UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 2013

M.Phil. (History)
Time: 2 hours Max. Marks: 100
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INSTRUCTIONS

1.
The question paper contains two parts (Part-A and Part-B)


2.
Part has two sections. Section-1 is major essay and Section-2 is short essay.

3.
Part'B'consistsofconceptsandshouldbeansweredonseparatesheet.


4.
Before you start writing your answers, please check that this question paper does not have any uprinted tom or missing pages or items.





Part-A
Section 1 Marks 30
Answer any ONE of the following questions in about 500 words.
1.
Do you think-that ancient India can best be studied in terms of 'local history'? Discuss.

2.
Reconstruct the history of Satavahanas based on Puranic and epigraphical sources.

3.
Was the eighteenth century a century of decline or dynamism? Analyse the statement in the light of recent writings.

4.
Vijayanagara State has been defined variously as "Asiatic State", "Feudal State", "War State", or "Segmentary How would you characterize it?

5.
Discuss the reasons behind the emergence of social reform movements in colonial India. Analyse in detail the regional specificities of one such movement.

6.
Can you bring out the rationale behind the religious reform movements in colonial India? How far was the British government responsible for this 'assertion? Had there been movements similar to these movements in'pre-colonial India?


Section 2 Marks 2x 15 =30
Write short essays of 200 words each on TWO of the following questions. Each Question carries 15 marks.
1.
Describethechieffeatures oftheevolution ofphilosophicaltraditionsinthe Ganges Valley during the mid-first millennium BeE.

2.
Discuss the nature of state-formation in early Tamilakam. What were its unique features?

3.
What was the ideological foundation ofthe Mauryan Empire?

4.
What was the nature of Maratha resistance to the Mughals after the death of Shivaji?

5.
Discuss the view that the decline of Mughal Empire was due to the Jagirdari

6.
Discuss the mechanism of economic exploitation in colonial India. What is meant by underdevelopment? How and when did Indian nationalists turn this economic exploitation into a national agenda?

7.
How did Mahatma Gandhi enter the national movement? What significant differences did he bring about in the Indian struggle for independence?

8.
Discuss the different political agendas ofthe Moderates and the Extremists.


CrISIS.
Part B -Use a separate answer book. Marks 10 x 4 =40
Concepts -write brief notes on any TEN of the following. Each note should not exceed 25 words.
Moksha
Vratya Kshatriya
lana
Civilization
Advaita
Agrahara
Prasasti
Sallekhana
Khalsa
Chauth
Sarraf

Taluqdar
Khanqah
Zat
Sadr

Nagaram
Brahmo Samaj

Arya Samaj
Mother India
Marginalization
Drain of wealth
Mahalwari settlement
Communalism
Satyagraha