History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET January 2017 History
Match List I (Author) with List II (Definition of History) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below.
List I
- I. E.H. Carr
- II. G.R. Elton
- III. J.B. Bury
- IV. R.G. Collingwood
List II
- A. All history is the history of thought.
- b. History is science, no less no more.
- c. History is what the historian writes.
- d. History is an endless dialogue between the historian and his facts.
AI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
BI-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a
CI-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a ✓ Correct
DI-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b
Correct answer: (C) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a — The correct match is I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a.
Explanation
★The correct match is I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a.
★E.H. Carr called history an endless dialogue between the historian and his facts.
★G.R. Elton said that history is what the historian writes.
★J.B. Bury held that history is science, no less no more.
★R.G. Collingwood said that all history is the history of thought.
★These are well known definitions of history by these scholars.
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