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.
Who wrote the authoritative south Indian historical text A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar?
K.A. Nilakanta Sastri ✓
C. Srinivasachari
T.V. Mahalingam
N. Subrahmanian
K.A. Nilakanta Sastri's A History of South India remains a foundational text on South Indian political history.
The concept of 'Indian Feudalism' as a distinct structural phase in early medieval Indian history was systematically developed by:
R.S. Sharma (in Indian Feudalism) ✓
D.N. Jha
B.D. Chattopadhyaya
Hermann Kulke
R.S. Sharma's Indian Feudalism (1965) argued early medieval India saw a feudal-type transformation marked by land grants and declining trade.
The structural alternative model to 'Indian Feudalism' proposed by B.D. Chattopadhyaya and Hermann Kulke to describe early medieval state formation is:
Integrative / Processual Model ✓
Segmentary State Model
Asiatic Mode of Production
Patrimonial Bureaucracy
Chattopadhyaya and Kulke proposed an integrative/processual model of state formation as an alternative to the feudalism thesis.
Burton Stein applied the 'Segmentary State' model (originally developed by Aidan Southall for the Alur of Africa) to analyze which South Indian empire?
Vijayanagara Empire (and Chola State) ✓
Pallava Kingdom
Bahmani Sultanate
Maratha Empire
Burton Stein applied Aidan Southall's Segmentary State model (from African anthropology) to Vijayanagara and the Chola state.
In historical research techniques, the auxiliary science dealing specifically with the decipherment, study, and reading of ancient handwriting and scripts is called:
Paleography ✓
Epigraphy
Numismatics
Diplomatics
Paleography is the study of ancient handwriting and scripts, essential for dating and reading old manuscripts and inscriptions.
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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.
