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Terin-End Examination S 1 9 June, 2016
ELECTIVE COURSE HISTORY
EHI-04 INDIA FROM 16th CENTURY TO MID
18th CENTURY

Time hours Maximum Marks: 100 (Weightage
Note: This question paper has three sections. The students have to attempt any two questions in about 500 words each from Section any four questions in about 250 words eaclJ, from Section II and any two short notes in about 100 words each from Section Ill. The marks are mentioned against each question.

SECTION I

1. Critically examine the political formations in South India in the 16th century. 20

2. Discuss the expansion of Mughal Empire in India up to the end of Akbar's reign. 20

3. Write a note on the Mughal Mansabdari system. 20

4. Trace the evolution of Mughal school of painting under Akbar. 20

SECTION II

5. Mention the problems encountered by Humayun after his accession. How did he deal with them? 12

6. Discuss the racial composition of Mughal ruling class. 12

7. Describe the central administrative machinery of the Mughal empire. 12

8. Critically analyse the Mughal-Maratha relations in the seventeenth century. 12

9. Discuss the methods of land-revenue assessment under the Mughals. 12

10. What are food crops, cash crops and oil-yielding crops? Discuss their relative importance. 12

11. Critically examine the rise of Deccani powers in the 16th -17th centuries. 12

12. Discuss the emergence of successor states during the eighteenth century. 12

SECTION III

13. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each: 6+6=12

Stratification of peasants under the Mughals

Banjaras

Architecture under Akbar

Mahdavi Movement