Previous year questions

Evaluate the contribution of the Puranas in disseminating secular knowledge among the masses in ancient India.

Assess the development of Science and Technology in the Mughal period.

Social norms for women in the Dharmasastra and Arthasastra tradition were framed in accordance with the Varnashrama tradition. Evaluate critically.

On the basis of contemporary sources evaluate the system of agriculture and irrigation of the Vijayanagar kingdom.

Explain as to how the early Buddhist Stupa art, while using folk motifs and narratives and common cultural symbols, succeeded in transforming these themes for expounding the Buddhist ideals.

Evaluate critically the conditions of labour from 1200 to 1500 CE on the basis of historical sources.

Discuss and evaluate critically various trends in the historiography of Bhakti.

On the basis of the accounts of Europeans bring out the agrarian crisis of the 17th century CE India.

Discuss the state of society and economy of the Bahmani kingdom as gleaned from historical sources.

In the absence of a written script Chalcolithic pottery gives us a fascinating insight into the culture and life styles of the people of those times. Comment critically.