Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) 2007 B.A CHELOR'S PROGRAMME,Term-End - Question Paper

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End exam

June, 2007

ELECTIVE COURSE : HISTORY

EHI-3 : INDIA FROM eighth to 15th CENTURY A.D.

Time: three hours
Maximum Marks: 100
(Weightage 70%)
Note : ans any 5 ques. in around 600 words every.

1. Critically analyse the agrarian structure in South India during eighth - twelfth centuries. (20)

2. Write a note on social organisation in India during eighth to twelfth centuries. (20)

3. provide an account of the invasions of Muhammad Ghori. Why did the Turks emerge victorious? (20)

4. explain the salient features of Bhakti movement in India. What was its influence on Sufi movement? (20)

5. provide a detailed account of the economy of the Vijayanagar empire. (20)

6. Trace the rise of Mongols in Central Asia. provide a brief account of their conflict with the Delhi sultans.(20)

7 . explain the central and provincial administration under the Delhi Sultans. (20)

8. explain with suitable examples the new features of architecture introduced by the Turks in India. (20)

9. provide a detailed account of the craft production and its organisation during the Sultanate period. (20)

10. Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent in around 300 words every : (10+10)
(i) Developments in education in post-Gupta period
(ii) Alauddin Khalji's market control policy
(iii) Nadu and Valanadu
(iv) Successor states of the Delhi Sultanate

Earning:   Approval pending.