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MIZORAM UNIVERSITY
CBCS COURSE

PAPER 1: History of Mizoram (Up to the 1960s)

Course No: UG/Hist/I/EC/01
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

Unit-I
Essay:
1. How do we establish Mizo history through myths and legends?
2. Briefly describe the early migration of the Mizo tribes.
3. Examine the hierarchy of the traditional Mizo society.
4. Trace the origin, authority and function of chiefs in the traditional Mizo society.
5. Analyze the role of Zawlbuk in the past Mizo society.
6. Discuss the role of agriculture and ancillary activities in the economy of the Pre-Colonial Mizo
society.

Short Answer:
1. Write a note on Fathang.
2. Who were the Val Upa?
3. Who were Zalen?
4. Who were Ramhual?
5. What is in lama thangchhuah and ram lama thangchhuah?
6. What is Bawhbel?
7. What is Bahzar?
8. What is the difference between bawi and sal?

Unit II
Essay:
1. Give an account of Mizo history through the Colonial accounts.
2. Write an essay on the raids conducted by the Mizos during in the 19th century.
3. Write on the expeditions that led to the occupation of Lushai Hills by the British.
4. What was the British frontier policy towards the Mizo in the late 19th century?
5. What were the important roles played by the frontier markets in the early Anglo-Lushai
relations?
6. Discuss the Mizo resistance to the British rule.

Short Answer:
1. Writes short notes on Blackwood expedition.
2. Write short notes on expedition of 1869.
3. Write a note on Lushai expedition of 1871-1872.
4. Write a note on Pakuma Rani Village raid.
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5. Write a note on the Chengri Valley raid.

6. What is Sanad?
7. Who was Bengkhuaia?
8. Who was Kalkhama?

Unit-III
Essay:
1. Examine the establishment of the British rule in North and South Lushai Hills.
2. Describe the British policy and changes on disarmament and pacification in the Lushai Hills.
3. Give an account of the land settlement in the Lushai Hills.
4. Discuss the administrative changes introduced by the British in the Lushai Hills.
5. Discuss the socio-economic impact of the British rule in the Mizo society.

Short Answers:
1. What is ramri Lehkha?
2. Who was J. Shakespear?
3. What is a Circle System?
4. Who was Charles Steward Murray?
5. What was the significance of the 2nd Chin-Lushai Conference?
6. What was a Chaprasi?
7. What were the functions of Khawchhiar?
8. What do you mean by Hnamchawm lal?

Unit-IV
Essay:
1. Account for the introduction of Christianity in Mizoram.
2. Write an essay on the growth and development of the church in Mizoram.
3. Discuss the medical mission and its role in Christianizing the Mizo society.
4. Examine the introduction of western education and its impact on Mizo society.
5. Discuss the revival movement in Mizoram. What were its impacts?
6. Examine the impact of Christian teachings on the Mizo society.

Short answers:
1. Who was William Williams?
2. Who were Pu Buanga and Sap Upa?
3. Who were Zosaphluia and Zosapthara?
4. Who were Khuma and Khara?
5. Who was R.A. Lorrain?
6. Who was Peter Fraser?
7. Who was Pi Zirtiri (Mrs.Chapman)?
8. Who was Pi Puii?

Unit-V
Essay:
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1. Discuss the various factors that contributed to the growth of political consciousness among the
Mizo.
2. What are the roles played by the Mizo in the two World Wars? Discuss its impact on the Mizo
society.
3. Trace the rise and growth of associations in Mizoram.
4. Trace the rise and growth of Political parties till the 1960s in Mizoram.
5. What were the various circumstances that led to the emergence of separatist movement in
Mizoram? Discuss with reference to the Mizo National Front (MNF).
6. Discuss the emergence of Mizo District Council.

Short Answers:
1. Chiefs‟ Council
2. District Conference
3. Mizo Union
4. UMFO
5. EITU
6. MNFF
7. Lushai Students‟ Association
8. YLA

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Paper 2: HISTORY OF INDIA UPTO POST-MAURYA PERIOD

Course No: UG/Hist/II/EC/02
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

UNIT: I
ESSAY

1. Discuss the literary sources for the reconstruction of early Indian history.
2. Give an account of the archaeological sources for the reconstruction of early Indian history.
3. Examine the characteristic features of the Harappan Civilization with special reference to urban
settlement.
4. Examine the Harappan religion, art and craft.
5. Examine the social, economic and political activities of the Indus Civilization.
6. Discuss the decline and continuity of the Harappan Culture.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. What do you mean by Palaeontology?

2. What do you mean by dharma?
3. What do you know about the Puranas?
4. What are artifacts?
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5. What are industry and assemblage?

6. What is the Great Bath?
7. Write on the Harappan drainage system.
8. What is ethnography?

UNIT II
ESSAY
1. Discuss the debate on the origin of the Aryans.
2. Examine the chief features of the Rig Vedic period.
3. Examine the chief features of the Later Vedic period.
4. Examine the archaeological and literary record of the material culture of northern India during
the 6th century BCE/Post Vedic period.
5. What are the material and ideological background of the Upanishads?

SHORT ANSWERS

1. What are the Rig-Vedic sabha and samiti?

2. What do you mean by Upanayana ceremony?
3. Who was the purohita?
4. What are the sacrifices performed by kings in the later Vedic period?
5. What do you mean by the terms gahapati and setthi?
6. What is meant by stri-dhana?
7. What is varna?
8. What does the word brahman signify?

UNIT III
ESSAY
1. What factors underlay the emergence of janapadas and mahajanapadas in post-Vedic period?
2. Write on the ascendency of Magadha and its eventual success over all the other states.
3. What are the circumstances that led to the rise of the heterodox sects?
4. Examine the teachings/and social implications of Buddhism.
5. Discuss the teachings/ and social relevance of Mahavira.
6. Give an account of the Macedonian invasion and its impacts.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. What are the two kinds of states that are mentioned in the list of mahajanapadas?
2. What are the four ashramas?
3. What was the central belief among the Ajivikas?
4. What are the three books of the Tripitaka/Tipitaka?
5. What are the Jatakas?
6. What are the three gems (triratna) of Jainism?
7. What are the five great vows (panch-mahavrata) for monks and nuns in Jainism?
8. What was the most apparent and direct impact of Persian invasion on India?
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UNIT IV
ESSAY
1. What factors underlay the emergence of the Mauryan empire?
2. What was the nature and structure of the Mauryan empire?
3. Critically examine the relevance of Ashoka‟s dhamma to Mauryan society.
4. What was the extent of the state‟s control over economic activities in the Mauryan empire?
5. Discuss the Mauryan art and architecture.
6. Analyze the decline of the Mauryan empire.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. What do you mean by the concept of saptanga rajya in the Arthasastra?

