Marxist History

Q. Marxism, a set of ideas developed by Karl Marx originally consisted of three ideas. Which of the following is not of these ideas?

1. Theory of history
2. Philosophical anthropology
3. Private ownership of property
4. An economic and political program

Q. Which of these Indian historians are considered as Marxist historians?

1. Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
2. Comrade Shripad Amrut Dange
3. Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi
4. Ram Sharan Sharma

Q. Which of the following is true about Marxist historiography?

1. Marxist historians shed light on the means of production, modes of production and the industrial relations.
2. Marxism is a set of ideas developed by Karl Marx in the seventeenth century.
3. Marxist historians analyse the impact of a significant social event.
4. Marxism asserts the conflict of ideas and not the conflict of social classes.

Q.

Primitive Communism to Slavery Represents the ___________ Historiography

Q. Which of the following is true about the author of The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India?

1. He was a mathematician and a historian.
2. He was an Orientalist.
3. He favoured the caste system in India in his writings.
4. He analysed the caste divisions in society.

Q. Marxism promoted the idea of a classless society.

1. True
2. False

Q. Marxism is a set of ideas developed by which of the following in the mid-nineteenth century?

1. Karl Marx
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Joseph Stalin
4. Mao Zedong

Q. Indian history evolved over the period of time explain the statement with examples