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 postmodernist critique of objective historical narrative, arguing that history is essentially a literary construct or linguistic discourse, was forcefully presented in Metahistory by:
Hayden White ✓
Michel Foucault
Jacques Derrida
Roland Barthes
Hayden White's Metahistory argued historical narratives are essentially literary constructs shaped by rhetorical and linguistic choices.
Which philosopher and historian authored The Archeology of Knowledge and Discipline and Punish, developing the concept of power-knowledge discourse?
Michel Foucault ✓
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Jacques Derrida
Gilles Deleuze
Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish and The Archaeology of Knowledge developed his influential power-knowledge framework.
The nationalist historian who wrote Political History of Ancient India (PHAI) tracing dynasties from Parikshit to the Guptas was:
Hemchandra Raychaudhuri ✓
K.P. Jayaswal
R.C. Majumdar
R.K. Mookerji
Hemchandra Raychaudhuri's Political History of Ancient India traced dynastic history from the Mahabharata's Parikshit down to the Guptas.
Who authored the seminal nationalist text Hindu Polity (1924) arguing that ancient India possessed democratic Gana-Sangha assemblies and constitutionalism?
K.P. Jayaswal ✓
R.C. Majumdar
A.S. Altekar
V.A. Smith
K.P. Jayaswal's Hindu Polity (1924) argued ancient India had genuine republican and constitutional traditions through Gana-Sangha assemblies.
The landmark monograph Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (1961), analyzing Ashoka's Dhamma in social context, was written by:
Romila Thapar ✓
Upinder Singh
D.D. Kosambi
A.L. Basham
Romila Thapar's Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas placed Ashoka's Dhamma within its wider social and political context.
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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.
