LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
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THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
HT 3803 – HISTORIOGRAPHY & METHODOLOGY
Date & Time : 02-05-2006/AFTERNOON Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART A (4 x 5 = 20 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in not exceeding 100 words each.
- History is past politics
- Oral history
- History and Economics
- N Synthesis
- Nationalist Historians
- Footnotes.
PART B (2×10 = 20 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in not exceeding 200 words each.
- Explain the nature of history.
- History is an unending dialogue between the past and present. – comment
- Bring out the historiography of Medieval India.
- How does criticism be the central importance in historical writing?
PART C (3 x 20 = 60 marks)
Answer any THREE of the following in not exceeding 1200 words each.
- Explain the meaning and scope of history.
- Examine the statement “History is a science, no less and no more.”
- “Because of its composite nature, history has much in common with the subjects
of art.” Discuss
- Examine the purpose and need of historical objectivity.
- Enumerate the major stages involved in writing dissertation.