History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET July 2018 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 given below.
Assertion (A): Historical method may be regarded as a science that deals with the nature of human thought and the circumstances which condition its truth or validity.
Reason (R): As a science of knowledge, history is completely separated from the natural sciences because it does not have universal laws.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true but the reason does not explain the assertion, so the answer is both true with R not explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true but the reason does not explain the assertion, so the answer is both true with R not explaining A.
★The historical method may be regarded as a science of human thought and its conditions of truth.
★So the assertion is true.
★History also differs from the natural sciences, for it has no universal laws.
★So the reason is true as well.
★But the lack of universal laws does not explain why the historical method is a science of human thought.
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