2. Who were the dhamma-mahamatas?
3. What are the Greek-Roman texts used for reconstructing the Mauryan period?
4. Write on the Mauryan coins.
5. Explain the dharmachakra on Ashokan capitals.
6. Who was Kautilya?
7. Who was Chandragupta Maurya?
8. What do you mean by Ashoka‟s dhamma?

UNIT V
ESSAY
1. Discuss the administration/history of the Kushans.
2. Discuss the history of the Satavahanas.
3. Analyses of the growth and development of crafts and guilds in the post-Mauryan period.
4. What was the significance of the Indo-Roman trade?
5. Examine the development of religion during the post-Mauryan period.
6. Discuss the society in early historical South India as reflected by the Sangam literature.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. Who was Gautamiputra Satakarni?

2. Who was Kanishka?
3. What is the importance of the site of Arikamedu for the Indo-Roman trade?
4. Write one new significant development in religious doctrines and practices between 200 BCE
and CE 300.
5. What was the significance of stupa in Buddhist tradition?
6. Who were the guilds?
7. Who were the Shakas?
8. Who was Menander?

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Paper 3: History of India (Gupta to Sultanate Periods)

Course No: UG/Hist/III/EC/03
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

UNIT I
ESSAY

1. Write on the administration of the Guptas.

2. Examine the social structure of the Guptas.
3. Make an assessment of the Gupta economy.
4. Why was the age of the Guptas considered as a phase of „Brahmanical revival‟?
5. Write an essay on Gupta literature and art.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. Who was Aryabhatta?

2. Who was Samudragupta?
3. What do you know about the Allahabad Inscription?
4. Who were the Vakatakas?
5. Why is the Gupta age often referred to as a classical age in the sphere of cultural development?
6. Who were the Chalukyas?
7. Who was Fahein?
8. What do you mean by jatidharma?

UNIT II
ESSAY
1. Make an assessment of the administration of northern India under Harshavardhana.
2. What are the religious developments that took place in northern India during the post- Gupta
period?
3. Discuss the Tripartite struggle for supremacy.
4. Briefly discuss the contribution of Bhaskaravarman.
5. Give the account of Hiuen Tsang‟s (Xuanzang) on the condition of India.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. What is the samanta system?

2. Write on the significance of royal land grants between CE 600-1000.
3. What was the role of Devapala in the history of the Pala dynasty?
4. Who were the Gurjara-Pratiharas?
5. Who were the Varmans?
6. Who was Amoghavarsha?
7. What are the implications of the theory of mixed castes (varnasamkara)?
8. Who was Si Yu Ki?
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UNIT III
ESSAY
1. Discuss the nature of south Indian states in medieval period.
2. Trace the history of the Pallavas.
3. Discuss the administration of the Cholas.
4. Make an analysis of the roles of urban centres, markets, and trade in south India during the early
medieval period.
5. How and why did temples represent a most revolutionary and forward-looking force in south
India?
6. Examine the economy of south India in the post-Gupta period.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. In what ways did the Pallavas make contribution to Indian art?

2. Mention some of the characteristics of Chola art?
3. Who was Sankaracharya?
4. Who was Mahendravarma I?
5. Who was Rajaraja I?
6. What is brahmadeya?
7. What is „ur‟and „sabha‟?
8. What was the devadasi system in South India?

UNIT IV
ESSAY
1. Discuss the nature and impact of Mahmud‟s invasion of India.
2. Discuss the nature and impact of the invasion of Muhammad of Ghori.
3. Write an essay on the Iqta system.
4. Examine the economy of the Delhi Sultanate.
5. Make an analysis of the society of the Delhi Sultanate.
6. Discuss the administration of the Delhi Sultanate.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. Write on the impact of the Arab invasion of Sind.

2. Why was the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, called the „Slave Dynasty‟?
3. Who was Razya Begum?
4. Why did Muhammad-bin-Tuqhlak decide to change his capital from Delhi to Devagiri?
5. What is the „Corp of Forty‟?
6. What happened to Somnath temple in 1025 CE?
7. What do you mean by Iqta?
8. Who were the Ulemas?
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UNIT V
ESSAY
1. Discuss the development of literature under the Delhi Sultanate.
2. Write an essay on the development of architecture during the Delhi Sultanate period.
3. Write an essay on the Bhakti movement.
4. Elaborate on the growth of Sufism.
5. Give an account of the Vijayanagar kingdom.
6. Give an account on the foundation and general features of the Bahmani kingdom.

SHORT ANSWERS

1. What are the sources for reconstructing the history of Vijayanagar?

2. Mention the causes of the conflict between the Vijayanagar rulers and the Bahmani sultans?
3. How would evaluate the contribution of Krishnadeva Raya?
4. Write a short note on the matrimonial policy followed by Firuz Shah Bahmani.
5. Mention the impact of the Portuguese control of the Indian Ocean trade.
6. Who was Mahmud Gawan?
7. Who was Amir Khusrau?
8. Who were the Afaqis and the Dakhnis?

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Paper 4: HISTORY OF THE MUGHALS

Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/04
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

Unit I: ESSAY Foundation and Consolidation of Mughal rule in India

1. Write an essay on the pre-Mughal society as reflected in caste, social manners and customs.
2. Mention the available sources for the reconstruction of the history of the Mughals in India.
3. Describe the circumstances leading to the foundation of the Mughal empire by Babur and its
significance to India.
4. Examine the Mughal-Afghan contest for supremacy in India (1526-1556).
5. Write a note on the establishment of Sur dynasty in India. /Critically review the career and
achievements of Sher Shah.
6. „No Government, not even the British has shown so much wisdom as this Pathan‟. Comment
on the administration of Sher Shah.

SHORT ANSWER
1. Mention the importance of Ain-i-Akbari as a source of Mughal history.
2. Who was Abul Fazl?
3. What was the significance of the First Battle of Panipat?
4. Who was Hemu?
5. Who was Bairam Khan?
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6. Why is Sher Shah regarded as the forerunner of Akbar?

7. What was the Purdah System?
8. Write short notes on the Battle of Khanua.

UNIT II: Administration and Fine Arts under the Mughals

ESSAY
1. Bring out the main features of the Mughal administration under Akbar.
2. Examine the various interpretations regarding the nature of Mughal state.
3. Discuss the concept of the theory of kingship/suzerainty under Akbar.
4. What are the main features of the Mansabdari system of the Mughals?
5. Write an essay on the architecture and painting which developed during the Mughal period.
6. Describe the growth of literature during the Mughal period.

