PG, HISTORY QUESTIONS PAPERS OF NBU , 2022

 

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL 

PG 1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATION , 2022

HISTORY 

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY: PRE- AND PROTO-HISTORY AND EARLY HISTORIC PERIOD 

CORE: HISTCCT0101A

Time Allotted: 2 Hours                                                                                        Full Marks: 35

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1. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Who coined the term "Neolithic Revolution"? Discuss in brief five characteristics of the Neolithic Age. 

2. Discuss the general features of the mature Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation. 

2. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Analytically discuss the Mesolithic culture. 

2. What are the recent theories for the decline of the first urban Civilisation in India?

3. Write short notes on any three within 250 words each.                                             5×3=15

1. Bhimbetka Rock Art.

2. Lothal and Kalibangan.

3. Daya Ram Sahni and Rakhaldas Banerjee. 

4. Script of the Mature Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation. 

5. Sculpture in stone and mental from the Bronze Age Civilisation. 

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL 

PG 1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATION , 2022

HISTORY 

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY: PRE- AND PROTO-HISTORY AND EARLY HISTORIC PERIOD 

CORE: HISTCCT0101B

Time Allotted: 2 Hours                                                                                         Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full Marks 

1. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Discuss the various Vedic texts and their chronology of the early period. 

2. Write an essay on the Aryan Debate. 

2. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Discuss the emergence of Sixteen Mahajanapadas. 

2. Discuss the nature and structure of the Mauryan empire.

3. Write short notes on any four within 250 words each.                                             5×4=20

1. NBPW.

2. Saptanga theory 

3. Indica

4. Digambara and Svetambara

5. Traders of ancient India .

6. Yaksa and Yaksis.

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL 

PG 1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATION , 2022

HISTORY 

THE RISE OF ISLAM IN INDIA: CONTESTATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS 

CORE: HISTCCT0102A

Time Allotted: 2 Hours                                                                                        Full Marks: 35

The figures in the margin indicate full Marks 

1. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Discuss the archeological sources available to construct the history of Sultanate Period. 

2. Discuss the views of Barni on Muhammad Tughlaq's failed leadership. 

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2. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Discuss the views of historians on the formation of supra-regional and regional states during the period under your study. 

2. Discuss how the administrative structure of the Delhi Sultans was a blend of West Asian and Central Asian traditions. 

3. Write short notes on any three within 250 words each.                                             5×3=15

1. Malfuzat literature. 

2. Bardi Narratives 

3. Campaigns of Mohammad Ghori

4. Ayagar system 

5. Mahmud Gawan. 

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL 

PG 1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATION , 2022

HISTORY 

THE RISE OF ISLAM IN INDIA: CONTESTATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS 

CORE: HISTCCT0102B

Time Allotted: 2 Hours                                                                                         Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full Marks 

1. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Write an essay on the Persian historiography of the Mughal Period. 

2. Discuss in detail about the political and administrative ideas under Akbar as reflected in Abul Fazal's Ain-i-Akbari.

2. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Write an essay on different historiographical approaches to understanding the nature of policy and economy of the eighteenth century India. 

2. Discuss the nature of the Use of warhorse and gunpowder in Medieval India. 

3. Write short notes on any four within 250 words each.                                             5×4=20

1. Badauni 

2. Sulh-i-kul

3. Rajput nobility under Akbar 

4. Riyasats

5. Nature of Maratha state 

6. C.A.Bayly.

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL 

PG 1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATION , 2022

HISTORY 

HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA (1757 A.D.-1858 A.D)

CORE: HISTCCT0103A

Time Allotted: 2 Hours                                                                                        Full Marks: 35

The figures in the margin indicate full Marks 

1. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. How did the East India Company establish control over India during the first half of the nineteenth century? 

2. Discuss the importance of primary and secondary sources in writing of modern Indian history. 

2. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Discuss the impact of permanent settlement on the socio-economic condition of Bengal. 

2. Write a note on the deindustrialization debate in India. 

3. Write short notes on any three within 250 words each.                                             5×3=15

1. The third Anglo-Maratha war

2. Mal-jamini system 

3. Land settlement in Mysore under Tipu Sultan 

4. Hastabood system 

5. Subsidiary Alliance. 

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL 

PG 1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATION , 2022

HISTORY 

HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA (1757 A.D.-1858 A.D)

CORE: HISTCCT0103B

Time Allotted: 2 Hours                                                                                         Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full Marks 

1. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Trace the evolution of the police system in the early Colonial period in India.

2. Write an essay on the debate of the nature of the Revolt of 1857.

2. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Write a note on the evolution of the army in the early Colonial India. 

2. Examine critically how Arya Samaj moved from reformation to revivalism during the Colonial period. 

3. Write short notes on any four within 250 words each.                                             5×4=20

1. Young Bengal Movement. 

2. Government of India Act, 1858.

3. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar 

4. Ilbert Bill 

5. Santal Rebellion 

6. Brahmo Samaj. 

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL 

PG 1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATION , 2022

HISTORY 

GENDER AND WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL INDIA 

CORE: HISTDET0101C

Time Allotted: 2 Hours                                                                                         Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full Marks 

1. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Discuss the status and contribution of Women saints in the Bhakti Movement in North India during the medieval period. 

2. Briefly discuss the status of Women in the Sufi movement in medieval India. 

2. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Assess the significance of the Mughal Royal Harem through Gulbadan Begum's Account. 

2. Write an essay on the women and political authority in the Sultanate Period. 

3. Write short notes on any four within 250 words each.                                             5×4=20

1. MAHADEVI AKKA 

2. Nurjahan

3. Rudrama Devi

4. Bahinabai

5. Razia Sultan

6. Rekhti and Riiti texts. 

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL 

PG 1ST SEMESTER EXAMINATION , 2022

HISTORY 

WOMEN IN COLONIAL INDIA 

CORE: HISTDET0101E

Time Allotted: 2 Hours                                                                                         Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full Marks 

1. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Discuss the expansion of women’s education in the 19th century India. 

2. Examine the issues related to women during the partition of India. 

2. Answer any one question within 800 words:                                                            10×1=10

1. Assess the contribution of Pandita Ramabai for the widows in the nineteenth century. 

2. Examine the role of women in the national movement in Bengal. 

3. Write short notes on any four within 250 words each.                                             5×4=20

1. Begun Rokeya

2. Widow Remarriage Act, 1856

3. Veena Majumdars 'Towards Equality'

4. Cartoons in print media on Women 

5. Rani jhansi Regiment of INA

6. Sarda Act,1929.

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