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M.A. (Part I) (First Semester) EXAMINATION, 2011
HISTORY
Compulsory Paper-I
(History and its Theory)
(2008 PATTERN)
Time : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 80

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N.B. :— (i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) All questions carry equal marks.

1. Answer any one of the following questions in 500 words : [20]
(1) What is history ? Explain its functions.
(2) Explain the relation between Social Sciences and History.

2. Answer any one of the following questions in 500 words : [20]
(1) What are the main features of Church History Writing ?
(2) Evaluate the contribution of the scientific school of history.

3. Answer any two of the following questions in 250 words each : [20]
(1) “History is the biography of Great Peoples.” Comment.
(2) Explain the Romanticist theory of History.
(3) What is Post-structuralism ? Explain its nature.
(4) Examine the tradition of History writing in Ancient India.

4. Write short notes on any four of the following in 100 words each : [20]
(1) Arab history writing
(2) Ranke
(3) Enlightenment trends
(4) Herodotus
(5) Marxian interpretation of History
(6) Antonio Gramsci’s concept of Hegemony.

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M.A. (Part I) (First Semester) EXAMINATION, 2011
HISTORY
Compulsory Paper II
(Evolution of Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India)
(2008 PATTERN)
Time : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 80

N.B. :— (i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) All questions carry equal marks.

1. Attempt any one of the following questions in 500 words : [20]
(1) Examine the literary sources of Ancient India.
(2) What is meant by lineage of society ? Discuss the concept with reference of Vedic society.

2. Attempt any one of the following questions in 500 words : [20]
(1) Examine the administration under the Mauryas.
(2) What was the nature of State and Kingship under the Guptas.

3. Attempt any two of the following questions in 250 words each : [20]
(1) Examine the main features of Paleolithic culture in India.
(2) Discuss the causes for decline of Indus Valley Civilization.
(3) What was the nature of Kingship under the Mauryas ?
(4) Explain the nature of Satavahanas polity.

4. Write short notes on any four of the following in 100 words each : [20]
(1) The Upanishada
(2) Megasthenes Indica
(3) The Ashokan Rock Edicts
(4) Mahajanpadas
(5) Sabha and Samiti
(6) Trade in the south.