Modern Historiography
CUET PG History
Practice Questions
Total Questions: 100
1. What is the study of historiography primarily concerned with?
A) Memorizing dates of events
B) Understanding historical interpretation and context
C) Learning about kings and battles
D) Analyzing only primary sources
2. Which approach looks at how historians interpret events rather than mere narration?
A) Colonial
B) Nationalist
C) Intellectual historiography
D) Feminist
3. According to the passage, the modern history of India can broadly be categorized under how many approaches?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
4. Which of the following is NOT one of the four broad approaches to modern Indian history mentioned?
A) Colonial
B) Nationalist
C) Subaltern
D) Feminist
5. Who highlighted the frequent production of histories of India as requiring explanation?
A) Bipan Chandra
B) R.C. Majumdar
C) Percival Spear
D) Ranajit Guha
