Orientalist Historiography

Q. Which of the following is(are) incorrect about The Asiatic Society of Bengal?

1. It was founded by a French Orientalist.
2. It was founded by Sir William Jones.
3. Its headquarters was in the capital of Bengal.
4. It was established in 1760.

Q. Friedrich Max Muller translated , a collection of fables and tales written by Indian author Vishnusharma into German.

1. Hitopadesh
2. Panchatantra
3. Ramayana

Q. Which of these historians are considered as Orientalists?

1. Ranjendra Lal Mitra
2. Sir William Jones
3. Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
4. Friedrich Max Muller

Q. Friedrich Max Muller translated 'Hitopadesh' into which European language?

1. English
2. French
3. Spanish
4. German

Q.

Who was the writer of the famous Russian novel ‘Anna Karenina’?

1. Leo Tolstoy

2. Fyodor Dostoevsky

3. Maxim Gorky

4. None of the above

Q. You are studying history with your classmate Divya. She asks you to teach her about the Orientalists. Which of these options would help you clarify your friend's doubts?

1. Someone who writes about the history of eastern cultures with bias and prejudice is called as Orientalist.
2. Orientalists research about the Vedic tradition and Sanskrit language.
3. Orientalist historians helped to translate many ancient religious and philosophical texts of Asia into European languages.
4. They helped in setting up research into the field of ancient Indian literature and history.

Q. Sir William Jones founded Asiatic society in Kolkata in ____

1. 1784
2. 1884
3. 1885
4. 1795

Q. Hitopadesh was translated by Friedrich Max Muller into which language?

1. French
2. English
3. Spanish
4. German

Q. Many European scholars felt curious about civilisations and countries of the East. And they showed admiration towards the knowledge of the east. These scholars were known as

1. Communists
2. Orientalists
3. Colonialists
4. Capitalists

Q. Fill in the blanks
___________ referred to the Westerners, including the Greeks, Romans and West Asian people.

Q. The Asiatic Society in Calcutta was founded by Sir William Jones in 1875.

1. True
2. False