History Optional Question Paper-1 (2007)
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
Instructions
Candidates should attempt Question No. 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each section.
Section ‘A’
- Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you and write short descriptive notes on the places marked. 4 × 15 = 60
- Kot digi
- Kalibangan
- Ahicchatra
- Bhimbaitka
- Kanauj
- Siddapura
- Udayagiri
- Kaveripoompattinam
- Tiruchirapalli
- Sisupalgarh
- Anuradhapura
- Hampi
- Srirangapatnam
- Puri
- Kolhapur
- Haldighati
- Golconda
- Chittagong
- Chitore
- Calicut
- Reconstruction of Early Indian history is hardly possible without the help of inscriptions and coins. Discuss. 60
- Write what you know of the rise and spread of Buddhism before the first century A. D. 60
- Throw light on the condition of common man in the Gupta period. 60
Section ‘B’
- Write short essays in not more than 200 words each on any three of the following: 20 × 3 = 60
- Alberuni on science in India
- The Bahamani Kingdom
- Mughal painting
- Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of the Maratha rulers
- Show that the administrative system in India reached a very high level during the Chola period. 60
- The tenets of Hindu and Muslim mystics were similar enough that the ground was ripe for syncretic movements involving adherents of both the religions. Elucidate. 60
- Akbar built the Mughal Empire by enlisting the support of the Rajputs; Aurangzeb destroyed it by alienating the Rajputs. Discuss critically. 60
History Optional Question Paper-2 (2007)
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
Instructions
Candidates should attempt Question No. 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each section.
Section ‘A’
- Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each: 20 × 3 = 60
- The Revolt of 1857 seemed to call the very presence of the British into question. What it did not do was reverse these change.
- Of the evils which corroded Indian society in the nineteenth century were probably those which stunted its womanhood.
- At Karachi in 1931, the congress defined what Swaraj would mean for the masses.
- There is no other instance in the history of mankind of a poet and philosopher working such as a miracle in shaping the destiny of his people (A Tribute to M. Iqbal)
- Examine the major factors shaping the British land-revenue policy in India. How It affected Indian society? 60
- Explain the circumstances leading to the alliance between the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movements. Was it a politically wise step on the part of the Congress? 60
- With great skill and masterful diplomacy and using both persuasion and pressure, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel succeeded in integrating the hundreds of princely states with the Indian Union. Discuss. 60
Section-B
World History
- Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each: 20 × 3 = 60
- No event as encompassing as the French Revolution occurs in an intellectual vacuum.
- New imperialism was a nationalistic, not an economic phenomena.
- The War՚s (First World War՚s) most permanent contribution to the spirit or the post-War years was disillusion.
- NATO in many ways symbolized the key role that the United States had come to play in Europe
- Give reasons for the origin of the Renaissance in Italy. 60
- Discuss the main characteristics of Fascism. 60
- By the 1980s, the Communist system of the Soviet Union was incapable of maintaining the country՚s role as a Superpower. Explain this statement. 60