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PAP Historiography & Historical Model Paper :

OCTOBER 2013 P/ID 31/PAP
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 ´ 3 = 15 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
All questions carry equal marks.

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Each answer should not exceed 50 words.
Write a short note on :
1. Thucydides.
2. Anthropology.
3. Rajatharangini.
4. Causation in History.
5. Hermeneutics.

SECTION B — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
Each answer should not exceed 300 words.
6. (a) Define the scope of History.
(b) Bring out the relationship between history and Archaeology.
7. (a) Write a note on Philosophy of history.
(b) Explain objectivity in history.
8. (a) Discuss the characteristic features of church historiography.
(b) Estimate Gibbon as an Enlightenment historian.
9. (a) Assess the historical contribution of Bana.
(b) Evaluate T.V. Mahalingam as an historian.
10. (a) Write a note on private papers as source material.
(b) Explain the importance of bibliography.

SECTION C — (3 ´ 20 = 60 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
Each answer should not exceed 1,200 words.
11. (a) Explain the nature, value and uses of history.
(b) “History is a science no less, no more” — Explain.
12. (a) Analyse the salient features of ancient Greek Historical writings.
(b) Estimate the contribution of Ranke to Modern historiography.
13. (a) Examine in detail the contribution made by Muslim historians during the Medieval
Indian History.
(b) Give an account of the various stages involved in historical research.

October 2012 : P/ID 31/PAP
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A : (5 ´ 3 = 15 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
Each answer should not exceed 50 words :
1. Chronological History.
2. Free Will Doctrine.
3. ‘City of God’.
4. Jadunath Sarkar.
5. External Criticism.

SECTION B : (5 ´ 5 = 25 marks)
Answer ALL questions choosing either (a) or (b).
All questions carry equal marks.
Each answer should not exceed 300 words :
6. (a) Write a note on Universal History.
Or
(b) Sketch the uses of History.

7. (a) ‘‘Homer is considered as a forerunner of historiography’’ – Discuss.
Or
(b) Bring out the features of the Christian Historiography.

8. (a) Trace the relation between History and Geography.
Or
(b) Discuss Voltair’s Philosophy of History.

9. (a) What is meant by Positivist historiography? Explain.
Or
(b) Write a note on Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’.

10. (a) Write about ‘Oral History’.
Or
(b) Point out the importance of Archival Sources in historical research.

SECTION C : (3 ´ 20 = 60 marks)
Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b).
All questions carry equal marks.
Each answer should not exceed 1200 words :
11. (a) Give an account of the Great Man Theory of History.
Or
(b) Explain the salient features of Greek Historiography.

12. (a) ‘‘History is a half-way house between Science and Art’’ – Discuss.
Or
(b) Discuss the concept of historical progress.

13. (a) Assess the contribution of Abul Fazal to historiography.
Or
(b) Describe the importance of Bibliography in a research thesis.

OCTOBER 2012 : P/ID 29/PAU History Of Civilizations (Excluding India)
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
Section A : (5 ´ 3 = 15 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
Each answer should not exceed 50 words :
1. Pharaohs.
2. Mosaic Code.
3. Kabah.
4. St. Basil.
5. H.G. Wellss.

SECTION B : (5 ´ 5 = 25 marks)
Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b).
All questions carry equal marks.
Each answer should not exceed 300 words :
6. (a) Write a note on the Peking Man.
Or
(b) Point out the importance of the Rosetta Inscription.

7. (a) State briefly about the Persian Religion.
Or
(b) Trace the origin of the Church.

8. (a) Give an account of the Samurai.
Or
(b) Write about the teachings of Yang Chu.

9. (a) Give an account of the Italian City States.
Or
(b) Explain the salient features of Renaissance Art.

10. (a) Write a note on Voltaire.
Or
(b) State the functions of NASA.

SECTION C : (3 ´ 20 = 60 marks)
Answer ALL the questions, choosing either (a) or (b).
All questions carry equal marks.
Each answer should not exceed 1,200 words :
11. (a) Write an essay on the Neolithic Culture.
Or
(b) Assess the contribution of the Romans to Architecture.

12. (a) Narrate the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Or
(b) Discuss the results of the geographical discoveries.

13. (a) Give an account of the Agrarian Revolution and point out its results.
Or
(b) Sketch the achievements of U.N.O.