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PAPER - ISECTION A
1. Write short essays of not more than 200 words each on any
three of the following:
(a) Position of women in the Rigvedic society
(b) The intellectual revolution in the Sixth Century B.C.
(c) Mauryan court art as an alien grafting
(d) The Maukharis paving the way for the glory of
Harshavardhana
2. The Indus Civilization had an abrupt end. Discuss the
statement and explain how the Indus
Civilization could influence Indian culture in its later
history.
3. Brief out the salient features of the religious development
in the Post-Maurya period. How was
contemporary art influenced by it?
4. Evaluate the importance of the contributions of the Pallavas
in the history of the development of art
and administration in South India.
SECTION B
5. Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied
to you. Also give brief descriptive
notes on the places marked on the map:
(i) Amarkot
(ii) Attock
(iii) Bijapur
(iv) Cambay
(v) Calicut
(vi) Chanderi
(vii) Chaul
(viii) Cuftack
(ix) Diu
(x) Dvarasalnudra
(xi) Fathepur Sikri
(xii) Goa
(xiii) Golkunda
(xiv) Gulbarga
(xv) Hampi
(xvi) Jodhpur
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PAPER - IISECTION A(Modern India)
1. Comment an any three of the following statements in about 200
words each:
(a) Whatever might have been its original character, it
(Rebellion of 1857) soon became 3
symbol of challenge to the mighty British power in India.
(b) The impact of government on the people meant essentially the
impact of government on the
village.
(c) Dyarchy was Introduced with high hopes and it must be said
that, oil a theoretical analysis
and if worked under ideal conditions, it is not without
merits,
(d) The Simla Conference (1945) afforded the last opportunity of
the forces of nationalism to
fight a reargued action to preserve the integrity of the country
and when the battle was lost,
the waves of communalism quickly engulfed it.
2. Review the educational policy of the English East India
Company. To what extent did it serve the
imperial interests of Great Britain?
3. Discuss briefly the tribal revolts in Eastern India from 1817
to 1857. Were they directed against land
lordism and colonialism ?
4. At different periods and at various levels, the National
Movement assumed social, cultural and
economic dimensions. Amplify.
SECTION B(World History)
5. Comment on any three of the following statement in about 200
words each:
(a) Attempts to put mercantilist doctrine into practice
characterized the history of most of the
nations of Western European in the 16th and 17th centuries.
(b) At the news of the Declaration of Independence crowds
gathered to cheer, fire guns and
cannon and ring church bells in Philadelphia. Boston and other
places, but there were many
people in America who did not rejoice.
(c) ...... the European nations in emphasising their solidarity,
their Eupopeannes in dealing with
Asian countries inevitably gave rise to a feeling of
Asianness.(d) The Anglo-Japanese Treaty (1962) marks a milestone in
the development of Japan as an
Asiatic power.
6. Examine the view that the thirty years war (1618-1648) was
essentially a contest between the
Bourbon and Hapsburg houses for mastery of the Continent of
Europe. How for did it settle the
issue?
7. Why is the period from 1842 to 1900 considered as half a
century of humilations in the history of
China? What was the reaction of China?
8. Write a critical note on the process of decolonization
accelerated by the second World War.
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