History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2024 History
Which of the following books have been authored by Karl Popper? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Mysticism and Logic
- 2. The Open Society and Its Enemies
- 3. The Limits of Exact Science
- 4. The Poverty of Historicism
- 5. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
A1 and 5 only
B2 and 3 only
C2 and 4 only ✓ Correct
D3 and 1 only
Correct answer: (C) 2 and 4 only — The correct statements are 2 and 4 only.
Explanation
★The correct statements are 2 and 4 only.
★Karl Raymond Popper was born in Vienna in 1902.
★He was a great social and political philosopher of the twentieth century.
★His central problem in the philosophy of science was to distinguish science from non-science.
★He wrote The Open Society and Its Enemies and The Poverty of Historicism.
★He also wrote The Logic of Scientific Discovery, so the correct pair is the second and fourth.
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