History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2014 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): Civilization in all its varied aspects constitutes the subject-matter of history.
Reason (R): Such a cultural approach to history would make it a biography of civilization.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
★History takes the whole of civilization, in all its sides, as its subject.
★It studies not only politics but also society, culture, art and thought.
★If history is seen this way, it becomes the life story of a civilization.
★So the cultural approach turns history into a biography of civilization.
★The reason therefore correctly explains the assertion.
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