M.A. HISTORY
FIRST YEAR COURSES
(MAH)
Assignments
For July
2011 and January 2012 Sessions
MHI-01: Ancient and Medieval Societies
MHI-02: Modern World
MHI-04: Political Structures in India
MHI-05: History of Indian Economy
Faculty of History
School of Social
Sciences
Indira Gandhi National
Open University
Maidan Garhi, New
Delhi-110 068
M.A.
History – 1st Year
Assignments
– July 2011 and January 2012 Sessions
Dear Student,As explained in the Programme Guide for M.A. in History you will have to do one assignment in each course. The assignments are compulsory. Each assignment covers the whole course.
It is important that you write the answers to all
the assignment questions in your own words. Your answers should be within the approximate
range of the word-limit set for a particular question.
The assignment should be submitted to the
Coordinator of your Study Centre. You must obtain a receipt from the
Study Centre for the assignments submitted and retain it. If possible,
keep a photocopy of the submitted assignments with you.
The Study Centre will have to return the
assignments to you after they are evaluated. Please insist on this.
The Study Centre in turn will send the marks to the Student Evaluation Division
at IGNOU, New Delhi.
These will be entered in your grade card.
Submission of Assignments
You should note that the submission of
assignments is compulsory before taking up Term-end Examination. It is
therefore suggested that you do them within time. In M.A. first year you
will have to do a total of 4 assignments. We have given you a lot of time
to do the assignments but we advise you to do them one by one along with your
study of the particular course and submit them so that you may get back the
marks and comments of the Counsellor with evaluated assignment. With a
proper planning you will be able to do them within the stipulated period.
Please do not wait for the last date to submit all the assignments because it
would be difficult to do all of them in one go. Specific dates for the
submission are given below.
Last Date of Submission of Assignment July 2011 Session Students 31st March 2012
January 2012 Session Students 30th September 2012
Where
to submit the assignments the Coordinator of your Study Centre
The
assignments have two types of questions:
1) Essay Type
Questions which you have to answer in about 500 words each and they carry 20
marks each.
2) Short notes to be
answered in about 250 words each and they carry 10 marks each.
You
will find it useful to keep the following points in mind:
a) Planning:
Read the assignments carefully. Go through the units on which they are
based. Make some points regarding each question and then re-arrange these
in a logical order.
b) Organisation:
Be a little more selective and analytical before drawing up a rough outline
of your answer. In an essay-type question, give adequate attention to
your introduction and conclusion. The introduction must offer your brief
interpretation of the question and how you propose to develop it. The
conclusion must summarise your response to the question.
Make sure that your answer:
ois logical and coherent;
ohas clear connections between sentences and paragraphs;
ois written correctly giving adequate consideration to your
expression, style and presentation;
odoes not exceed the number of words indicated in your
question.
c) Presentation: Once
you are satisfied with your answers, you can write down the final version for
submission, writing each answer neatly and underlining the points you wish to
emphasis.
d) Interpretation:
Interpretation is a constant process in history writing. It is already
reflected in your planning and selection. Explanatory comments with phrases
like may be, because, could be, etc., immediately introduce an element of interpretation
in writing itself. Here you have to be careful that these comments can be
supported by the material you have in the answer.
MHI-01: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SOCITIES
Course Code: MHI-01
Assignment Code: MHI-01/AST/TMA/2011-12
Total Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any five
questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections 'A' and 'B'. You
have to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words
each. All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION A
1.
Discuss the various theoretical approaches for understanding transitions to
agriculture.
20
2. Write a note on the social
structure that prevailed in the Bronze Age. 20
3.
Analyse the process of the consolidation
of the Persian empire during the rule of Cyrus and Darius. 20
4. Discuss in
brief the organization of government and economy of South Africa.
20
5. Write Short notes on any two
of the following in 250 words each.
10+10
i. Neolithic Revolution
ii. Pastoral Nomadism
iii. Comitia Curiata
iv. Religion of the Inkas.
SECTION B
6. Briefly discuss the rule of the
Umayyad and the reasons for decline of their rule
20
7. Analyses the relationship of Lords,
Vassals and Peasants in the feudal system.
