Exam Details
| Subject | Historical Method And Historiographical Issues | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. What is objectivity? Discuss with examples the possibility of achieving objectivity in history writing.
2. What is postmodernism Discuss the main points of its critique of history.
3. Examine the important trends in the writing of history from below in the context of India.
4. What is causation? How do historians establish causality in explaining a phenomenon
5. Write a note on the Annales school of historiography.
6. Discuss the various trends in the Marxist historiography in the west.
7. What is colonial historiography? Discuss the writings of three important historians related to this trend.
8. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 300 words each:
Primary and secondary Sources
The Cambridge school
Role of Generalisation in history writing
D.D. Kosambi
2. What is postmodernism Discuss the main points of its critique of history.
3. Examine the important trends in the writing of history from below in the context of India.
4. What is causation? How do historians establish causality in explaining a phenomenon
5. Write a note on the Annales school of historiography.
6. Discuss the various trends in the Marxist historiography in the west.
7. What is colonial historiography? Discuss the writings of three important historians related to this trend.
8. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 300 words each:
Primary and secondary Sources
The Cambridge school
Role of Generalisation in history writing
D.D. Kosambi
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Subjects
- Advanced Psychological Statistics
- Advanced Research Methodology
- Counselling For Specific Issijes
- Globalisation And International Relations
- Historical Method And Historiographical Issues
- India: State And Society
- Interdisciplinary Encounters
- Methodology And Methods
- Political Theory And Thought
- Theories And Techniques Of' Counselling