HISTORY HONS PAPER II Model Questions Short Answer Type

1. What do you mean by the Agrahara (land grant) system? 2. What is the significance of Arab Conquest of Sindh? 3. Write a short note on ri!artite Struggle. ". Why #ere $%andalam& and 'alanadu& so im!ortant in Chola !olity? (. What #as the distincti)eness of *arani as an historian? +. What is meant by Chihalgani? Who destroyed their !o#er and #hy? ,. Who #ere the -huts and %uqaddams? .. What do you mean by -hara/0 1a2at0 3i4ya and -hams? 5. Why did 6a4iya fail? 17. Assess %ali2 -afur&s contributions to -hal/i im!erialism. 11. What #as the im!ortance of *attle of arain in 8ndian history.
12. 9i)e t#o reasons #hy Alauddin -hal/i #anted to control !rices.

13. :o# did 3agannath cult de)elo!? 1". When did 'asco da 9ama reach 8ndia? What #ere his ob/ecti)es? 1(. Who built Adina %as/id? What #ere its architectural characteristics; 1+. Which #ere the ma/or Sufi silsilahs in 8ndia?

Essay Type
1. Would you consider the economic conditions and the agrarian system bet#een +(7 A< and 1777A< as feudal in nature?
2. <iscuss the 2ey features of Chola administration.

3.

race the gro#th of *engal as the regional !o#er under the leadershi! of the =alas.

". 8n #hat #ays did the in)asions of %uhammad 9hori differ from those of %uhammad of 9ha4na? :o# #ould you account for the success of the ur2s. +>1" (. race the e)olution of the theory of -ingshi! from 8ltutmish to Alauddin -hal/i.

+. Assess the contribution of 8ltutmish to#ards the !olitical consolidation of the <elhi Sultanate.
7. What im!elled Alauddin -hal/i to introduce his economic reforms? :o# far #ere

these effecti)e? .. What is meant by -hal/i im!erialism? :o# did Alauddin -hal/i im!lement it? 5. <o you hin2 that the $schemes of %uhammad?bin? ughlaq #ere correctly concei)ed0 badly e@ecuted and disastrously abandoned? What #ere their results? 17. race the e)olution of the 8qta System? 11. Assess the historical im!ortance of Sufism in the cultural life of medie)al ndia.
12. A@amine )arious trends in the *ha2ti mo)ement. Assess its im!act on the social and

cultural life of medie)al 8ndia. 13. :o# did :ussain Shah bring about !olitical stability in *engal? What #ere its effects on the cultural life in medie)al *engal? 1". :o# #ould you assess the contribution of 8llias Shah to the !olitical and cultural life of *engal?
15. ma2e a brief sur)ey of the 'i/ayanagara economy em!hasising the features of the

Bayan2ara System?
16. %a2e a brief sur)ey of the 'i/ayanagara economy em!hasising the features of the

nayanrara system
17. 9i)e a critical account of the %ughal?afghan contest for su!remacy (1(2+?1((+)?

Why #ere the %ughals successful? 1.. What #ere the salient features of Sher ShahCs administration? :o# far did it is correct to call him a !recursor of A2bar in the field of administration.