Karl Marx

Q. What did Karl Marx highlight through his contributions to Historiography?

1. The idea of stoic philosophy
2. The story of traders in history
3. The idea of class struggle
4. The idea of anti-colonialism

Q. S1: Karl Marx proposed that history is not about abstract ideas.
S2: Karl Marx focused on class struggles and inequality.

1. S1: True; S2: True; S2 is the correct explanation for S1
2. S1: True; S2: True; Both are independent statements
3. S1: False; S2: True
4. S1: True; S2: False

Q. This book moved away from the idea that history was about abstract ideas. Its author put forth an understanding of human history as one that was essentially the history of class struggle. Which book is being referred to?

1. Das Kapital
2. Archaeology of Knowledge
3. Secret of World History
4. Discourse on the Method

Q. ___ is the book written by Karl Marx.

1. The Secret of World History
2. Encyclopaedia of Philosophical Sciences
3. Das Kapital
4. The World History

Q. Match the following philosophers and the theory put forward by them.

1) Karl Marx; 2) Voltaire; 3) Leopold von Ranke; 4) Georg Hegel

A) Idea of 'Thesis' and 'Antithesis'
B) Studying the concerned documents thoroughly before drawing any conclusions
C) History is not based on abstract ideas but on class struggle and inequality
D) Understanding all aspects of Human life

1. 1- B; 2- C; 3- A; 4- D
2. 1- C; 2- B; 3- A; 4- D
3. 1- A; 2- C; 3- D; 4- B
4. 1- C; 2- D; 3- B; 4- A