History-1998 (Main) (Paper-I)
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Paper I
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section. All questions carry equal marks.
Section-A
- Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you and write brief descriptive notes on the places marked by you on the map:
- Aihole
- Amaravati
- Besnagar
- Bhagawanpura
- Bhrigukachchha
- Dhola Vira
- Daimabad
- Girinagara
- Inamgaon
- Kalinganagar
- Kanheri
- Karle
- Kausambi
- Kayatha
- Kili-Ghul Mohammad
- Kot Diji
- Kushinagar
- Mamallapuram
- Maski
- Mehargarh
- Prayag
- Pushkalava
- Sarnath
- Srughna
- Surapara
- Tekkalakotta
- Topra
- Ujjayini
- Uraiyur
- Valabhi
- Give a brief account of the social and economic conditions of the Later Vedic Aryans. What role did iron play in changing their political and economic life?
- Furnish a critical and comparative account of various schools of art in the Post-Mauryan period (c. 200 B. C. c. 300 A. D.)
- Highlight the achievements of the Gupta period in the field of literature, science and technology.
Section-B
- Write short essays of not more than 200 words each on any three of the following topics,
- Social structure of the Rajputs
- AI-Biruni՚s India
- Nurjahan
- Third Battle of Panipat
- Critically evaluate the achievements of the Cholas.
- Throw light on the Land Revenue System of Sultanate period.
- Trace the development of art architecture under the Mughals and point out mingling of Hindu elements in them.
History-1998 (Main) (Paper-II)
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section. All questions carry equal marks.
Section-A
- Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each:
- The British “fought the First Maratha War in a period when their fortunes were at the lowest ebb”
- The Arya Samaj “did not; however, succeed in capturing the imagination of modern India as a whole”
- The Montague Declaration (20 August 1917) was observed more closely in the “realm of imperial relations” than anything else.
- “Both freedom and partition were the work of Indian middle classes.”
- How did the British conquer Bengal in the 18th century? What circumstances helped them?
- Examine the nature of the Revolt of 1857 and indicate the manifold changes in British civil and military administration of India after 1857.
- Explain the attitude of the Indian National Congress towards the constitutional changes of 1909,1919 and 1935.
Section-B
- Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each:
- One great effect of the geographical discoveries of the 15th century was “the growing belief that America, Asia and Africa were to be used extensively for the benefit of Europeans”
- The American War of Independence “deprived Great Britain of one empire, but it strengthened the foundations of another”
- Lord Beaconsfield after his return from the Congress of Berlin (1878) boasted: “I have brought peace with honour”
- One of the most important impacts of the Second world war was the “division of Europe” eastern and western.
- The Industrial Revolution brought about great changes in the social and economic life of Europe. Explain.
- The years 1853 − 1894 witnessed the transformation of Japan. Explain.
- In Russsia, Lenin was “the father of socialism, organiser of the revolution and the founder of the new Russian society.” Examine the statement.