From the free UGC NET History Mock Test 10 — Unit 10: Historical Method, Research, Methodology, and Historiography unit-wise mock test — real question, real answer, real explanation.
The term Subaltern Studies in Indian historiography was introduced in 1982 to focus on non-elite peasant and working-class agency under the editorship of:
Ranajit Guha ✓
Partha Chatterjee
Shahid Amin
Gyanendra Pandey
Ranajit Guha edited the first Subaltern Studies volume (1982), shifting Indian historiography's focus onto peasant and non-elite agency.
The seminal Marxist work An Introduction to the Study of Indian History (1956), which re-orientated Indian history using Marxist methodology, was written by:
D.D. Kosambi ✓
R.S. Sharma
Irfan Habib
Romila Thapar
D.D. Kosambi's 1956 work applied Marxist method systematically to reinterpret ancient and medieval Indian history through modes of production.
Who authored the monumental economic and social history titled Agrarian System of Mughal India (1556–1707)?
Irfan Habib ✓
Satish Chandra
Athar Ali
Muzaffar Alam
Irfan Habib's Agrarian System of Mughal India remains a landmark quantitative-Marxist study of Mughal land revenue and peasant economy.
The pioneer of imperialist/colonial historiography who wrote The History of British India (1817) dividing Indian history into Hindu, Muslim, and British periods was:
James Mill ✓
Vincent Smith
William Jones
Thomas Babington Macaulay
James Mill's History of British India (1817) periodised Indian history into Hindu, Muslim and British eras, embodying an imperialist, critical view of pre-colonial India.
Imperialist historian Vincent Smith authored which comprehensive history text widely used in the early 20th century?
The Early History of India ✓
The History of India as told by its own Historians
The Oxford History of Modern India
The Cambridge History of India
Vincent Smith's Early History of India was a standard imperialist-school survey text for much of the early 20th century.
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Itihaaskar — UGC NET/JRF & UPSC History Optional notes by Parveen Malik (B.Tech. (CSE), M.A. (History), History JRF). Also spelt Itihaskar.
