Previous year questions

Do you agree that convergence of political vacuum and impact of Islamicate culture and polity in peninsular India has much to do with the growth of Vijayanagara kingdom?

Discuss the experimentations with art and architecture during the Gupta-Vakataka period.

"An important feature of agriculture in Mughal India has been the large number of crops raised by the peasants". Illustrate by giving examples.

What was the role of Sufi Folk literature in the diffusion of Islam in India in general and Deccan in particular.

"The battles of Tarain and Chandawar laid the foundations of Turkish rule in India". Elaborate.

Discuss the literature written in Hindi in Mughal India.

"The Afghan invasions in the Eighteenth Century not only signified the military irrelevance of the Mughal Empire but also hastened its decline". Explain.

Give an account of gana-sanghas (non-monarchical state systems)? Why did they decline?

Do you agree with the popular view that Mauryas established a unitary and highly centralized if not monolithic state system?

Discuss the working of Zamindari System under the Mughal rulers. Also describe the role played by the Zamindars in the agrarian economy of Mughal Indian.