SHORT ANSWER

1. What is the Dagh System?

2. What do you mean by du-aspah-sih-aspah ?
3. Write a short description on the Taj Mahal built by Shah Jahan.
4. Who was Todar Mal?
5. In the Mansabdari system of the Mughals, what did Zat and Sawar ranks signify?
6. Who were the Khanazads?
7. What were the themes of painting during the Mughal period?
8. What do you understand by Jharokha Darshan?

Unit III: Society and Economy

ESSAY:

1. Examine the social structure of the Mughal society with reference to the nobility and
Zamindars.
2. Describe the main features of the land revenue administration in the Mughal Empire.
3. Attempt an overview of trade and commerce during the Mughal period.
4. Discuss the industries which flourished during the Mughal period.
5. Give a brief account of the status of women during the Mughal period.
6. Discuss the growth of agriculture during the Mughal period.

SHORT ANSWER
1. What is a hundi?
2. Who were the Zamindars? Mention the three broad categories of Zamindars in the Mughal
Empire.
3. What is the distinction between Jagir and Khalisa lands?
4. What was the condition of sati during the Mughal period?
5. What do you know of the Zabti System?
6. Who were the Raiyayatis and Khut Kasht?
7. Mention the differences between the two categories of artisans under the Mughals.
8. Who were the Irani and Turani nobles?
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Unit IV: State and Policies under the Mughals

ESSAY
1. Discuss Akbar‟s relation with the Rajputs. How far was it responsible for the consolidation
and expansion of the Mughal Empire?
2. Discuss Aurangzeb‟s relations with the Deccan States. How far was the Deccan policy of
Aurangzeb responsible for his downfall?
3. Discuss Aurangzeb‟s relations with the Sikhs.
4. Trace the rise of the Marathas under Shivaji in the 17th century.
5. Discuss the religious policy of Akbar and his concept of Sulh-i-kulh.
6. Critically discuss Aurangzeb‟s religious policy.

SHORT ANSWER
1. What do you know of „Chauth’ and „Sardeshmukhi’?
2. In Deccan politics, who were Madanna and Akhanna?
3. Write a note on the Treaty of Purandar.
4. What was the Maratha Confederacy?
5. Mention the consequences of the Ibadat Khana debate initiated by Akbar.
6. Explain Din-i-Ilahi.
7. What is the difference between Shia Muslim and Sunni Muslims?
8. What is Jizyah?

Unit V: Disintegration and Decline

ESSAY:
1. Enumerate the various theories of the decline of the Mughal Empire. Do you think the
Mughal system was inherently flawed?
2. How far was Aurangzeb responsible in the downfall of the Mughal Empire?
3. What were the various factors that led to the decline of the Mughal empire?
4. What kind of crisis existed during the first half of eighteenth century India?
5. Give an account of the emergence of regional states in the Eighteenth Century.
6. Write an essay on the emergence of Bengal as an independent regional state.

SHORT ANSWERS
1. Give reasons why the new regional states of Bengal, Awadh and Hyderabad were called
„Successor States‟.
2. What is meant by Jagirdari System?
3. Explain the theory propounded by Prof.Irfan Habib in understanding the decline of the
Mughal Empire.
4. Who were the Jagat Seths?
5. Who was Ranjit Singh?
6. Explain the misls of the Sikhs.
7. Who was Nizam-ul-mulk?
8. Write a note on the invasions of Ahmad Shah Abdali.

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Paper 5: Modern India – I

Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/05
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

Unit-I
Essay:
1. Discuss the causes and results of the Battle of Plassey, 1757?
2. What were the circumstances that led to the Battle of Buxar, 1764? Discuss its significance.
3. Write a note on the Anglo-Maratha Wars.
4. Discuss in brief the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
5. Describe the British annexation of Punjab.
6. What were the causes and results of the Revolt of 1857?

Short Answer:
1. What do you mean by the Royal Farman of 1717?
2. Write a note on the Dual System of Government.
3. What was the Maratha Confederacy?
4. Write a note on the Treaty of Seringapatnam, 1792.
5. Write a note on the Treaty of Bassien, 1802.
6. Discuss the role of Rani Lakshmi Bai in the Revolt of 1857.
7. Mention some important features of the Queen‟s Proclamation of 1858.
8. How did the British annex the state of Awadh?

Unit-II
Essay:
1. Discuss the various reforms of Warren Hastings.
2. What do you know about the Permanent Settlement of Lord Cornwallis? What were its
advantages and disadvantages?
3. Discuss the annexation policy of Lord Wellesley.
4. Enumerate the reforms introduced by Lord William Bentinck.
5. Write on the annexation policies followed by Lord Dalhousie.
6. Discuss in brief the reforms of Lord Dalhousie.

Short Answer:
1. Mention three features of the Regulating Act of 1773.
2. Who was Nana Fadnavis?
3. What do you mean by the Subsidiary Alliance?
4. What do you mean by the „Doctrine of Lapse‟
5. Mention five Indian states who accepted the Subsidiary Alliance.
6. Write a short note on the practice of Sati.
7. Discuss the judicial reforms of Lord Cornwallis.
8. What was the significance of Fort William College?
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Unit-III
Essay:
1. Examine the pre-British Indian economy.
2. Discuss the various land revenue policies introduced by the British in India?
3. What do you mean by commercialization of agriculture? Discuss its impact on Indian society?
4. What factors contributed to the rural indebtedness in India?
5. Discuss the various factors which contributed to landless labourers in colonial India.
6. Write a note on the economic policies of the British in 19th Century India.

Short Answer:
1. What do you mean by the „Drain of Wealth‟ theory?
2. How did the peasants become landless labourers in India?
3. Define Jamani system.
4. Write short note on All India Kisan Sabha.
5. What do you mean by „absentee landlord?
6. Who was R.P. Dutt?
7. What do you mean by „overcrowding in agriculture‟?
8. Write a short note on the Santhal Rebellion of 1855.

Unit-IV
Essay:
1. How were the textile industries affected by the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
2. What were the main types of industries that came up in 19th Century India?
3. Discuss the process of de-industrialization in India.
4. What do you understand by indigenous banking?
5. Write an essay on the development of modern banking system in India.
6. Discuss the factors that led to the development of modern industries in India.

Short Answer:
1. Why did India export trade decline in the 19th century?
2. How did industrialization affect the Indian Cotton handicrafts?
3. What is the nature of Jute manufacturing industry in Colonial India?
4. Write a short note on how railways was introduced in India.
5. Write a short note on the Tata Iron and Steel Plant.
6. What do you mean by „hundi‟?
7. Discuss the roles of indigenous bankers in pre-British India.
8. Write a short note on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Unit-V
Essay:
1. Discuss the impact of western education in India.
2. Write an essay on the Ramkrishna Mission.
3. Discuss the main objectives of the Brahmo Samaj.
4. Describe the growth and role of press in Indian nationalism.
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5. Write an essay on the growth of modern intelligentsia. What were their contributions?
6. Write a note on the Aligarh Movement.

