10th Grade History Questions: Quiz!
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- 1.It may be said that ______________ was founder of modern historiography.
- A.
Voltaire
- B.
Rene Descartes
- C.
Leopold Ranke
- D.
Karl Marx
- 2._____________ wrote the book entitled, "Archaeology of Knowledge."
- A.
Michel Foucault
- B.
Karl Marx
- C.
Lucien Febvre
- D.
Voltaire
- 3.A scholar who writes critical historical narratives is know as __________
- A.
A historian
- B.
An archaeologist
- C.
A social scientist
- D.
A language expert
- 4.The earliest inscriptions in the world is displayed at a museum in:
- A.
France
- B.
England
- C.
Germany
- D.
Portugal
- 5.The tradition of recording historical events can be traced back to ____________ civilization in Mesopotamia.
- A.
Sumer
- B.
Egyptian
- C.
Arab
- D.
Mohenjodaro
- 6.The tradition of modern historiography has its roots in the writings of _________________ historians.
- A.
Greek
- B.
Roman
- C.
German
- D.
French
- 7._______________ a Greek historian of the fifth century BCE had used the term 'History' for the first time for his book entitled, "The Histories."
- A.
Herodotus
- B.
Leopold Ranke
- C.
Michel Foucault
- D.
Georg Hegel
- 8.In 1737 CE, the ____________ university in Germany had an independent department for history.
- A.
Gottingen
- B.
Oxford
- C.
Cambridge
- D.
Stanford
- 9.Historiography of the nineteenth century was greatly influenced by the thoughts of ___________________
- A.
Leopold von Ranke
- B.
Karl Marx
- C.
Georg Hegel
- D.
Voltaire
- 10.The method of analysis which is based on opposites is known as ________
- A.
Dialects
- B.
Arithmetic
- C.
Numismatics
- D.
Polynomial
- 11.___________ considered subjects like psychological disorders, the science of medicine, prison administration for historical analysis.
- A.
Michel Foucault
- B.
Leopold Ranke
- C.
Karl Marx
- D.
Voltaire
- 12.In 1990, ____________ were considered as an independent social class.
- A.
Women
- B.
Labourers
- C.
Farmers
- D.
Men
- 13.According to ___________, historial realities should be presented in a logical manner.
- A.
Georg Hegel
- B.
Voltaire
- C.
Simone de Beauvoir
- D.
Herodotus
- 14.According to __________, one should never accept anything as the truth till all the doubts are solved.
- A.
Rene Descartes
- B.
Karl Marx
- C.
Voltaire
- D.
Herodotus
- 15.Identify the wrong pair.
- A.
Karl Marx - Discourse on the method
- B.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Reason in History
- C.
Leopold von Ranke - The Theory and Practice of History
- D.
Herodotus - The Histories
- 16.Identify the wrong pair.
- A.
Simone de Beauvoir - Germany
- B.
Herodotus - Greece
- C.
Michel Foucault - France
- D.
Rene Descartes - France
- 17.Identify the wrong pair:
- A.
History is not about abstract ideas but about living people - Rene Descartes
- B.
All aspects of human life is important in historiography - Voltaire
- C.
He criticised imaginative narration - Leopold von Ranke
- D.
Emphasized the rethinking of the male dominated perspective of history - Simone de Beauvoir
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