#ssc 10th
- An important characteristic of Hemadpanti temples is that their walls are built .......... Answer: A. without using any mortar, using tenon and mortise joints Answer: (D) without using any mortar, using tenon and mortise joints Hem... 1
- The earliest text discussing music and theatre, the ‘Natyashastra’, was written by .......... Answer: D. Bharatmuni Answer: (A) Bharatmuni The nine rasas, fundamental to Indian performing arts, are discussed in this tradition. 1
- Voltaire’s original name was .......... Answer: D. François-Marie Arouet Answer: (B) François-Marie Arouet Voltaire was French; his original name was François-Marie Arouet. He is c... 1
- According to Karl Marx, human history is the history of .......... Answer: D. class struggle Answer: (A) class struggle Marx held that unequal access to the means of production divides society into classes,... 1
- Kalhana’s ‘Rajtarangini’ (12th century C.E.) is the history of .......... Answer: D. Kashmir Answer: (B) Kashmir Kalhana wrote it after critically examining inscriptions, coins, monuments, dynastic records and loca... 1
- The Greek historian of the fifth century B.C.E. who first used the term ‘History’ for his book was .......... Answer: D. Herodotus Answer: (C) Herodotus ‘History’ is originally a Greek term; Herodotus used it first for his book ‘The Histories’. 1
- In 1737 C.E. the ........ University, which for the first time had an independent department of history, was founded in Germany. Answer: C. Gottingen Answer: (A) Gottingen Gottingen University (1737 C.E.) was the first to have an independent department of history; late... 1
- René Descartes gave the rule ‘Never to accept anything for true till all grounds of doubt are excluded’ in his book .......... Answer: A. Discourse on the Method Answer: (D) Discourse on the Method Descartes insisted on critically examining historical documents; this... 1
- The method of analysis based on opposites (thesis, antithesis and synthesis) proposed by Hegel is known as .......... Answer: D. Dialectics Answer: (B) Dialectics According to Hegel, the meaning of an event is grasped in terms of two direct opposites; this m... 1
- Who emphasised the critical method of historical research and the utmost importance of information gathered through original documents? Answer: B. Leopold von Ranké Answer: (D) Leopold von Ranké Ranké of Berlin University stressed original documents, examining all documents w... 1
- The ‘Annales School’ of historiography arose at the onset of the twentieth century in .......... Answer: C. France Answer: (C) France The Annales School was started by French historians; it widened history to include climate, local peopl... 1
- The writings of .......... helped in establishing the fundamentals of feminism. Answer: B. Simone de Beauvoir Answer: (C) Simone de Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir, who was French, helped establish the fundamentals of femini... 1
- Which historian argued that the practice of arranging historical events in a chronological order is not right and called his method ‘the archaeology of knowledge’? Answer: C. Michel Foucault Answer: (A) Michel Foucault Foucault (1926–1984), a French historian, felt explaining transitions in history was... 1
- The earliest known written documents of historical nature found in India are the inscriptions of the times of .......... Answer: C. Emperor Ashok Maurya Answer: (D) Emperor Ashok Maurya They are dated to the 3rd century B.C.E.; Ashok’s edicts are inscribed on n... 1
- ‘Harshacharit’, the biography of King Harsha, was written in the 7th century C.E. by .......... Answer: D. Banabhatta Answer: (B) Banabhatta Harshacharit portrays a realistic picture of social, economic, political, religious and cultura... 1
- The first encyclopaedia, ‘Natural History’ (1st century A.D.), was written by .......... Answer: A. Pliny the elder Answer: (D) Pliny the elder Diderot, the French philosopher, produced the ‘Encyclopaedia’ in the 18th century. 1
- The compilation of the Marathi ‘Vishwakosh’ was initiated by .......... Answer: D. Yashwantrao Chavhan Answer: (B) Yashwantrao Chavhan The first Chief Minister of Maharashtra initiated it through the Maharashtra... 1
- ‘Sthanapothi’ (14th century C.E.), describing places visited by Chakradhar Swami, was composed by .......... Answer: D. Muni Vyas Answer: (D) Muni Vyas Muni Vyas belonged to the Mahanubhav sect founded by Chakradhar Swami. 1
- Leonardo da Vinci, whose painting ‘Monalisa’ is in the Louvre Museum, worked under the patronage of .......... Answer: A. Francis I, king of France Answer: (C) Francis I, king of France The Louvre in Paris (18th century C.E.) grew greatly because of a... 1
- The natural scientist who handed over about 71 thousand objects to King George II, forming the basis of the British Museum, was .......... Answer: D. Sir Hans Sloan Answer: (A) Sir Hans Sloan The British Museum in London was established in the 18th century; its collection now ha... 1
- The National Museum of Natural History in the USA, established in 1846, is managed by the .......... Answer: A. Smithsonian Institution Answer: (D) Smithsonian Institution It houses more than 12 crore specimens of fossils, plants, animals, m... 1
- The second museum in India, the ‘Government Museum’, was established in 1851 C.E. in .......... Answer: A. Chennai Answer: (B) Chennai The first, the Indian Museum, was established by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata in 1814. 1
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastusangrahalay, Mumbai was earlier named .......... Answer: D. Prince of Wales Museum of Western India Answer: (B) Prince of Wales Museum of Western India It was renamed in 1998; its Indo-Goth... 1
- The ruler who contributed the most to the expansion of the ‘Saraswati Mahal Granthalay’ in Thanjavur was .......... Answer: A. Sarfojiraje Bhosale Answer: (D) Sarfojiraje Bhosale In 1918 the library was renamed ‘The Thanjavur Maharaja Sarfoji’s Saraswati M... 1