History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2021 History (Shift-II)
Which of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. R.G. Collingwood said, 'As works of the imagination the historian's work and the novelist's do not differ. Where they do differ is the historian's picture is meant to be true'
- 2. Willem de Kooning said, 'The present does not influence me; I influence it'
- 3. Marc Bloch said, 'But history is neither watch-making nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavour towards better understanding'
- 4. David Shannon said, 'Life is not simple and therefore history, which is past life, is not simple'
- 5. Ambrose Bierce said, 'God alone knows the future, but only a historian can alter the past'
A1, 2, 3 and 4 only
B1, 3, 4 and 5 only ✓ Correct
C1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
D1, 2 and 3 only
Correct answer: (B) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only — The correct statements are 1, 3, 4 and 5 only.
Explanation
★The correct statements are 1, 3, 4 and 5 only.
★R.G. Collingwood compared the historian's work to the novelist's, except that the historian's picture is meant to be true.
★Marc Bloch described history as an endeavour towards better understanding.
★David Shannon noted that life and hence history are not simple.
★Ambrose Bierce wittily said that only a historian can alter the past.
★The quote attributed to Willem de Kooning is not a statement on history here, so the second statement is wrong.
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