Maharashtra State Board Class 10 History Chapter 1 Quiz

Historiography Development in the West

• Voltaire is considered the founder of modern historiography.
• Michel Foucault wrote the book "Archaeology of Knowledge".

Key Historians and Their Works

• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel wrote "Reason in History".
• Leopold von Ranke wrote "The Theory and Practice of History".
• Herodotus wrote "The Histories".
• Karl Marx did not write "Discourse on the Method" (wrong pair).

Concepts

• Dialectics: No explanation provided in the text.
• Annales School: No explanation provided in the text.

Historical Research and Focus

• Historical research focused on various aspects of women's life.
• Foucault called his method "the archaeology of knowledge".

Class Theory and Modern Historiography

• Karl Marx's "Class Theory" is explained in his book "Das Kapital".
• Four characteristics of modern historiography:
  • No explanation provided in the text.
• Feminist Historiography: No explanation provided in the text.
• Leopold von Ranke's Perspective of History: Leopold's view on ways to write history throws light on his perspective of history.

Other Questions and Answers

• A scholar who writes critical historical narratives is known as a historian.
• The earliest inscription in the world is displayed at the Louvre museum in France.
• The tradition of recording historical events can be traced back to Sumer civilization in Mesopotamia.
• The tradition of modern historiography has its roots in the writings of Greek historians.
• Herodotus, a Greek historian of the fifth century B.C.E., used the term "History" for the first time for his book entitled "The Histories".
• In 1737 C.E., the Gottingen university in Germany had an independent department for history.
• Historiography of the nineteenth century was greatly influenced by the thoughts of Leopold von Ranke.
• A new school of historiography arose in France known as the Annales school.
• The method of analysis which is based on opposites is known as dialectics.

Test your knowledge on Historiography Development in the West with important questions and answers from Chapter 1 of the History textbook. Choose the correct options to complete the statements and enhance your understanding of modern historiography.