History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2012 History
Match List I (Historiography) with List II (Its description) and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I
- I. Christian Historiography
- II. Enlightenment Historiography
- III. Romantic Historiography
- IV. Positivist Historiography
List II
- A. Theorization of the idea of providentialism
- b. Attractive and colourful reconstruction of the past
- c. The exposition of the idea of progress
- d. Derivation of historical knowledge by applying the scientific method of inquiry
AI-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d
BI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
CI-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b
DI-a, II-c, III-b, IV-d ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) I-a, II-c, III-b, IV-d — The correct match is I-a, II-c, III-b, IV-d.
Explanation
★The correct match is I-a, II-c, III-b, IV-d.
★Christian historiography saw history as the unfolding of divine providence.
★Enlightenment historiography stressed reason and the idea of human progress.
★Romantic historiography offered an attractive and colourful reconstruction of the past.
★Positivist historiography sought to derive historical knowledge by applying the scientific method of inquiry.
★These schools mark the changing aims of history writing through the ages.
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