MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

B.A. DEGREE END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS NOV - 2020

GROUP/BRANCH : HISTORY
HISTORIANS AND HISTORICAL WRITINGS (191HI1M01)
SEMESTER – I

Time: 1 ½ Hours Total Marks: 50

4.01.2021 (AN)

SECTION- A (5x2=10 Marks)

Answer any FIVE out of EIGHT questions each not exceeding 40 words
1. V.A Smith

2. R.S. Sharma

3. “Freedom at Midnight”

4. Noboru Karashima

5. Burton Stein

6. D.D. Kosambi

7. Romila Thapar

8. Subaltern studies

SECTION-B (4x10=40Marks)

Answer any FOUR out of SIX Questions each not exceeding 300 words.

9. Critically analyse the works of Marxist historians of India.

10. Discuss historical writings of Satesh Chandra.

11. Write an essay on the contribution of Bipan Chandra to historical writing on Modern India.

12. Discuss the historical writings of H.D Sankalia.

13. Discuss the contribution of M.S.S. Pandian to historical writing.

14. Discuss the contribution of K.A. Nilakanta Sastri to historical writing on South India.

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