Free Printable Histriography : Indian Tradition

1.

1. In the ancient period in India, oral recitals helped to preserve memories of ______________

a)

(A) great deeds of ancestors

b)

(B) mythological lore

c)

(C) social transitions

d)

(D) all of the above

2.

2 Sohgaura copper-plate was found in the state of ___

a)

(A) Madhya Pradesh

b)

(B) Uttar Pradesh

c)

(C) Rajasthan

d)

(D) Assam

3.

3. The inscriptions on copper plate of Mauryan period found at Sohagaura, Uttar Pradesh is in ______script.

a)

(A) Gurumukhi

b)

(B) Hebrew

c)

(C) Sanskrit

d)

(D) Brahmi

4.

4. King Harsha's biography Harshacharit was written by_____.

a)

(A) Banabhatta

b)

(B) Aryabhatta

c)

(C) Altamash

d)

(D) Kalidasa

5.

5. In the medieval India, the historians in the courts of Muslim rulers were influenced by _____ historiography.

a)

(A) Greek and Iranian

b)

(B) Colonial and Orientalist

c)

(C) Arabic and Persian

d)

(D) Western and Eastern

6.

6. Tuzuk-i-Baburi is the autobiography of the

Mughal Emperor ____.

a)

(A) Aurangzeb

b)

(B) Babur

c)

(C) Altamash

d)

(D) Muhibuddin Tughlaq

7.

7. Alberuni wrote in ____ language about Indian knowledge and social life.

a)

A) Hindi

b)

(B) Sanskrit

c)

(C) Latin

d)

(D) Arabic

8.

8. _______was the first Director General of the

Archaeological Survey of India.

a)

(A) Alexander Cunningham

b)

(B) William Jones

c)

(C) John Marshall

d)

(D) Friedrich Max Muller

9.

9. _____, wrote two volumes on Indian History, which showed somewhat impartial treatment of the subject.

a)

(A) William Wilson Hunter

b)

(B) John Marshall

c)

(C) Mountstuart Elphinstone

d)

(D) James Mill

10.

10. _____translated the Sanskrit text of 'Hitopadesh'.

a)

(A) Jarnes Mill

b)

(B) Friedrich Max Muller

c)

(C) Mountstuart Elphinstone

d)

(D) Sir John Marshall

11.

11 . The book 'The Rise of Maratha Power' was written by______.

a)

(A) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

b)

(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c)

(C) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule

d)

(D) Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade

12.

12. According to V. K. Rajwade, human history is defined by _________________and_____________.

a)

(A) profession and economy

b)

(B) personalities and achievements

c)

(C) time and space

d)

(D) conspiracies and wars

13.

13. The book 'Primitive Communism to Slavery' represents _____ historiography.

a)

(A) Nationalistic

b)

(B) Colonial

c)

(C) Orientalist

d)

(D) Marxist

14.

14. ____ unfolded the history of the shudratishudra communities in his book, ' Gulamgiri

a)

(A) Babasaheb Ambedkar

b)

(B) Mahatma Phule

c)

(C) Tarabai Shinde

d)

(D) Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi

15.

15. Tarabai Shinde's book,___ , published in 1882 is acknowledged as the first feminist book in India.

a)

(A) The High Caste Hindu Woman

b)

(B) Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History

c)

(C) The Untouchables

d)

(D) Stri-Purush Tulana

16.

16. _____became famous as 'Riyasatkar'.

a)

(A) Govind Sakharam Sardesai

b)

(B) Mahadev Govind Ranade

c)

(C) Tryambak Shakar Shejawalkar

d)

(D) Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar

17.

17._________and_________are historians of recent times who have contributed extensively to the historiography of modern India.

a)

(A) Mahatma Phule and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

b)

(B) Yashawant Dinkar Phadke and Ramchandra Guha

c)

(C) Damodar Kosambi and Comrade Dange

d)

(D) Meera Kosambi and Tarabai Shinde

Histriography : Indian Tradition

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