WBSC EXAMINATION OPTIONAL PAPER - 2015
HISTORY PAPER- I
Time Allowed - 3 hours Full Marks - 200
GROUP -A
1. Answer any three questions ( word limit 200-250 words ) :10 x 3
a) Determine the importance of epigraphy for writing ancient Indian history .
b) Write a brief note on the decline of the Harappan civilization .
c) write short note on the Early Vedic Society .
d) Write a short note on the extent of the empire of Chandragupta Maurya..
e) Write a short note on the Sunga Art.
2. Answer any two questions ( word limit 700-800 words ) :20 x 2
a) Write an essay on the states of the Sangama Age.
b) Write an essay on the evolution or in India from the Mahajanapadas to 12th Century .
c) Identify the main features of urbanisation in India from 500 B.C to 1000 AD .
3. Write any essay on any one of the following ( word limit: 1500 words ): 40
a) Evolution of caste system in ancient India.
b) Growth of regional language and text in India from the 8th Century to 12th Century AD
GROUP -B
4. Answer any three questions ( word limit 200-250 words ) 10 x 3
a) Access the contribution of Amir Khusru as a historian and political thinker.
b) Write a short note on the public works of Firuz Tuglaq .
c) Write a short note on Vijayanagara-Bahmani contest.
d) How would you analyse the contribution of the lliyas Shahi Dynasty in the history of Bengal.
e) Write a short note on the peasant revolts during the Mughal rule in India.
5. Answer any one questions ( word limit : 700-800 words): 20 x 1
a) Analyse the Religious Policy of Auranzeb.
b) Write any essay on economy of the Vijayanagara empire.
c) How did the Mughal Maratha conflict during the 17th and early 18th centuries affect the Mughal Imperial fortune .?
6. Write an essay on any one of the following ( word limit 1500 words ) 40 x 1
a) Nature of the Delhi Sultanate as “State“.
b) 18th Century debate.
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