LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – APPLIED HISTORY

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

HT 3811 – HISTORIOGRAPHY

 

 

Date : 24-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

 

PART – A

Answer any Four of the following in about 100 words each:                                 (4 x 5 = 20 Marks)

1. Define History
2. Confucius
3. Utilitarianism
4. Alexander Cunningham
5. Positivism
6. Rajatarangini

PART – B

Answer any Two of the following in about 200 words:                                         (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)

1. Explain the significance of causation in history.
2. Examine the nature of subaltern studies.
3. Write a brief note on the works of Machiavelli.
4. Give an account of Abul Fazl’s Akbarnamah.

 

PART – C

Answer any Three of the following in about 1200 words.:                                  (3 x 20 = 60 Marks)

1. Discuss the Uses and Abuses of history.
2. Examine the growth and development of Greek and Roman historiography.
3. Evaluate the nature and significance of scientific socialism of Karl Marx.
4. Discuss the nature and development of Medieval Indian Historiography.
5. Assess the contribution of Nilakanta Sastri to South Indian Historiography.

 

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