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.
Australian Indologist A.L. Basham, who mentored prominent Indian historians, wrote which celebrated survey of ancient Indian culture?
The Wonder That Was India ✓
The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India
Ancient India: An Introductory Outline
History of Ancient India
A.L. Basham's The Wonder That Was India remains a widely read survey of classical Indian civilisation and culture.
The historical study of Historiography is defined as:
The history of historical writing, methodology, evolving perspectives, and interpretations ✓
The physical collection of archival documents
The scientific excavation of buried artifacts
The translation of ancient dead languages
Historiography is literally the study of how history has been written — its methods, changing perspectives, and interpretive traditions over time.
The positivist philosophy asserting that history should rely strictly on empirical scientific laws and verifiable facts was developed by:
Auguste Comte ✓
Karl Marx
Herbert Spencer
John Stuart Mill
Auguste Comte's positivism insisted history and social study should follow strict empirical, scientifically verifiable method.
In historical methodology, Heuristics refers specifically to:
The technique and search process of discovering, locating, and gathering primary source materials ✓
The logical writing of the research report
The cross-examination of internal bias in texts
The indexing of published articles
Heuristics is the process of locating and gathering primary source material before analysis begins.
The term Hermeneutics in historical and philosophical research denotes:
The theory, method, and art of textual interpretation and understanding meaning ✓
The chemical dating of ancient metals
The statistical mapping of demographic trends
The geographical survey of trade routes
Hermeneutics is the theory and method of interpreting texts to properly understand their intended meaning.
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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.