Short Answers:
1. Write a short note on the significance of Macaulay Minute, 1835.
2. Mention three provisions of the Wood Despatch, 1854.
3. Write some features of the Hunter Commission, 1882.
4. What was the Vernacular Press Act, 1878?
5. Who was Ambedkar?
6. Write a short note on the Aligarh Muslim University.
7. What are the contributions made by Swami Vivekananda?
8. What was the Arya Samaj?

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PAPER 6: HISTORIOGRAPHY
Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/06
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

UNIT I
Meaning and Scope of History-I
Essay:
1) What is history? Discuss the nature and scope of history?
2) What is historiography? Assess the development of history writing.
3) What is the relationship between History with Geography and Sociology
4) What is the relationship between History with Economics and Political Science

Short note:
1) History and Archaeology
2) History and anthropology
3) History and Philosophy
4) History and Literature
5) History and Natural Science
6) What is economic history?
7) What is universal history?
8) What is social history?
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UNIT II
Meaning and scope of History-II

Essay:
1) Discuss Generalization in history.
2) What is causation in history?
3) What is objectivity in history? Is objectivity possible in history writing?
4) What are the sources of history?

Short:
1) What is subjectivity?
2) What is Cultural Relativism?
3) Write a note on Archaeological Sources.
4) What are literary sources in history?
5) What is Archives?
6) What is the difference between Primary sources and Secondary sources?
7) How do we use photograph to re-construct the past events?
8) What do you mean by oral tradition?

UNIT III
Traditions of Historical Writing-I
Essay:
1) What are the chief features of the Greek historical writing?
2) Give an account on Roman historiography?
3) What are the chief features of ancient Indian historical writing?
4) Give an account on Chinese historiography?

Short:

1) Who was Kalhana?

2) What do you know about Itihasa Purana tradition?
3) Write short notes on Harshacharita of Bana Bhatta?
4) Who is Herodotus?
5) Who is Thucydidies?
6) Who is Tacitus?
7) Who is Pliny?
8) What is Tso tradition?

UNIT IV
Traditions of Historical Writing-II
Essay:

1) What do you know about medieval Western tradition of history writing?

2) Examine the Positivistic history.
3) Discuss the Marxist historiography.
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4) Write an essay/what do you know about the Annales school of history?

Short note:
1) Who was Leopold Von Ranke?
2) Who was Karl Marx?
3) Who was Auguste Comte?
4) What is Communist Manifesto?
5) Who was Mark Bloc?
6) Who was Lucien Febvre?
7) What is the Chronicles?
8) What is the Annals?

Unit V
Approaches to Indian history

Essay:
1) What are the main ideologies contained in Imperialist/colonialist historiography?
2) Write a note on the issues discussed by nationalist historians writing on the modern period.
3) Discuss the influence of Marxist historiography on Indian history writing.
4) What do you understand by the term „subaltern‟? How did the Subaltern Studies begin in
India?

Short note:
1) Who was James Mill?
2) Who was Ranajit Guha?
3) Who D.D. Kosambi?
4) Who is R.C. Dutt?
5) Who was Romila Thapar?
6) Who is Bipan Chandra?
7) What is Subaltern Studies?
8) What do you mean by „historical materialism‟?

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PAPER-7 : EARLY MODERN EUROPE

Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/07
(Revised on 12 August, 2017@ GHBC)

Unit I: ESSAY: Commerce, Conquest and Colonisation, 1300-1600.

1. Who were the Ottomans? How did they conquer Constantinople and what were its effects?
2. Why were slaves so important to Ottoman society?
3. During the 15th century, Europeans focused their colonial and commercial ambitions more and
more on the western Mediterranean and the Atlantic world. Why and how was this possible?
4. How were the Portuguese able to control the Indian Ocean trade? What role did Prince Henry the
Navigator play in the 15th century Portuguese expeditions?
5. How did Europe encounter the New World?
6. What was the impact of New World silver on the European economy?

SHORT ANSWERS:

1. What was the significance of the battle of Lepanto?

2. What religious policy did the Ottomans adopt towards non-Muslims?
3. What advantages did the Genoese have over the Catalans and Venetians in the overseas
exploration of the 15th and 16th centuries?
4. What do you know about the Portuguese Caravel?
5. Mention the most significant advances in navigation during the 15th and 16th Centuries.
6. What was the main goal of Prince Henry the Navigator?
7. How were Hernando Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro able to accomplish the conquest of America?
8. What impact did the mining of silver have on the native population of Central and South America?

Unit II: ESSAY: The Renaissance and The Reformation of Religion.

1. What do you mean by Renaissance „Classicism‟ and „Humanism‟?

2. Why did the Renaissance occur in Italy?
3. What were the theological premises of Lutheranism? How did the Reformation begin?
4. Why and how did England become a Protestant country?
5. What was the nature of the Catholic Reformation? How did the Society of Jesus contribute to the
movement?
6. How did notions of family and marriage change during the Reformation?

SHORT ANSWERS:

1. Mention the importance of the Book of Courtier in contemporary Europe?

2. What were considered to be the masterpieces of Leonardo Da Vinci?
3. Write a note on Michelangelo‟s David.
4. What was Utopia about?
5. How did Martin Luther gain insight into the problem of the justice of God
6. What was the „Diet of Worms‟?
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7. Why was Switzerland the location for several different Protestant movements?
8. In what ways did the religious teachings of John Calvin different from that of Luther?

Unit III: ESSAY: Religious Wars, State Building, Intellectuals and Artists.

1. Why was the period 1540-1660 one of the most turbulent in European history?
2. Make an assessment of the religious wars between the period 1540 and 1660 and examine why
they were so deeply entwined with political conflicts.
3. The long century of war between 1540 and 1660 decisively altered the balance of power among
the major kingdoms of Western Europe. Examine with reference to Spain and France. 4. Describe
how the political struggle in France turned into a religious war leading to the promulgation of the
Edict of Nantes.
5. What were the causes and effects of the Thirty Years‟ War?
6. What were the causes of the English Civil War? Why were the consequences considered „radical‟
among all the revolts that shook mid-seventeenth century Europe?

SHORT ANSWERS:

1. What was the single greatest cause of warfare during 1540-1660?

2. Write a note on the German Wars of Religion.
3. Who was Henry of Navarre?
4. Write a note on the Spanish Armada and its defeat.
5. An English preacher said in 1643, “These are days of shaking, and this shaking is universal”.
Explain.
6. Describe in brief the Revolt of the Netherlands.
7. Mention the significance of the Peace of Westphalia (1648) in European history.
8. Why did Spain‟s economy become weak during the 17th Century?

Unit IV: ESSAY: Absolutism and Empire (1660-1789) and The French Revolution.

