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M.A.HISTORY, ASSIGNMENTS JULY 2012.FOR 2ND YEAR.



 

                           MAH




M.A. HISTORY
SECOND YEAR COURSES



(MAH)



Assignments
For July 2011 and January 2012 Sessions
(For M.A. History 2nd Year Courses)
         

         

                        MHI-03     :          Historiography
                   MHI-06     :          Evolution of Social Structures in India
                                      Through the Ages                             
                   MHI-08     :          History of Ecology and Environment: India
                   MPSE-003: Western Political Thought (From Plato to
                                       Marx)
                   MPSE-004: Social and Political Thought in Modern India



Faculty of History
School of Social Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi‑110 068

M.A. History – 2nd Year
Assignments – July 2011 and January 2012 Sessions



Dear Student,


You have to do one assignment in each course of 8 and 4 credits.  The assignments are compulsory.  The assignment will cover 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 assignments 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 assignment 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. second year you will have to do a total of 5 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.


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


Before attempting the assignments please read the detailed instructions provided in the Programme Guide sent to you separately

Now read the following guidelines carefully before answering the questions:

GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENTS

The assignments have two types of questions:

1)         Essay Type Questions which you have to answer in about 500 words each carry 20 marks each.
2)         Short notes which you have to answer in about 250 words each 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 summarize your response to the question.

            Make sure that your answer:

·      is logical and coherent;
·      has clear connections between sentences and paragraphs;
·      is written correctly giving adequate consideration to your expression, style and presentation;
·      does 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 emphasize.

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-03    HISTORIOGRAPHY
Course Code: MHI-03
Assignment Code: MHI-03/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
1. Give an analytical account of the various traditions of historiography which constitute the Positivist tradition.                                                                                                          20
2. Discuss the important features of Indo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the Sultanate period.                                                                                                                     20
3. Discuss the distinctive features of traditional Chinese historiography.                                20
4. Who are considered to be the founders of the Annales School of historiography?     Discuss their works.                                                                                                       20
5. Write a note on the historiographical traditions in early India.                                            20

Section-B
6. What do you understand by the term ‘subaltern’? Discuss the development of the      project of the Subaltern Studies in India.                                                                                20
7. What is colonial historiography? Discuss some of the important historians and their works associated with this trend.                                                                                                           20
8. Write a note on the conflicting views on Indian Renaissance.                                            20
9. What is history from below? Discuss it with reference to the history-writing in India.                                                                                                                                                     20
10. Write short notes in about 250 words each on any two of the following:                                                                                                                                                                 10+10
a) Main concepts of postmodernism
b) D.D. Kosambi and the paradigm shift in Indian history-writing
c) Nationalist historiography
d) Race as political and social construct.

MHI-06: EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES
IN INDIA THROUGH THE AGES


Course Code: MHI-06
Assignment Code: MHI-06/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

  1. Comment on the nature of interpretation in history writing. Should historical problems be discussed with an open mind?                                                                                                                   20

2.         Discuss the archaeological evidence for early food producing villages and Camp sites. What light does this throw on the nature of this society?                                                     20

  1. Elaborate on the structure and function of guilds between 6th century B.C. and 4th century A.D.                                                                                                                   20

  1. Comment on the problematic of the concept of ‘tribe’ in the context of chaityas and viharas.                                                                                                                                   20
  2. Discuss the debates on the term ‘early medieval’                                                         20

SECTION B


  1. Discuss B.D. Chattopadhya’s arguments on the early Rajputs.                                   20
  2. Comment on the ideological roots of the nationalists’ perceptions of the Indian society.                                                                                                                         20
  3. Discuss the non-Brahman movement in the 19th century in the context of an emerging modernity.                                                                                                                    20
  4. Comment on the rise of the Indian middle classes during the colonial period.
                                                                                                                                            20
  1. How did the various Criminal Tribes Acts affect the wandering and the nomadic groups?                                                                                                                         20
                                                                                                                                               






MHI-08 HISTORY OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT: INDIA 
ASSIGNMENT: 2011-2012

