Loyola College Historiography Question Papers
Loyola College M.A. Applied History Nov 2010 Historiography Question Paper PDF Download
LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – APPLIED HISTORY
THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010
HT 3811 – HISTORIOGRAPHY
Date : 01-11-10 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 9:00 – 12:00
PART A (4×5=20 Marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in 100 words each.
- Scope of History.
- Political History.
- Confucius.
- Titus Livy.
- Irfan Habib.
- History and Sociology.
PART B (2×10= 20 Marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in 200 words each.
- Narrate the Uses and Abuses of History.
- Sketch the observations and Writings of Abul Fazl.
- Write a brief note on Amir Khusrau.
- Highlight the contributions of Alexander Cunningham to Indian Historiography.
PART C (3×20= 60 Marks)
Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each.
- St. Augustine’s ‘City of God’ saw ‘History as conforming to a Divine plan’-Comment.
- Evaluate the Contributions of Sardar K.M. Panikkar.
- Examine the life and works of Karl Marx.
- Highlight the seminal works of K.A. Nilakanta Sastri and how it helped to
reconstruct the South Indian Historiography.
- Discuss the features of ‘Subaltern Manifesto’ of Ranajit Guha.
Loyola College M.A. Applied History April 2012 Historiography Question Paper PDF Download
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)
- Define History
- Confucius
- Utilitarianism
- Alexander Cunningham
- Positivism
- Rajatarangini
PART – B
Answer any Two of the following in about 200 words: (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)
- Explain the significance of causation in history.
- Examine the nature of subaltern studies.
- Write a brief note on the works of Machiavelli.
- 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)
- Discuss the Uses and Abuses of history.
- Examine the growth and development of Greek and Roman historiography.
- Evaluate the nature and significance of scientific socialism of Karl Marx.
- Discuss the nature and development of Medieval Indian Historiography.
- Assess the contribution of Nilakanta Sastri to South Indian Historiography.
Loyola College M.A. Applied History Nov 2012 Historiography Question Paper PDF Download
LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – APPLIED HISTORY
THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012
HT 3811 – HISTORIOGRAPHY
Date : 03/11/2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 9:00 – 12:00
PART – A
Answer any Four of the following in about 100 words each: (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
- Define History
- Ibn Khaladon
- Utilitarianism
- Romanic Idealism
- Rajatarangini
- K.K. Aiyangar
PART – B
Answer any Two of the following in about 200 words each: (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)
- Examine the importance of causation in History.
- Explain St. Augustine philosophy on History.
- Write a brief note on the works of Machiavelli.
- Assess the contributions of Abul Fazl to Historiography.
PART – C
Answer any Three of the following in about 1200 words each: (3 x 20 = 60 Marks)
- Describe the Uses and Abuses of history.
- Examine the growth and development of Greek and Roman Historiography.
- Discuss the significance of scientific socialism of Karl Marx.
- Trace the nature and development of Medieval Indian Historiography.
- Assess the contributions of K.M. Panikkar to South Indian Historiography.
