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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End Examination

June, 2002

ELECTIVE COURSE : HISTORY

EHI-4 : INDIA FROM 16TH CENTURY TO MID 18TH CENTURY

Time: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100
(Weightage 70%)

1. Discuss the political condition of India onthe eve of Babur's invasion. (20)

2. Critically examine Akbar's policy towards autonomous chieftains. (20)

3. Examine various methods of land revenue assessment prevalent in Mughal India with special reference to zabt. (20)

4. Write a detailed note on the coinage and the minting system of the Mughals. (20)

5. Describe the factors that led to the rise of Maratha power in the seventeenth century. (20)

6. What is turah ? Discuss the Turko-Maongol concept of sovereignty. (20)

7. Analyse the factors responsible for the emergence of towns in Mughal India. (20)

8. Discuss the growth of Sufism in the Mughal period with special reference to the Naqshbandi silsilah. (20)

9. Write short notes on an two of the following in about 300 words each : (10+10)

(i) deccant Paintings
(ii) French East India Company
(iii) Inland and Overseas Trade Routes during the Mughal period
(iv) Bairam Khan's Regency

10. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 300 words each : (10+10)

(i) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi
(ii) Madad-i maash Grants
(iii) Mughal relations with Persta
(iv) Jagirdari Crisis