a) Rousseau
b) Voltaire
c) Carlyle
d) Bury
Cliomatrics refers to the systematic application of
a) Social history
b) Economic history
c) Political history
d) Cultural history
History as a subject of study emerged from
a) Romans
b) French
c) Germans
d) Greeks
The sources needed for historical writing is
a) Primary sources
b) Secondary sources
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above
15. The phrase ‘Philosophy of History’ was coined by
a) Hegel
b) Croce
c) Comet
d) Voltaire
16. The Annals School is a style of historiography developed by the
historians of
a) France
b) Subaltern
c) USA
d) Modern Indians
17. The first historian to study history from geopolitical angle was
a) J.N. Sankar
b) K.M. Panikar
c) R.C. Dutt
d) K.A. Nilakanda Sastri
18. “Morning star” of modern period is
a) Renaissance
b) Reformation
c) French Revolution
d) Boet’s
19. The centre of Ibn Khaldoun’s world is
a) God
b) Holy book
c) History
d) Man
20. The movement of history according to Hegel is
a) Cyclic
b) Linear
c) Spiral
d) Zig-zong
21. The right eye and back-bone of history is
a) Chronology
b) Archaeology
c) Philology
d) Theology
22. Rajatarangini is a book on
a) Kings
b) Queen
c) Angels
d) Demons
23. Subaltern studies in India was introduced by
a) Ranjit Guha
b) Voltaire
c) K.M. Panikar
d) Hegel
24. The Cholas is the celebrated work of
a) K.A. Nilakanda Sastri
b) K.M. Panikar
c) J.N. Sarkar
d) R.C. Dutt
25. ‘South Indian Rebellion’ is the famous work of
a) K. Rajayyan
b) R.C. Dutt
c) Spengler
d) None of the above
26. ‘A History of South India’ was the special work of
a) Lord Acton
b) Caslyle
c) Bury
d) K.A. Nilakanda Sastri
27. People centered historiography is possible only is
a) Monarchy
b) Aristocracy
c) Democracy
d) Oligarchy
28. ‘History is nothing but a picture of crimes and misfortune’ said by
a) Aristotle
b) Renier
c) H.G. Wells
d) Voltaire
29. ‘History is a house in which all subject dwell’ said by
a) Dionysius
b) Lord Acton
c) Trevelyn
d) Lecky
30. The author of the ‘Wealth of Nation’ is
a) Adam Smith
b) R.C. Dutt
c) Voltaire
d) None of the above
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