Historiography , UGC NET PYQs with answers
UGC NET
HISTORY PYQs
January 2025
Q.78
Arrange the following trends in writing of Indian history from the earliest to the latest as they emerged:
A. The Marxist Phase of Indian history writing
B. Indian Nationalist Historiography
C. The Subaltern Studies
D. The Orientalist Historiography
E. British Imperialist Historiography
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A, B, C, D, E
2. A, C, E, B, D
3. D, E, B, A, C
4. D, C, A, E, B
Ans. ✅3.
Q.94
Which of the following developments in History writing introduced a critical examination of the primary sources?
1. Church Historiography
3. Berlin Revolution in History Writing
4. Roman Historiography
Ans. ✅3.
Q.95
Which of the purposes is not served by footnotes used for history writing?
1. Indicating the exact reference for the statement made in the text
2. Explaining certain matter not mentioned or elaborated in the text
3. Empowering the reader to question the validity of the assertion through source
4. To create awareness about writer's approach and school of history
Ans. ✅4.
Q.107
Which of the following points have been conventionally used to draw a fundamental
distinction between history and science?
A. History deals exclusively with unique while science with general phenomena
B. History, unlike science, involves issues of religion and morality
C. History deals with philosophical issues only
D. History is unable to predict
E. History is a series of lessons
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A, C, E Only
2. B, C, E Only
3. D, C, E Only
4. A, B, D Only
Ans. ✅4.
Q.130
Which of the following historians admitted to the use of imaginary speeches in his historical writings?
1. Croce 2. Plutarch
3. Colingwood 4. Thucydides
Ans. ✅4.
Q.131
Which of the following statements is not true for post-modernist historiography?
1. Sources which reflect the past are always written from somebody else's point of view
2. Causation and chronology are essential for history writing
3. The idea of sequential time may be abandoned in writing of history
4. Historical sources do not have fixed and unalterable meaning
Ans. ✅3.
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