1. Discuss the factors responsible for the rise ofMagadha as a superpower during the Sixth Century BC.

2. Discuss various theories regarding the origin of the Satavahanas.

3. Discuss the nature ofIqta system in the Sultanate Period. Did it facilitate the stabilization ofthe Sultanate or contribute to its collapse in the long run?

4. Discuss the nature of peasant rights in land during the Mughal period.

5. What is Subaltern Studies? What is its contribution to the historiography of Colonial India?

6. What role did Muslims play in the politics ofIndian nationalism?

7. What are the truth claims of history (as a discipline)? How far are those claims tenable?

8. Critically examine the consequences ofAlexander's campaigns in India.

9. Examine the factors responsible for the decline of the Guptas.

10. Critically discuss the factors behind the spread of Shramanism.

11. Can the medieval Indian social system be described as 'feudal' in the Western European sense?

12. Write a note on the intennediary zamindars under the Mughal state.

13. Discuss the features of non-agricultural production in Medieval India.

14. What are the factors that led to the founding of the Indiall National Congress in 1885?

15. How did Gandhi intervene in the anti-indigo planter agitation in Champaran?

16. Describe the nature of Vallabhbhai Patel's leadership of the Bardoli Satyagraha.

17. Is objectivity possible in history-writing?

18. Hindustani

19. Pleistocene

20. Pahi-kashta

21. Sreni

22. Hind Swaraj

23. Dadni System

24. NBP

25. Khalsa

26. Ram Rajya

27. Turqani-i-Chahalgani

28. khadi-boli

29. Ijaradar

30. Nagaram

31. Agama

32. Sanghati

33. Gurmukhi

34. Arghatta