Exam Details
| Subject | Historiography | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Master of Arts in History | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Write a critical note on the Rankean tradition of history-writing.
2. Discuss the important features of the Indo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the sultanate period.
3. What do you understand by 'microhistory'? Discuss the historians and their works associated with this trend.
4. Write a note on the early Indian tradition of history -writing.
5. What is generalisation? Discuss the role of generalisation in history-writing.
6. Discuss the post-modernist views on history.
7. What is colonial historiography? Discuss some of the important historians and their works associated with this trend.
8. What do you understand by the term subaltern'? Discuss the development of the project of subaltern studies.
9. Write a note on the conflicting views on Indian Renaissance.
10. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each:
Marxist histories of Indian nationalism
Writings on Gender
D.D. Kosambi
History from Below
2. Discuss the important features of the Indo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the sultanate period.
3. What do you understand by 'microhistory'? Discuss the historians and their works associated with this trend.
4. Write a note on the early Indian tradition of history -writing.
5. What is generalisation? Discuss the role of generalisation in history-writing.
6. Discuss the post-modernist views on history.
7. What is colonial historiography? Discuss some of the important historians and their works associated with this trend.
8. What do you understand by the term subaltern'? Discuss the development of the project of subaltern studies.
9. Write a note on the conflicting views on Indian Renaissance.
10. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each:
Marxist histories of Indian nationalism
Writings on Gender
D.D. Kosambi
History from Below
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Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Ancient and Medieval Societies
- Evolution of Social Structures in India Through the Ages
- Historiography
- History of Ecology and Environment: India
- History of Indian Economy
- Modern World
- Political Structure in India