Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) 2002 B.A History EHI-4 : INDIA FROM 16TH CENTURY TO MID 18TH CENTURY - Question Paper

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End exam

June, 2002

ELECTIVE COURSE : HISTORY

EHI-4 : INDIA FROM 16TH CENTURY TO MID 18TH CENTURY

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

1. explain the political condition of India onthe eve of Babur's invasion. (20)

2. Critically examine Akbar's policy towards autonomous chieftains. (20)

3. Examine different methods of land revenue assessment prevalent in Mughal India with special reference to zabt. (20)

4. Write a detailed note on the coinage and the minting system of the Mughals. (20)

5. define the factors that led to the rise of Maratha power in the seventeenth century. (20)

6. What is turah ? explain the Turko-Maongol concept of sovereignty. (20)

7. Analyse the factors responsible for the emergence of towns in Mughal India. (20)

8. explain the growth of Sufism in the Mughal period with special reference to the Naqshbandi silsilah. (20)

9. Write short notes on an 2 of the subsequent in about 300 words every : (10+10)

(i) deccant Paintings
(ii) French East India Company
(iii) Inland and Overseas Trade Routes during the Mughal period
(iv) Bairam Khan's Regency

10. Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent in about 300 words every : (10+10)

(i) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi
(ii) Madad-i maash Grants
(iii) Mughal relations with Persta
(iv) Jagirdari Crisis

Earning:   Approval pending.