Top 80+ Solved Major Trends in Historical Thought and Writing MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In 1989, after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, ....................wrote an articlein the National Interest called "The End of History."
a. francis fukuyama
b. clifford geertz
c. kenneth stamp
d. leila ahmed
Q. .....................classic novel is ‘Heart of Darkness’ (1899).
a. joseph conrad's
b. conal furay
c. michael j. salevouris
d. chinua achebe
Q. ‘Genealogia’ is the work of ................... of Miletus.
a. hecataeus
b. herodotus
c. sophocles
d. aristotle
Q. ...................... has been called the “father of history.”
a. herodotus
b. xenophon
c. polybius
d. thucydides
Q. ‘History of the Greco-Persian Wars’ is the work of ...................
a. herodotus
b. aeschylus
c. euripides
d. polybius
Q. In .................. great work, the History of the Peloponnesian War, whichdescribes the destructive conflict between Athens and Sparta.
a. polybius’
b. herodotus’
c. thucydides’
d. aristotle’s
Q. ............... , one of the greatest Roman historians, lived through the fall ofthe republic and the establishment of the principate by Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
a. livy
b. pericles
c. alexander the great
d. herodotus
Q. ............... two great works—the Annals, and the Histories.
a. tacitus’
b. livy
c. pericles
d. julius caesar
Q. The De vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars), written by .............. in the2nd century.
a. suetonius
b. st. augustine
c. edward gibbon
d. thomas carlyle
Q. The most well-known originator of Roman historiography was .............., also known as the “Founder of Historiography”.
a. quintus fabius pictor
b. cato the elder
c. livy
d. pericles
Q. ..............was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India (1526)
a. jahangir
b. babur
c. abul fazl
d. abdul hamid lahori
Q. The first comprehensive history of India entitled History of BritishIndia (1818), was written by ......................
a. james mill
b. sir william jones
c. macaulay
d. st. augustine
Q. ................ Rajatarangini, written in 12th century Kashmir, is aremarkable piece of historical literature.
a. r.c. majumdar’s
b. athula’s
c. jadunath sarkar’s
d. kalhana’s
Q. ............... was the court historian of Sultan Alauddin Khalji
a. kabiruddin
b. kalhana
c. confucius
d. athula