Modern : 1857-1964 Assignment TMA

Course Code: EHI-01 Assignment Code : AST/TMA/2019-20

Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question.

Section 1: Answer each question in about 500 words each.

1. What do you understand by the term ‘de-industrialisation’? What was its impact on the Indian Economy? OR Describe the various types of land settlements in colonial India.

2. Write a note on the social reform movements in nineteenth-century India. OR Describe the different stages of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Section 2: Answer in about 250 words each.

3. Explain the causes of the Revolt of 1857. OR Discuss the non-Brahman movements in western and southern India.

4. Write a note on the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal. OR In what ways was the Khilafat movement associated with the Non-cooperation movement?

5. Explain the reasons behind the . OR Write a note on the Indian National Army (INA)

6. What were the Cripps Proposals? Why did the Congress reject them? OR Discuss the details of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms.

Section 3: Answer in about 100 words each.

7. Write short notes on any two of the following: a) Swaraj Party b) Rowlatt Act c) Telengana movement d) Non-Aligned Movement India: Earliest Times to 800 A.D. Assignment TMA Course Code: EHI-02 Assignment Code: EHI-02/AST/TMA/2019-20

Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question. Section 1: Answer each question in about 500 words.

1. Discuss the town planning, drainage and architectural features of Harappan civilisation. Or Write on the sources for reconstructing the history of the Vedic period.

2. What were the main features of economy and society of the Mauryas? Or Examine the changes in economy and society of the Guptas.

Section 2: Answer each question in about 250 words.

3. What do you understand by the term ‘Mesolithic’? What are the main features of Indian Mesolithic art. Or Discuss the Megalithic culture of India.

4. Discuss the main features of urbanization in the 6th century B.C. ? Or What were the factors responsible for the rise of Magadha?

5. Write a detailed note on Shungas and Kushanas. Or Discuss local polities, ganasanghas and tribal polities in the period 200 B.C. -200 A.D.

6. Discuss Ashoka’s Dhamma. Or Discuss the early state formation in Deccan.

Section 3: Answer in about 100 words each.

7. Write short notes on any two of the following: i) Gautama Buddha ii) Rig Veda iii) Mauryan art iv)

India from 8th to 15th Century Assignment TMA Course Code: EHI-03 Assignment Code: EHI-03/AST/TMA/2019-20

Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question. Section 1: Answer each question in about 500 words.

1. Critically examine the characteristics of early medieval agrarian economy. Or List various styles of early medieval temples. Discuss its characteristics.

2. Analyse critically Mongol policy of the Turkish Sultans. Or List various sufi silsilahs. What were the differences in Chishti and Suhrawardi approaches towards the state?

Section 2: Answer each question in about 250 words.

3. How did the trading activities help in the growth of towns? Discuss in the context of early medieval trading towns. Or Analyse the transformation of bureaucracy in the early medieval northern India. Was there feudalisation of bureaucracy?

4. What were the factors responsible for the disintegration of the Turkish Sultanate? Or Write a note on iqta system.

5. Discuss factors responsible for the expansion of trade during the Sultanate period. Or Describe the currency system of the Sultans.

6. Who were Afaqis and Deccanis? Discuss the conflict between the Afaqis and the Deccanis and their relations with the Bahamani rulers. Or Write a note on the emergence of kingdoms and principalities in south India after the decline of the Cholas and the Chalukyas.

Section 3: Answer in about 100 words each.

7. Write short notes on any two of the following: i) Role of ideology in the post-Gupta period ii) Turkish nomads iii) Territorial expansion under the Khaljis iv) Military Technology India: From 16th to Mid-18th Century Assignment TMA Course Code: EHI-04 Assignment Code: EHI-04/AST/TMA/2019-20

Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each questi

Section 1: Answer each question in about 500 words.

1. Critically examine Akbar’s policy towards autonomous chieftains.

Or Discuss briefly the evolution of mansab system under the Mughals.

2. Enumerate various categories of land rights in the medieval Deccan. Or Trace the evolution of Mughal school of painting under Akbar.

Section 2: Answer each question in about 250 words.

3. What were the problems faced by Humayun during his reign? Or Give a brief account of the political developments of the kingdoms of Ahmadnagar and her struggle with the neighbouring states.

4. Describe the currency system of the Mughals. Or What do you understand by the term ‘watan sysyem’? What were its chief characteristics?