20
8. Write a
note on the role of the Baniyas in conducting trade in India. 20
9. Briefly discuss the nature of
administration, economy and society of medieval town.
20
10.Write short Notes on any two of the
following in around 250 words each.
10+10
(i)
Confucianism
(ii)
Fairs
(iii)
Anabaptists
(iv)
Gunpowder Revolution.
MHI-02
Modern
World
Course Code: MHI-02
Assignment Code:
MHI-02/AST/TMA/2011-12
Total Marks: 100
Note: The assignment is divided into sections
A and B. You have to attempt at least two questions from each section in 500
words each. In all you have to attempt five questions. All questions carry
equal marks.
Section A
1. Write a
comparative essay on the capitalist and the socialist patterns of
industrialization.
20
2. In What ways did the Renaissance and the
Enlightenment contribute to the making of modern world?
20
3. What is welfare state? Make a comparison
between the English and the Japanese welfare states.
20
4. What are the ways in which Imperialism has
been understood and explained? 20
5. Write
short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each.
10+10
(i)
Liberal
view of the state
(ii)
Transition
from Feudalism to Capitalism
(iii)
Theories
of Nationalism
(iv)
Nature
of Industrial Society.
Section B
6. What is the legacy of the French Revolution for polity in the modern world? 20
7. Write a
note on the international rivalries among the major superpowers of the world in the first half of the 29th
century. 20
8. What
are the ways in which the revolutions in the realm of knowledge influence the
modern world?
20
9. Why did the first socialist revolution occur in Russia? 20
10. Do you
agree with the view that the modern industrial development has come at a cost
for the entire humankind? Mention some of them. 20
MHI-04: POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN
INDIA
Course
Code: MHI-04
Assignment Code:
MHI-04/AST/TMA/2011-12
Total Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any five
questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections ‘A’ and ‘B’. You
have to attempt at least two questions form each section in about 500 words
each. All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION
A
- Discuss the transition form pre-state in early North India. 20
- Analyse the nature of state formation under the Rajputs in the early medieval period. 20
- Explain the nature of early medieval polities in peninsular India between 8th-
12th centuries A.D.
20
- Critically examine the various interpretations regarding the nature of Mughal state. 20
- Give a brief account of the process which led to the emergence and consolidation of 18th century polities. 20
SECTION
B
6. Critically examine the 18th
century debate.
20
7. Discuss the working of the Mansab
and Jagir system under the Mughals. 20
8. Describe
the central, provincial and local administration under the Delhi Sultanate. 20
9. Write a note on the administration
system of the Cholas.
20
10. Write short-notes in about-250
words
each
10+10
i) Colonial forest policy
ii) Orientalists.
MHI-05: HISTORY OF INDIAN ECONOMY
Course
Code: MHI-05
Assignment
Code: MHI-05/AST/ TMA/2011-12
Total
Marks: 100
Note:
Attempt any five questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections 'A'
and 'B'. You have to attempt at least two questions from each section in
about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION A
1.
Analyse
the prevailing ideas on economic history of the ancient period. Discuss new
emerging trends in the historiography of ancient India during the early 1960s.
20
2. Write a brief note on the culture contemporary
with the Harappan Civilization.
20
3. Was there feudalism in Indian history?
Comment. 20
4. Analze the role of nadu, nagaram and nakharas in the growth of urbanization in South India. 20
5. Critically analyze the presence of different categories of cultivators
in the medieval period. 20
SECTION B
6. Critically analyze
the growth of coinage during the medieval period. 20
7. Write a note on
the Indian merchant communities during the 19th century. 20
8.
Early Colonial Forest Policy was governed by commercial rather than conservation
needs, Comment. 20
9. Discuss the changes in the
textiles and leather industries in India during the first half of the 20th
Century.
20
10. Write Short notes on any two of
the following, Answer in about 250 words each.
10+10
1.
Fluvial
routes
2.
Damoder
Copper Plate inscription
3.
Historiography
of Asian trade
4.
Early
census of colonial India.
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