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Paper I (2014)
1. To what extent has the urban
planning and culture of the Indus Valley Civilization provided inputs to the
present day urbanization? Discuss
2. Gandhara sculpture owed as much to
the Romans as to the Greeks. Explain.
3. Taxila university was one of the
oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of
renowned learned personalities of different disciplines. Its strategic location
cause its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a
university in the modern sense. Discuss.
4. The Third battle of Panipat was
fought in 1761. Why were so many empire-shaking battles fought at Panipat?
5. Sufis and Medieval mystic saints
failed to modify either the religions ideas and practices or the outward
structure of Hindu/Muslim societies to any appreciable extent. Comment.
6. Examine critically the various
facets of economic policies of the British in India from mid eighteenth century
till independence.
7. In what ways did the naval mutiny
prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in
India?
8. What were the major political,
economic and social developments in the world which motivated the anti-colonial
struggle in India?
9. What were the events that led to the
Suez Crisis in 1956? How did it deal a final blow to Britain‘s self image as a
world power?
10. The new Economic policy – 1921 of
Lenin had influenced the policies adopted by India soon after independence
Evaluate.
11. How does patriarchy impact the
position of a middle class working woman in India?
12. Why do some of the most prosperous
regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for woman ? Give your arguments.
13. The life of joint family depends on
economic factors rather than social values. Discuss.
14. Discuss the various economic and
socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture
in India.
15. How do the Indian Debates on
secularism differ from the debates in the West?
16. Most of the unusual climatic
happenings are explained as an outcome of the EI.Nino effect. Do you agree?
17. Why are the world‘s fold mountain
systems located along the margins of continents? Bring out the association
between the global distribution of Fold Mountains and the earthquakes and
volcanoes.
18.
Explain the formation of thousands of islands in Indonesian and Philippines
archipelagos.
19. Tropical cyclones are largely
confined to South China Sea, Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mexico. Why?
20. Bring out the relationship between
the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and the symptoms of climate change in the
Indian sub-continent.
21. Whereas the British planters had
developed tea gardens all along the Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam
to Himachal Pradesh, in effect they did not succeed beyond the Darjeeling area.
Explain.
22. Why did the Green Revolution in
India virtually by-pass the eastern region despite fertile soil and good
availability of water?
23. Account for the change in the
spatial pattern of the Iron and Steel industry in the world.
24. Critically evaluate the various
resources of the oceans which can be harnessed to meet the resource crisis in
the world.
25.
How does India see its place in the economic space of rising natural resource
rich Africa?