1. What do you mean by absolutism? What were the aims of absolutist rulers?
2. How did the reign of Louis XIV exemplify absolutism in France
3. Evaluate the absolutist rule of Peter I and Catherine the Great in transforming the Russian empire.
4. Examine the main features of the European colonisation and trade in the 17th century.
5. What were the causes of the French Revolution?
6. What were the features of the charter issued by the National Assembly in September 1789? What
were the issues that were debated regarding the rights and roles of women?

SHORT ANSWERS:

1. How did absolutist rulers in France and Russia deal with their opponents?
2. What was glorious and inglorious about the “Glorious Revolution”?
3. How did Jean Baptiste Colbert contribute to increasing Louis XIV‟s royal revenue?
4. Mention the significance of the Treaty of Utrecht.
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5. “Almost everywhere in urban Europe, the 18th Century was the „Golden Age‟ of the small
shopkeeper.” Explain.
6. Write a note on the „triangular trade‟ in the 18th century.
7. What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen about?
8. Who were the Jacobins?

Unit V: ESSAY: The Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment.

1. Discuss the intellectual roots of the Scientific Revolution.

2. Examine the contribution of Copernicus and Galileo in the Scientific Revolution.
3. Evaluate the emergence of natural philosophy in the 17th century with reference to Bacon and
Descartes.
4. What were the basic characteristics of Enlightenment writings?
5. How did Voltaire, Montesquieu and Diderot exemplify the spirit of the Enlightenment?
6. How would you assess the contributions of Mary Wollstonecraft and Jean Jacques Rousseau
towards understanding nature, gender and Enlightenment radicalism?

SHORT ANSWERS:

1. What were the changes associated with the Scientific Revolution?

2. What was the Copernican Revolution about?
3. Write a note on the ideas of Sir Francis Bacon as expressed in his Novum Organum (1620).
4. What was Descartes‟ deductive approach?
5. Mention the practical consequences of Newton‟s works.
6. Write a note on the nature of the Encyclopedia.
7. What legacy did the Enlightenment leave behind on gender and slavery?
8. How did printing and culture expand during the Enlightenment?
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Prescribed text: Western Civilizations, Judith Coffin, Robert Stacy, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes
(Note: Page numbers have been intentionally omitted due to the possibility of conflicts with other
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Paper 8: HISTORY OF NORTHEAST INDIA (1822-1986)

Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/08(C)
(Revised on 12th August, 2017@GHBC)

Unit – I (Descriptive):
1. Trace the circumstances leading to the first Anglo- Burmese war.
2. What were the Provisions of the Treaty of Yandaboo? Mention its significance for the history
of British expansion of the North-East India.
3. Narrate the circumstances leading to the annexation of Jaintia Hills by the British in 1835.
4. Discuss the relationship between Cachar and the British till its annexation to the Empire.
5. Give an account of the Annexation of Assam (1833-38).
6. Describe the annexation of Tularam‟s territory by the British after the annexation of the
plains of Cachar in 1835.

Short Notes:

1. Who was Purandar Sinha?

2. Who was Govinda Chandra?
3. What do you understand by the British policy of Non-Regulation System?
4. Who was Tularam?
5. Who was David Scott?
6. Write what you know about the Treaty of Badarpur, 1824.
7. Write a short note on the Jaintia Rebellion (1862-63).
8. What do you understand by the British policy of „Bhagalpur Model‟?

Unit – II (Descriptive):

1. Discuss the circumstances leading to the Anglo-Khasi war.

2. How the British did consolidated their rule in the Garo Hills?
3. Describe the process of how Naga Hills were annexed to the British Empire.
4. Examine the causes of British annexation of the Lushai Hills.
5. Describe the British relationship with Manipur in the 19th Century.
6. Examine the British relationship with Tripura in the 19th century.

Short Notes:

1. Who was Tirot Singh?

2. What do you know about „Nongklow Massacre‟ of 1829?
3. What was Posa?
4. What do you know about Circle System introduced by the British in Lushai Hills?
5. Who was Lalsuthlaha?
6. Who was Ropuiliani?
7. Write a short note on „Chin-Hills Regulation‟.
8. Who was Gambhir Singh?
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Unit – III (Descriptive):

1. Examine the British land revenue system in the North-East with special reference to Assam.
2. Assess the growth of the plantation industry in Assam. What were its consequences for the
economy of Assam?
3. Trace the introduction and impact of western education in Assam.
4. Trace the development of trade in Assam during the British rule.
5. Describe the development of transport and communication in Assam during the British rule.
6. Describe the development of the discovery of oil in Assam.

Short Notes:

1. Explain the Paik system.

2. Write a short note on Macaulay‟s Minute.
3. Mention the four categories of land in Assam under the British.
4. Write a note on the Assam Railways and Trading Company.
5. Explain briefly Jenkin‟s Waste Land Rules of 1838 in Assam.
6. Who were the Keyas?
7. Explain in brief the role of Christian missionaries in spreading modern education in Assam.
8. Write a short note on the consequences of opium in Assam.

Unit – IV (Descriptive):

1. Narrate the impact of the Revolt of 1857 in Assam.

2. Discuss the impact of Partition of Bengal on the administration of Assam.
3. Discuss the role of Assam in the Non-cooperation Movement.
4. Write an essay on the Civil-Disobedience Movement in Assam.
5. Discuss the role of Assam in the Quit India Movement.
6. Examine the impact of Cabinet Mission Plan in Assam.

Short Notes:

1. Discuss Assam Association.

2. Who was Nabin Chandra Bordoloi?
3. Who was Maniram Dewan?
4. Briefly state the impact of Cripps‟s Mission in Assam.
5. Write a short note on the role of Swaraj Party in Assam.
6. Who was Rani Gaidinliu?
7. What was the Cunningham Circular?
8. Write a short note on the role of women in the Quit India Movement in Assam.
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Unit – V (Descriptive):

1. Give an account of the integration of Manipur into the Indian Union.

2. Discuss the process of the integration of the Khasi state into the Indian Union.
3. Write a note on the merger of Tripura into the Indian Union.
4. Give an account of the Re-organisation of the North-Eastern States, 1972.
5. Analyse the provisions of the Sixth Schedule enumerated in the Indian Constitution.
6. Discuss the main provisions of the Memorandum of Settlement, 1986.

Short Note:

1. Write a note on Mizo Union.

2. What do you mean by Inner Line Regulation?
3. Discuss the Bordoloi Sub-Committee.
4. What was the main objective of All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC)?
5. What were the main aims of EITU?
6. Who was Williamson A. Sangma?
7. Write a short note on UMFO.
8. Who was Angami Zapu Phizo?