5. Discuss merits and demerits of the zabti system. Or Discuss role of brokers, sarrafs and moneylenders in trade and commerce during the 16th-17th centuries.

6. What were the main features of the Maratha and Gaudia Vaishnavism. Or Discuss briefly attitude of the Mughals towards religion.

Section 3: Answer in about 100 words each.

7. Write short notes on any two of the following: i) Establishment of Uzbeg power in Transoxiana ii) British East India Company iii) Food Crops and Cash Crops iv) Mughal Response towards Printing Press India from mid 18th to mid 19th Century Assignment TMA Course Code: EHI-05 Assignment Code: EHI-05/AST/TMA/2019-20

Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks for each question are mentioned against it.

Section 1: Answer each question in about 500 words each.

1. Was the 18th century in India a 'Dark Age'? Discuss. Or Did the Charter Act of 1833 fulfill is purpose? Elaborate.

2. Compare and contrast the processes of state formation in Mysore and Hyderabad. Or How did western knowledge shape the Indian mind? Discuss.

Section 2: Answer each question in about 250 words each.

3. Discuss in brief the - controversy. Or Did the Burma wars of the British meet their objectives? Comment.

4. How were the utilitarians different from the orientalists? Discuss in brief. Or What were the objectives of the Permanent Settlement? Discuss.

5. Was the rule of law successful in India? Comment. Or Why did the Revolt of 1857 fail? Discuss.

6. Discuss the evolution of the civil services in India. Or What is deindustrialization? Discuss.

Section 3: Answer in about 100 words each.

7. Write short notes on any two of the following: i) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ii) Fitna iii) Awadh in the 18th century iv) Sanyasi Rebellion

EHI-06 : History of China and Japan (1840-1949) Assignment (TMA) Course Code: EHI-06 Assignment Code: AST/TMA/2019-20

Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question.

Section 1: Answer each question in about 500 words.

1. Discuss the context and significance of the Self-Strengthening Movement and Hundred Days Reforms in China. Or Analyse the economic, social and political programme of People’s Republic in China.

2. Discuss the attempts made by the foreign powers to establish their control over Japan in the mid- 19th century. Or What led to the failure of political parties and the rise of militarism in Japan?

Section 2: Answer each question in about 250 words.

3. Analyse the nature and impact of Taiping Rebellion. Or Write a note on Confucianism and Taoism.

4.Discuss the emergence of the Chinese bourgeoisie as a social force. Or Analyse the factors that contributed to the rise of nationalism in China.

5. Discuss the debates on the Meiji Restoration in Japan. Or Explain the developments in religion and culture in Japan during the Tokugawa period.

6. Analyse the impact of the First World War on the polity and economy of Japan. Or Explain the emergence of Japan as an imperialist power during the period 1894-1912.

Section 3: Answer in about 100 words each.

7. Write short notes on any two of the following:

i) Yangwu Movement ii) Zaibatsu iii) The Red Army iv) Japanese Constitution Modern Europe Mid-18th to Mid-20th Centuries Assignment (TMA) Course Code: EHI-07/BHIE-107 Assignment Code: AST/TMA/2019-20

Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question

Section 1: Answer each question in about 500 words.

1. Discuss the different instruments of rule in modern democratic politics. Or ‘French Revolution was the outcome of economic as well as social and political crisis in France.’ Explain. 2. Write a critical note on the formation of the British Nation-state. Or How would you explain the rise of Fascism in Italy? What was the nature of the Fascist state? Section 2: Answer each question in about 250 words.

3. What do you understand by democratic legitimation? What is the role of judiciary in democracy? Or Write a note on the Chartist movement.

4. How did Napoleon Bonaparte use bureaucracy and educational institutions to reform the government? Or How would you differentiate the pattern of industrialization in Germany and France from Britain?

5. How did the change come in economic position of women in modern Europe? Or What do you understand by nationalism? How did the idea of nationalism evolve in Europe?

6. What was the effect of industrial growth on the rise of cities? Or How did the Bolsheviks try to bring changes following the revolution? Section 3: Answer in about 100 words each.

7. Write short notes on any two of the following:

i) Notion of liberty ii) Rise of the Middle Class iii) Religious intolerance under the Nazis iv) Crisis of Capitalism.