Course Code: MHI-08

                                                                                                          Assignment Code: MHI-08/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 
1.      Write an essay on the nature of writings pertaining to the environmental conditions
             prevailing during the colonial period in India.                                                           20                                  
  1. The beginning of agriculture changed the relationship between human societies and the nature in a significant manner – Do you agree with this view? Give reasons in support.                                                                                                                        20
  1. What are the nature of evidence and the geographical spread of Hunting-Gathering Communities?  Discuss.                                                                                              20
  1. Discuss the main features of resource use practices in early India.                            20
  1. Write Short Notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each:          10+10
    1. The Indian Platea
    2. Agro-Pastoralism in Chalcolithic Cultures 
    3. Principles Defining the Water Rights
    4. Historical Evolution of Metals
                                                SECTION B 
  1. Describe the historical pattern of the use of water in India.                                        20
  1. Describe the main features of the Indian view of Nature Conservation.                     20
  1. Explain the reasons and the form of Chipko Movement.                                            20
  1. Give the main features of the Convention of Biodiversity.                                         20
  1. Write Short Notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each:           10+10
    1. Inter-State Water Disputes
    2. Environmental Discourse of Industrialism
    3. Gandhian Alternative to Development
    4. Deep Ecology
    5.  
   MPSE-003 WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT (From Plato to Marx)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)
 (MPSE-003)


Course Code: MPSE-003
Assignment Code: ASST/TMA/2011-12
Marks: 100


Note:Answer any five questions in about 500 words each. Attempt at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.

SECTION - I



1.                  Discuss Aristotle’s theory of revolution.

2.                  Write an essay on Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’.

3.                  Examine Edmund Burke’s critique of natural rights and social contract.

4.                  Describe the salient features of Bentham’s political philosophy.

5.                  Discuss J.S Mill’s views on equal rights for women.

 

SECTION -II


Write a short note on the following in about 250 words each:

6.         a)   Hegel’s dialectical method
b)      Hegel’s theory of freedom of the individual

7.         a)   Marx’s theory of alienation
b)      Dictatorship of the Proletariat

8.         a)   Relevance of Western Political Thought
            b)   Plato’s scheme of education

9.         a)   St. Thomas Aquinas’s views on the law and the state
            b)   Thomas Hobbes on right and duties of the Sovereign

10.       a)   Rousseau’s critique of civil society
            b)   Kant’s concept of perpetual peace







      MPSE-004  SOCIAL AND  POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN INDIA (MPSE-004)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: MPSE-004
Assignment Code: Asst /TMA/2011-12
Marks: 100


Note: Answer five questions in all, selecting at least two questions from each section. Each question is to be answered in about 500 words. Each question carries 20 marks.

SECTION - I



1.                  Write an essay on modes of reformist thought in British colonial India.
2.                  Examine Jyotiba Phule’s role as a social revolutionary.
3.                  Describe the Hindu Nationalism of V.D. Savarkar.
4.                  Comment on Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s views on Hindu-Muslim Unity.
5.                  Discuss E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker as a social reformer.


SECTION -II


Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:

6.         a)   Philosophical foundations of M. K. Gandhi’s political perspective
            b)   Gandhi’s views on the relationship between religion and politics

7.         a)   Nehru’s scientific temper
            b)   Nehru’s theory of culture

8.         a)   B.R. Ambedkar’s ideological orientation
            b)   Ambedkar’s views on social justice and supportive polity          

 9.         a)  Rabindranath Tagore’s critique of nationalism
             b)  Tagore’s differences with Gandhi

10.        a)  Communist Party of India before independence
             b)  M.N. Roy and Radical Humanism

M,A.HISTORY ASSIGNMENTS JANUARY-2012





 
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

 
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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

Before attempting the assignments please read the detailed instructions provided in the Programme Guide sent to you separately

Now read the guidelines carefully before answering the questions:

GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENTS
 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
 
  1. Discuss the transition form pre-state in early North India.                                20
  2. Analyse the nature of state formation under the Rajputs in the early medieval period.                                                                                                                20
  3. Explain the nature of early medieval polities in peninsular India between 8th-
12th centuries A.D.                                                                                             20
  1. Critically examine the various interpretations regarding the nature of  Mughal state.                                                                                                                   20
  2. 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.