PAPER-III

HISTORY

Note This paper is of two hundred marks containing four sections. Candidates are required to attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein.

SECTION I

Note This section consist of two essay type questions of twenty marks each, to be answered in about five hundred words each. ×
20 40 marks)

1. Explain the significance of copper technology and semi arid conditions in the developments.

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Discuss the pattern of urban growth in medieval India.


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Examine the nature of Indian Nationalism with special reference to the character of its leadership in the period between 1928 and 1947.


2. Examine the role of iron technology in the development of second urbanization in the Ganga plain.

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Was the eighteenth century a century of decline or dynamism

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'Lord Mountbatten came with an order to organise retreat in military parlance an operation.' Discuss.

SECTION II

Note This section contains three questions from each of the electives/specializations. The candidate has to choose only one elective/specialization and answer all the three questions from it. Each question carries fifteen marks and is to be answered in about three hundred words. ×
15 45 marks)


Elective I

3. Explain the main economic trends of the post Gupta period.

4. Outline the process of State formation in South India.


5. Underline the dynamics of Gupta and Vakatak relations.

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Elective II


3. Vijayanagara State has been defined variously as "Asiatic State", "Feudal State", "War State" or "Segmentary State". How would you characterize it
4. Would you agree with the view that the rural economy in medieval India was relatively self sufficient

5. Discuss the factors which determined the Deccan Policy of Aurangzeb.

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Elective III


3. Plassey was a great betrayal. Examine.

4. What was meant by the Commercialization of Agriculture in the 19th Century

5. Cripp's proposal opened the door for the possibility of an indefinite number of partitions.

SECTION III

Note This section contains nine questions of ten marks, each to be answered in
about fifty words. × 10 90 Marks)



6. Assess the importance of archaeological data for writing ancient Indian history.

7. Write on the changing position of women during the Vedic period.

8. Bring out the main features of the Vesara style of temples.

9. Ziauddin Barani and Abul Fazl have both conceptualised sovereignty. What
distinguishes the two

10. Is there any difference between iqta and jagir

11. What was Babar's justification for conquest of Indian territories

12. Comment on the ideological difference between the moderate and extremist factions.

13. Explain the ideologies and programmes of the Justice Party.

14. 'The ideal of objectivity in history is a relative concept.' Explain.
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SECTION IV

Note This section contains five questions of five marks each based on the following passage. Each question should be answered in about thirty words. ×
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Note Read the passage given below and answer the question numbers 15 to 19. Each answer should not be in more than 30 words. Each question carries 5 (five) marks.
The political picture is relatively clear, with the empire of the Mauryas covering a large part of the subcontinent, the focus being control by a single power. Attempts were made to give the political system a degree of uniformity, and historical generalization can be made with more confidence for this period than in earlier centuries. Inevitably, in an imperial system, there were attempts to draw together the ends of the empire, to encourage the movement of peoples and goods and to explore the possibilities of communication at various levels. These included the use of a script, of punch-marked coins in exchange transactions and the projection of a new ideology, intended to pursue new precepts.
In the typologies of States, kingdoms differ from empires. Kingdoms tend to draw the maximum profit from existing resources and therefore do not make too great an attempt at restructuring access to resources. The pressures on an empire and its requirements are of a different order, so meeting the financial needs of administering an empire requires considerable restructuring wherever there is a potential for obtaining revenue. An imperial system is not static and has continually to adjust to demands and resources. Although they rarely succeed, imperial systems attempt to erase variation in favour of homogeneity. The variations are cultural and economic. Cultural homogeneity is often sought by propagating a new ideology, in this case the dhamma of Ashoka. Not every part of the empire has the same resources, nor is their utilization identical, therefore some degree of economic restructuring also becomes necessary. The restructuring tends to be limited to those resources thought to have the maximum potential. The restructuring in the Mauryan Empire was attempted through both the extension of agriculture, together with mobility of labour in some instances, and the introduction of more wide-reaching commercial exchange.