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PAPER – 9: Modern World History

Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/09
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

Unit I (Essay)

1. Why did the Industrial Revolution originate in Britain?

2. What were the effects of Industrial Revolution?
3. What are the innovations introduced in the textile industries after the Industrial Revolution?
4. Discuss the growth of production of coal and iron with the onset of Industrial Revolution?
5. Describe the environmental pollution brought by the Industrial Revolution?
6. Explain the beginning of class consciousness in the 19th century.

Short Answer:

1. Why would you consider the fact that industralization‟s roots lay in agriculture?
2. What were the revolutionary breakthroughs in the textile industries that were accomplished by the
end of the 18th century?
3. Who were the Navvies?
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4. Historians now attribute the population growth of the 19th century to rising fertility rather than to
falling mortality. Why?
5. What do you know about the Great Famine of 1845-1849?
6. With reference to the Industrial Revolution, it is suggested that we should also speak of an
“industrious revolution”. Why?
7. What values constituted middle class “respectability” in the early mid-19th Century?
8. How did Balzar portray the corruption of modern life?

Unit II (Essay)

1. Give an account of the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte to power.

2. What were the reforms introduced by Napoleon Bonaparte?
3. Critically examine the principles on which the Peace Makers of the Congress of Vienna bring
about the Territorial Settlements.
4. Discuss the unification of Italy.
5. Discuss the unification of Germany.
6. Discuss the consequences of the French Revolution 1848.

Short Answer:
1. What was the importance of the Edmund Burke‟s “Reflections on the Revolution in France?
2. What were the three components of Liberalism?
3. What was the “Communist Manifesto” about?
4. Why was the Corn Law repealed in 1846?
5. What were the demands of the Chartists?
6. How did Jeremy Bentham‟s “The Principles of Morals and Legislation” illustrates 19th Century
liberalism?
7. Who was Garibaldi?
8. Mention the Napoleanic Code‟s provisions on the family.

Unit III (Essay)

1. Define the meaning of Colonialism and Imperialism in the 19th century.

2. How did the “New Imperialism” come about?
3. What do you mean by “Scramble for Africa”? Explain its effects.
4. Discuss the Women‟s Suffrage Movement in the 19th century.
5. Trace the growth of labour movements in the late 19th century.
6. Discuss the reorganisation of the Indian Empire by the British after the mutiny of 1857.

Short Answer:

1. Projects such as the Suez Canal changed-literally-the landscape and the map of the world. Why?
2. Why was Lord Curzon the most prominent representative of the “new imperialism” in India?
3. Who were the Boxers?
4. How did the major European powers conquer and colonize Africa with astonishing speed?
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5. Who was the „new woman”?

6. What do you know of the First International? (p.826)
7. What was Zionism about? (p.834)
8. What was Social Darwinism? (p.848)

Unit IV (Essay)

1. How did the conflicts in the Balkan lead to the First World War?
2. Discuss the factors responsible for the outbreak of the First World War.
3. Describe the different causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
4. Examine the formation and objectives of the League of Nations.
5. Account for the rise of Fascism under Mussolini in Italy.
6. Explain the rise of Nazism under Hitler in Germany.

Short Answer:

1. What new weapons were added during the courrse of the Great War?
2. Explain the significance of the term total war?
3. Mention the roles played by women in the First World War?
4. What do you know about the Wilson‟s Fourteen Points?
5. What was the New Economic Policy (NEP)?
6. “The Marne proved to be the most strategically impotant battle of the entire war.” Why?
7. Why did the League of Nations never achieve the aims of its founders?
8. Why did democracy decline during the inter-war period?

Unit V (Essay)

1. Describe the events that led to the outbreak of the Second World War.
2. What was the Holocaust? What role did the Nazis play in it?
3. Discuss the Second World War in the Eastern and Western fronts.
4. Define Manhattan Project and its effect in the Second World War.
5. Discuss the significances of the Second World War.
6. Write the circumstances leading to the birth of the United Nations Organization. What are its
aims?

Short Answer:

1. The 1930s brought three crucial tests for the League of Nations. Elaborate..
2. Why did thousands of foreign fighters join the Spanish Civil War?
3. How was the Spanish Civil War a “dress rehearsal” for a later war between the German and the
Soviet “advisors”?
4.How did Hitler take advantage of international tolerance and war weariness to advance his
ambitions?
5. What was the Polish Corridor? What event set off the beginning of the Second World War?
6.What made the Second World War a horrifying unique event? (17th ed.p.816 right para)
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7. What came to be known as “the Rape of Nanjing”? (17th ed.p.818-left para)

8. Why would you consider the Second World War a “total war”? (p.956)

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PAPER 10: CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/10
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

UNIT I: (Essay)The Cold War World: Global Politics and Economic Recovery

1. Trace the origin and impact of the Cold War.

2. The Cuban Missile crisis almost sparked „a hot war‟ between the two rival blocs during the Cold
War. Discuss.
3. What do you mean by the “Golden Years”? Discuss the role played by the technological
revolution in the Post-War economic surge.
4. Discuss the economic recovery of Europe during the Post-War period.
5. Discuss the dangers of nuclear proliferation.
6. Question on NATO

Short Answers:
1. What was the Marshall Plan? (218)
2. What was the COMECON? (223)
3. What do you know of the policy of containment? (225)
4. What was the European Economic Community (EEC)?(228)
5. What do you know about the „Berlin Blockade‟? (228)
6. What is détente? (232)
7. What was Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961?(273)
8. What do you understand by MAD?(275)

UNIT II: Decolonization, Revolutions, and the Transformation of Asia and Africa

1. Define „de-colonization‟. Discuss the processes of decolonization after the Second World War?
2. Examine the Vietnam War of 1961-75.
3. Discuss the Korean War as an episode in the Cold War.
4. Briefly explain the development and end of Apartheid in South Africa.
5. Trace the causes for the Arab-Israeli conflict leading to the creation the state of Israel.
6. How did the African states deal with the problems brought about by the end of colonial rule?
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Short answers:
1. What was the Viet Minh? (250)
2. What is Zionism? (108)
3. Write a short note on the War of 1956.
4. Write a short note on the War of 1967.
5. Write a short note on the War of 1973.
6. Write a note on the PLO.(438)
7. What do you mean by apartheid? (404)
8. What was the significance of the OAU? (410)

UNIT III: Neutralism, Development and the Rise of the Third World

1. How would you explain the origins of the Third World in the years after 1945?
2. Examine the emergence and development of the Non-Aligned Movement.
3. Mao Zedong may have been a great revolutionary but once in power he failed his people.
Critically discuss.
4. Enumerate on the rise of South Korea and Taiwan as economic power houses.
5. How did North Korea become the most serious threat to regional security in the 1990‟s?
6. Write on the dominance of the United States on Latin America.

