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MASTER OF ARTS (HISTORY)
Term-End Examination
June, 2011

MHI-06 : EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES

IN INDIA THROUGH THE AGES
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100
(Weightage : 70%)
Note : Answer any five questions in about 500 words each.
Attempt at least two questions from each section. All
questions carry equal marks.

SECTION - A
1. Discuss various sources to construct India's past. 20
Why is interpretation important ?

2. Discuss the spread of Buddhism in central and 20

penninsular India.
3. Account for the emergence of guilds during the 20
6th CBC, —4 CAD. What was their structure and
organisation ?
4. Discuss the changing nature of marriage in the 20
context of varna and jati.
5. Write short notes on any two of the following in
about 250 words each : 10+10
(a) Varna
(b) Tinai
(c) Role of temples
(d) Growth of urbanism during the Narrappan
period.

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6. Define village community examine the role and 20

functions of the village community during the
medieval period.

7. Discuss briefly the composition of the halo tedars. 20

What types of services were performed by them
and also discuss the pattern of remuneration ?

8. Describe the changing trends in the 20

historiography of migration. Was the growing
poverty of peasants solely responsible for the
migration to industrial belts in the 19th century.

9. What was the impact of colonial forest policy on 20

indigenous communities ?

10. Write - short notes on any two of the following in

about 250 words each. 10+10
(a) Nayanars and alvars.
(b) Nationalist perception of contemporary
social structures.
(c) changing role of women in the modern
period.
(d) Notion of racial superiority.

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