2019
HISTORY PAPER - I
Time Allowed - 3 Hours Full
Marks : 200
If the questions
attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions attempted
first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones
ignored.
Answers may be given
either in English or in Bengali but all answer must be in one and the same
language
GROUP-A
1. Answer any three
questions :10x3=30
(a) Examine the importance of
archaeology for the re-construction of ancient Indian history.
(b) How would you explain the
urban characteristics of the Harappan civilization ?
(c) Bring out the elements of
continuity and change between the early Vedic and the later Vedic cultures.
(d) Explain the growth of
Indo-Roman trade in ancient India.
2. Answer any two
questions :20x2=40
(a) Analyse the transition from
the formation of territorial states (Sixteen Mahajanapadas) to the rise of
Magadhan Imperialism.
(b) How did Asoka's policies and
reforms contribute to the fall of the Mauryan empire ?
(c) Discuss the growth of temple
architecture in South India.
(d) Write an essay on the caste
system in ancient India.
3. Answer any one
of the following question :30
(a) Discuss the growth of science
and technology in ancient India.
(b) Explain the causes of the
downfall of the Gupta empire.
(c) Write an essay on the trade
guilds in ancient India.
GROUP-B
4. Answer any three
questions :10x3=30
(a) Assess the cultural
significance of the Bhakti movement.
(b) Account for the introduction
of the market control regulation by Alauddin Khilji.
(c) Give an account of the
Mughal-Afghan contest for supremacy in medieval India.
(d) How far was Akbar's Rajput
policy politically expedient ?
5. Answer any two
questions :20x2=40
(a) Why did Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
occupy a special place in the history of medieval India ?
(b) How did Bengal flourish under
the rulers of the IIlyas Shahi dynasty ?
(c) Assess critically the land
revenue administration under the Mughals.
6.Write an Essay on
any one of the following :30
(a) The progress of Mughal
architecture
(b) Debate on the theocratic
nature of Delhi Sultanate
(c) The 18th Century Debate
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