Short answers:
1. What was the Group of 77? (327)
2. What was the Group of 7 (G-7) ? (328)
3. What do you mean by GATT? (343)
4. What was the „Great Leap Forward‟? (360)
5. What was Fidel Castro?
6. What do you know about the Chinese Red Army?
7. What do you know about the Khmer Rouge? (368)
8. Write a note on Tiananmen Square protest in 1989.(370)

UNIT IV: The End of the Cold War (1960-1990): Politics, Society, and Culture

1. Discuss the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Soviet Union.
2. The collapse of the Cold War brought about „the unipolar moment with America at the apex‟.
Explain.
3. Write on the death of the peasantry during the second half of the twentieth century.
4. Analyse women‟s changing roles from the end of the Second World War.
5. How did mass culture bring about a cultural revolution? (Western Civilizations, p.1014; 889-17th
ed)
6. Discuss the social movements during the1960‟s.

Short answers:
1. What is meant by perestroika? (481)
2. What was the Solidarity Movement?(483)
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3. Differentiate between Shi‟a Islam and Sunni Islam. 9

4. What is meant by the „unipolar moment‟ in the international order? (491)
5. What problems did Russia face in the 1990s? (492)
6. Write a note on the Irish Republican Army. (495)
7. Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
8. Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?

UNIT V: Globalization and the West

1. What is globalization? How did it transform the outlook of the people?

2. War and terrorism is a common phenomenon in the 21st century. Discuss.
3. Examine the development of Information and Communication technology.
4. Illustrate the nature and characteristic of a network society and how this has become the
foundation of our society in the twenty first century.
5. Enumerate the role played by OPEC to highlight the importance of „oil‟ in world politics.
6. Write what you know about the „Fourth World‟.

Short answers:
1. What is a “checkerboard of poverty and affluence”? Western Civilizations, p.1047; 919-17th ed)
2. What is meant by globalization ?
3. What is OPEC?
4. What do you understand by informationalism? (Manuel Castells “Informationalism, networks and
the network society a theoretical blueprint” in Castells, Manuel (ed.), The Network Society, ch.1,
p.1)
5. What was the intifada of 1987? (Western Civilizations, p. 1056; 929-17th ed)
6. What were the characteristics of the “kleptocracies” south of the Sahara? Western Civilizations,
pp.1056-1057; 931-17th ed)
7. Write a short notes on Al Qaeda. (515)
8. What is jihad? (535)

Please note: Numbers within brackets are the relevant page numbers in Antony Best et.al.
International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond (2nd Edition, Routledge, UK, 2008)
unless otherwise indicated.
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PAPER 11: Modern India – II

Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/11
(Revised on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

UNIT I (DESCRIPTIVE) :

1. Analyze the historiography of Indian Nationalism.

2. What were the factors responsible for the emergence of Indian nationalism ?
3. Write an essay on the pre – congress political associations.
4. Discuss in detail the formation of the Indian National Congress.
5. Who were the Moderates and the Extremists? What was their role in Indian politics ?
6. Write a note on the Swadeshi Movement.

SHORT ANSWER :

1. Who was W.C. Banerjee ?

2. Who was A.O. Hume ?
3. Write short note on the Home Rule Movement.
4. What is the „safety valve theory‟?
5. What was the Illbert Bill Agitation ?
6. Why was Bengal partitioned ?
7. What was the main thrust of Economic Nationalism propounded by the Moderates ?
8. What are the four major trends in Bengal Swadeshi according to Sumit Sarkar ?

UNIT II (DESCRIPTIVE) :

1. How did Gandhi transform the Indian National Congress into a mass based organization ? 2.
Analyze the success and failure of the Non – Cooperation Movement.
3. Assess the significance of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
4. Why did Gandhi launch the Quit India Movement ? What were the outcomes of the Movement ?
5. Analyze the role of the Left Wing in the radicalization of the Indian National Movement. 6.
Discuss the emergence of revolutionary terrorism in India.

SHORT ANSWER :

1. Write short note on the Dandi March.

2. Write a note on Gandhi‟s idea of Satyagraha.
3. Why did the Congress split in 1907 ?
4. What was the Rowlatt Act ?
5. What was the Chauri Chaura incident ?
6. Write short note on States People‟s Movement.
7. Write short note on the significance of Moplah Rebellion.
8. What was the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
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UNIT III (DESCRIPTIVE)

1. What were the main provisions of the Morley – Minto Reforms ? What were its shortcomings ?
2. Assess the Simon Commission and the Nehru Report that followed it .
3. Discuss the main features of the Government of India Act of 1919.
4. Who were the Swarajists? What were their programmes?
5. Discuss the working of the Government of India Act of 1935.
6. Examine the working of Provincial Governments/ministries under the British rule.

SHORT ANSWER

1. What was the Communal Award ?

2. Write short note on the Cabinet Mission.
3. What do you know about the „Breakdown Plan‟?
4. What do you know about the „Plan Balkan‟?
5. Why did Gandhi oppose the Cripps Mission ?
6. What was the suggestion made by the Simon Commission when it was released in 1930?
7. Write a note on the Wavell Plan?
8. What do you mean by Dyarchy ?

UNIT IV (DESCRIPTIVE) :

1. What is Communalism? Discuss the emergence of communalism in India.

2. Trace the development of communalism which resulted into the partition of India.
3. Analyze the British policy towards Communalism.
4. Trace the origin of the Muslim League and examine its demand.
5. Narrate the ideas and objectives of the Hindu Mahasabha.

SHORT ANSWER :
1. Who was M.A. Jinnah ?
2. Write short note on the principle of Hindutva.
3. Who was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar?
4. Who were the Sangh Parivar?
5. What was the aim of the Akalidal Movement?
6. Who were the RSS?
7. What is Fascist Communalism?
8. What is Liberal Communalism?

UNIT V (DESCRIPTIVE):

1. Discuss the contribution of the Indian National Army in India‟s struggle for freedom?
2. How was the Princely States integrated into the Indian Union?
3. Describe the salient features of the Mountbatten Plan. Why did the INC accept its proposal?
4. Was the partition of India inevitable? Give reasons.
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5. What was the task of the Constituent Assembly? Why did the Muslim League want to prevent the
election of the Constituent Assembly?
6. Examine the different stages of RIN Mutiny.

SHORT ANSWER:
1. Who was Subash Chandra Bose?
2. Write short note on the Mounbatten Plan.
3. Identify the importance of the Second Round Table Conference?
4. Write a note on the Interim Government of 2nd September, 1946.
5. Write a note on Atlee‟s Declaration of 20th February, 1947.
6. How did the 1940 Lahore Resolution elevate the status of Indian muslims?
7. Why did Ayesha Jalal call Pakistan „a bargaining counter‟ for Jinnah?
8. What do you mean by „the two nation theory‟?

