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HISTORY
Paper 1
fJours} Maximum Marks .. 300

INSTRUCTIONS
Each question 1-8 printed both in English and in Kannada.
Answers mllst be written in the medium specified (English or Kannada) in the Admrssion Ticket issued to you, which must be stated clear!.y un the cover of the answer book in the space provided for this purpuse. No credit will be given for the answers l!)ritten in a medwm other than that specified in the .4dmission Ticket. In cuse of any doubt in the Kannada text, please refer to English text.
This paper has four parts:
A 20 marks
B 100 marks
C 90 marks
D 90 marks

Marks allotted to each question are indicated in each part.
All questions in Part Part B and Part C are compulsory. Answer any three questions in Part selecting at least one question from each Section.
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Answer I?ach question in about 50 words. Each question
1. Describe briefly the rajamandala theory of Kautilya.
Write a brief note on the literary compositions of Kalidasa.
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PART B
Answer each question in about 100 words. Each question
10 marks.

1.
Point out the evidence of craft production in the Harappan settlements.

2.
Bring out the importance of cattle in the economy of the early Vedic period.

3.
What is "Sangam Literature" How are its texts classified?

4.
Bring out the significance of Harshacharita as a historical biography and as a means of legitimising a new political formation.

5.
Write a short note on the rock architecture under the Pallavas.

6.
Analyse the functioning of trading organizations in early medieval south India.

7.
Discuss the work of Alauddin m regulating taxes and the pnces of essential commodities.

8.
Comment on Vijayanagara-Portuguese relations.

9.
Show how Babur literally "stuck to his guns" In his campmgns in Hindustan.

10.
Discuss Shivaji's notions of 'Svarajya' and 'Svadharma'.



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2.
Discuss the importance of land grants in the age of the Guptas and after and show how they are crucial in the model of "Indian feudalism".

3.
Bring Qut the social content of the Bhakti Movement, in South India under the Nayanars and Alvars.

4.
Examine Mohammed Habib's thesis that the Ghorian conquest of Northern India was a "walk over",

5.
Assess the extent of social and economic changes in South India under the Vijayanagara rule.

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Analyse the different methods adopted by Akbar in the consolidation of the Mughal Empire.



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Answer any three questions, choosing not more than two from any section, in about 300 words each.
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Examine the different theories regarding the decline of the Harappan Civilization. "Which one do you support?

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Participate in the debate on the nature of state in south India under the Cholas. Define your own position.

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Bring out the different dimensions of the relations between the Bahmani Sultans and the Vijayanagara rajas.

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Do you agree with the view that India, under the Mughals, held out potentialities of capitalist development?


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HISTORY
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Time: Hours J rMaXI-mum ll.1arhs

INSTHUCTIONS
Each question is pnntl:.>d buth in English and rn Kannada.
AnsI-DeI'S must be /vritten in the mechum specified (Enghsh or J{annadaj m the Admission Tic/wt issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the COUCT oj'the ansu..Jcr book rn the space provided lor this purpose. No credit will be giuen for the ansu)crs written in a medium other than that specified in the T/:cket. In case an.v doubt in the Kanrwda text, please refer to English text,
This paper has four parts:
A 20 marks
B 100 marks
C 90 marks
D 90 marks

Marks allotted to each question are indicated in each part,
ALL questwns in Part Part B and Part C are compulsory.
any three questlOns in Pari selecting at least one
question from each Section.

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PART A 4x5=20 Answer each question in about 50 words. Each question carries 5 marks.
1. Which were the important forms of revenue settlements introduced
by the English East India Company
What were the factors behind the RIN Mutiny of 1946
Ie) What were the hallmarks of the Enlightenment?
What were the principles followed in the Vienna Settlement?

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1.
Examine the gains and losses made by Mysore in the Anglo-Mysore Wars.

2.
What was the agenda of the British in their programme of "social reforms" in the nineteenth century?

3.
Assess the extent of peasant participation in the Revolt of 1857.

4.
Was Chauri-Chaura cause enough for the withdrawal of the Non-cooperation Movement?

5.
Trace the stages in which Karnataka finally emerged as a unified state.

6.
Account for the failure of Ahsolutism in England.

7.
Bring Qut the new world-view enabled by the Scientific Revolution.

8.
Briefly examine the principle of Historical Materialism.

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How did Lenin transform the character of the Russian Revolution?

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What were the economic consequences of the Paris Peace Treaty?


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Critically examine the statement that the British conquered India in "a fit of absent-mindedness".

2.
Comment on the view that the leaders of the so-called Indian Renaissance were not the "organic intellectuals of an emerging bourgeoisie".

3.
Assess the nature of the Quit India Movement. How Gandhian was it

4.
How did the French Revolution affect the countryside of France?

5.
What is the "Eastern Question" How was it answered?

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How did the scientific discoveries of the 20th century reflect themselves in the philosophies of the age?


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Answer any three questions, choosing not more than two from any section, in about 300 words each.
SECTION I
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To what extent did an economic critique of colonialism form the basis of Indian nationalism? Do the "moderates" emerge in a different light in this respect?

2.
Write an essay on the Gandhian techniques of mass mobilisation. Do you agree with the thesis that he followed a strategy of "struggle-truce-struggle"


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3.
How did the French Revolution re-define the parameters of society and politics in Western Europe?

4.
Bring Qut the impact of the Industrial Revolution on Europe and the rest of the world.

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Examine the forces leading to the establishment of totalitarian regimes m inter-War Europe and show how they constituted one of the challenges to modern civilisation.


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