MCQ History Chapter 1 Historiography : Development in the West Class 10 Maharashtra Board 1. What did René Descartes stress in ‘Discourse on the Method’?Accept all documentsExclude doubts before accepting truthFocus on divine eventsIgnore sourcesQuestion 1 of 202. What was Voltaire’s real name?Georg WilhelmLeopold von RankéFrançois-Marie ArouetMichel FoucaultQuestion 2 of 203. Besides chronology, what did Voltaire consider vital in historiography?Military victoriesSocial traditions and economyDivine interventionsFictional narrativesQuestion 3 of 204. Who is often credited as the founder of modern historiography?Karl MarxLeopold von RankéRené DescartesVoltaireQuestion 4 of 205. What was Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s profession?French historianGerman philosopherGreek scholarBritish archaeologistQuestion 5 of 206. According to Hegel, what do historical events indicate?Random occurrencesDivine willProgressDeclineQuestion 6 of 207. What is Hegel’s method of analysis based on opposites?ChronologyDialecticsSynthesisArchaeologyQuestion 7 of 208. In Hegel’s Dialectics, what is the initial theory termed?SynthesisAntithesisThesisChronologyQuestion 8 of 209. Which book by Hegel is mentioned in the document?Reason in HistoryDas KapitalDiscourse on the MethodArchaeology of KnowledgeQuestion 9 of 2010. Who prioritized original documents in historical research?VoltaireKarl MarxLeopold von RankéMichel FoucaultQuestion 10 of 2011. What did Leopold von Ranké criticize in historical writing?Use of evidenceScientific methodsImaginative narrationChronological orderQuestion 11 of 2012. Which book is associated with Leopold von Ranké?Das KapitalThe Secret of World HistoryReason in HistoryThe HistoriesQuestion 12 of 2013. Per Karl Marx, what is the focus of history?Abstract ideasLiving peopleDivine plansMilitary victoriesQuestion 13 of 2014. What causes class struggle according to Karl Marx?Unequal access to means of productionReligious differencesPolitical ideologiesCultural traditionsQuestion 14 of 2015. What is Karl Marx’s most famous book?Das KapitalReason in HistoryThe HistoriesArchaeology of KnowledgeQuestion 15 of 2016. When did the Annales School emerge?18th century19th century20th century21st centuryQuestion 16 of 2017. What did the Annales School add to historiography?Focus on political events onlyClimate, agriculture, social divisionsDivine phenomenaMilitary strategiesQuestion 17 of 2018. Who established the fundamentals of feminist historiography?Karl MarxSimone de BeauvoirMichel FoucaultLeopold von RankéQuestion 18 of 2019. What is the focus of feminist historiography?Military historyPolitical leadersWomen’s role and perspectiveEconomic systemsQuestion 19 of 2020. Who authored ‘Archaeology of Knowledge’?Michel FoucaultKarl MarxVoltaireHegelQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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