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PAPER -12: HISTORY OF MODERN CHINA

Course No: UG/Hist/IV/EC/12(C)
(Approved on 12 August, 2017 @ GHBC)

Unit 1: Economy, society and polity

Essay type questions:
1. Write note on the Emperor and the Nobility of China. (Emmanuel C.Y. Shu pp. 45-47).
2. Briefly discuss the central government organizations and local administration of China.
(Ibid., pp. 47-59).
3. Throw light on the land and taxation systems of China.(Ibid., pp 59-63)
4. Write a detailed note on the Chinese social stratification during the 19th century.(Ibid., pp. 70-
75)
5. Describe the government examinations system practiced in China.( Ibid., pp. 75-80)
6. What were the causes of the downfall of the Manchu dynasty? (Ibid., pp. 123-130)

Short Questions:
1. Who were the Manchus? (Ibid., pp. 19-20)
2. Status of the merchants in the Chinese society. (Ibid., p. 71)
3. Short comings of the examination system. (Ibid., p. 79)
4. Describe the tributary system of China. (Ibid., pp . 130-134)
5. What is the Six board in the Ching government? (Ibid., p. 51)
6. Describe the clan activities in Chinese society. (p.69)
7. What were the functions of the Hanlin Academy. (p.54)
8. What was the Heaven and Earth Society. (p.128)
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Unit II: China and the Western World:

Essay type questions:
1. Discuss the nature and origin of the Canton system of trade. What are the articles of
trade?(Ibid., pp. 139-149)
2. Write a detailed note on the British attempts to change the Canton system of trade.( Ibid.,
pp. 154-166)
3. Trace the causes and consequences of first Opium war.(Ibid., pp. 184-193)
4. What were the political and economic consequences of the treaty of Tientsin?(Ibid., pp. 209-
211)
5. Write an essay on the „Open Door‟ policy. (Ibid., pp. 349-350)
6. Write an essay on struggle for concessions among the foreign powers in China. (Ibid., pp.
348-349)

Short questions:
1. Write about the lives of the foreigners at Canton(Ibid., pp. 150-152)
2. Who were the Hong merchants? (Ibid., pp. 142-143)
3. Write note on the problem of jurisdiction.(Ibid., pp. 152-153)
4. Write short note on the „Treaty of Nanking‟.(Ibid., pp. 189-190)
5. What do you know about Arrow war?(Ibid., pp. 205-207)
6. Mention the specific objectives of Macartney Mission. (p. 156)
7. Point out the three specific precautionary approach told to Lord Napier. (p.174)
8. What were the provisions of the Convention of Peking, October 24, 1860. (p.215)

Unit III: Rebellion and Reform movements:

Essay type questions:
1. What were the causes of Taiping Rebellion?(Ibid., pp. 221-226)
2. Discuss the Nien and Moslem Rebellions. Highlight its consequences. (Ibid., pp. 253-256)
3. Briefly discuss about the Self Strengthening Movement and its achievement.(Ibid., pp. 282-
287)
4. Write a detailed note on the reform of Hundred Days.(Ibid., pp. 373-376)
5. Write the limitations and repercussions of self strengthening movement.(Ibid., pp. 287-291)
6. What role was played by the Empress Dowager Tz‟u- Shi in the reversal of the Hundred Days
reform? (Ibid., 376-380)
Short questions:
1. Discuss in brief causes of the failure of Taiping rebellion.(Ibid., pp. 249-251)
2. Write some points of Taiping institutions?(Ibid., pp. 232-236)
3. Write notes on the Taiping land system. (Ibid., p. 233)
4. Give some points of the causes of the failure of reforms movement in China.(Ibid., pp.
380-383)
5. Why did the foreign power followed a policy of neutrality in the Taiping Rebellion? (
Ibid., pp. 236-238)
6. Who were the Hakka? (p.225)
7. Describe briefly the social policy of Taiping kingdom. (pp.235-6)
8. Highlight the ideas of Tseng Kuo-fan for establishing Hunan Army. (p.239)
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Unit IV: End of Dynasty and emergence of Nationalism

Essay type questions:

1. What was the origin of Boxer rebellion? Trace the consequences of Boxer Rebellion. (Ibid.,
pp. 390-391, 404-406)
2. Trace the background and characteristics of the Revolution of 1911. (Ibid., pp. 452-454)
3. Write an essay on the civil war among the Warlords. (Ibid., pp. 484-485)
4. What do you know about the nature of the May Fourth Movement?.(Ibid., pp.501-505)
5. Describe Dr Sun Yat Sen role for outbreak revolution in China.(Ibid., pp. 484-485)
6. Discuss in detail the emergence of the Republic under Yuan-Shi-Kai. (Ibid., pp. 470-475)

Short questions:
1. Trace the significance of May Fourth movement.(Ibid., pp. 510-511)
2. Write a short note on the three memorials recommended by the Memorialists in the Ching
Reform. (Ibid., p. 409)
3. Role of Liang Chi Chao in the constitutional movement of 1905-11. (Ibid., pp. 412-413)
4. Write note on the Wuchang Revolution.(Ibid., pp. 468-470)
5. What was the Three People‟s Principles of Dr. Sun Yat- Sen? (Ibid., pp. 459)
6. Why was the period of 1916-27 called „the darkest period‟ in Chinese Republican history?
7. Why was London Kidnap considered as a blessing in disguise for Dr. Sun Yat Sen? (p.458)
8. Highlight the roles played by the Railway Protection Clubs. (p.467)

Unit V: The Communist Revolution

Essay type questions:

1. Write a detailed note on the origin and growth of KMT.
2. Write note on the birth of Communist party in China.(Ibid., pp. 514-518)
3. Throw light on the birth of People‟s Republic of China.(Ibid., pp. 645-650)
4. Write the causes and result of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War.
5. Discuss the KMT-CCP relations between in 1923-24. (Ibid., 518-523)
6. What was the role played by Mao Tse-Tung in shaping of China. (Ibid., 555-557)

Short questions:
1. Trace the growth of Kuomintang party. (Ibid., p. 462)
2. What do you know about Chiang Kai Shek.
3. Write the contributions of Mao Zedong.(Ibid., pp. 552-554)
4. Discuss economic development after the Chinese Communist Revolution.(Ibid., p. 652)
5. What was the four main points of the Sun-Joffe manifestos? (Ibid., p. 521)
6. Briefly describe the atrocities during the fall of Nanking. (p.584)
7. Discuss a Great Leap Forward Movement. (p.655.)
8. Explain the new Socialist Man. (p.659)

Note:
For this paper please read Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, The Rise of Modern China, Oxford University Press,
USA; 6th edition(December 9, 1999)
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