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PERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM II

M.A., DEGREE PROGRAMME (HISTORY) - COURSE STRUCTURE UNDER CBCS

(SCHEME OF EXAMINATION)

(REVISED SYLLABUS)

APPLICABLE TO THE CANDIDATES ADMITTED FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009 ONWARDS

SEMESTER COURSE

(PAPER) PAPER CODES COURSE TITLE

Hrs/

Week Credits CIA

UNI

Marks

Total

Marks

Exam

duration

I Paper - I

(Core Course)

08PHI 01 Cultural Heritage of India upto

1707AD

6 4 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper-II

(Core Course)

08PHI 02 Economic History of India from 1526

AD to 1857 AD

6 4 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – III

(Core Course)

08PHI 03 Social and Religious movements in

Modern India

6 4 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – IV

(Core Course)

08PHI 04 Contemporary History of India AD

1947 to 1996

6 4 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – V

(Elective

Course)

08PHI Z-01

(Or)

08PHI Z-02

Indian National Movement /

Archives Keeping

6 4 25 75 100 3Hrs

II Paper – VI

(Core Course) 08PHI 05

Social, Cultural and Economic

History of Tamil Nadu upto 1565 AD 6 5 25 75 100

3Hrs

Paper – VII

(Core Course) 08PHI 06

Social, Cultural and Economic

History of Tamil Nadu from AD

1565 to 1997 AD

6 5 25 75 100

3Hrs

Paper-VIII

(Core Course) 08PHI 07 India and her neighbours 6 5 25 75 100

3Hrs

2

SEMESTER COURSE

(PAPER) PAPER CODES COURSE TITLE

Hrs/

Week Credits CIA

UNI

Marks

Total

Marks

Exam

duration

Paper IX

(Elective

Course)

EC

08PHI Z03

Development of Science and

Technology in Independent India. 6 4 25 75 100

3Hrs

Paper X

(Value

Education)

Value Education

08PHR 01

Human Rights (Compulsory paper)

(Code will be given by the university)

Syllabus will be sent by the university

Common syllabus for all P.G

2 2 25 75 100

3Hrs

EDC (Extra

Disciplinary

Course)

EDC (For other

Department

Students)

Choose any one of the following:

1. The Constitution of India – 1950 2. Freedom Struggle in India.

3. Indian National Leaders.

4 4 25 75 100

3Hrs

III Paper-XI

(Core Course)

08PHI 08 History of Ancient civilization

Excluding India

6 5 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – XII

(Core Course)

08PHI 09 Historiography – Theory 6 5 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – XIII

(Core Course)

08PHI 10 International Relations since 1900 AD 6 5 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – XIV

(Core Course)

08PHI 11 Environmental Studies 6 5 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – XV

(Elective

Course)

08PHI Z04

(or)

08PHI Z05

History of Kongu Nadu /

History Of Tourism

6 5 25 75 100

3Hrs

3

SEMESTER COURSE

(PAPER)

PAPER CODES COURSE TITLE Hrs/

Week

Credits CIA UNI

Marks

Total

Marks

Exam

duration

IV Paper – XVI

(Core Course)

08PHI 12 History of Modern world 6 5 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper –XVII

(Core Course)

08PHI 13 Historiography - Methodology 6 5 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – XVIII

(Elective

Course)

08PHI Z06

(or) 08PHI Z07

Women Studies /

Journalism

6 5 25 75 100 3Hrs

Paper – XIX

(Core Course)

08PHI – 14 Project & (Viva-voce) Theory and

Field

work

5 50 150 200 3Hrs

Total 90 2100

Total No. of Core Course (core course + project) : 13 + 1 = 14

Total Marks: 2100

Total No. of Elective Course : 4

Total Credits: 90

Extra Disciplinary Course (Compulsory) for other PG department students : 1

Human Rights (value education) compulsory paper for all P.G : 1

Total No of courses : 20

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PERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM -11

M.A, History (CBSC PATTERN)

REGULATIONS AND SYLLABUS

(SYLLABUS)

(Effective fro

m the Academic year 2008-2009 onwards)

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SYLLABUS

I SEMESTER

PAPER: I (C

ORE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

CULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA UP TO 1707 A.D

(paper code-08 PHI- 01)

UNIT: 1

Ancie

nt In

dian Cultu

re-Hara

ppan an

d Vedic-so

cial and cultu

ral patte

rns.

UNIT: 2

Relig

ious ferm

ent in

the 6

th century B.C-Jain

ism an

d Buddhism

.

UNIT: 3

Cultu

ral develo

pment in

the era

of M

auryas-T

he Kushans an

d th

eir p

atronage to

Buddhism

and cultu

re

UNIT: 4

Cultu

ral develo

pment o

f the G

uptas-S

ociety

-Art-A

rchitectu

re and literary

development

UNIT: 5

The rise

and growth of Isla

mic c

ultu

re under th

e Delhi S

ultan

s and th

e Mughals.

TEXT BOOKS

1.

V.Premalath

a : M

usic T

hrough th

e Ages S

undeep Prakash

am, D

elhi,1

985

2.

B.R.Kish

ore

: D

ances o

f India, M

adras, 1

993

3.

C.Sivara

mamoorth

i : In

dian Pain

ting, D

elhi, 1

955

4.

Prav

een Singh Gautham : E

ssence of In

dian

Cultu

re and Thought, N

ew Delh

i,

C

hronicle

Books, 1

993. 5

.

R.C.M

ajumdar (E

d) : H

istory an

d Cultu

re of In

dian

People, B

harath

iyavidya

Bhavan V

ol .V

, VI, V

II &VIII, B

ombay, 1

963

REFERENCE BOOKS

1.

K.M

. Shrim

ali (Ed)

: Essay

s in In

dian

Art, R

elig

ion an

d Socie

ty, N

ew York,1987

2.

S. C

hatte

rjee and D.M

.Datta

: An in

troductio

n to

Indian

Philo

sophy,

Calcu

tta , 1984

3.

Fred

ric Lieb

erman (E

d)

: D

ance in

India, R

hode Isla

nd, 1

973

4.

W.G. A

rcher

: Indian

Pain

tings, L

ondon, 1

952

5.

V.A. S

mith

: H

istory of F

ine A

rts in In

dia an

d Ceylon, O

xford, 1930

6

SYLLABUS

I SEMESTER

PAPER: II (C

ORE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

ECONOMIC HISTORY OF INDIA FROM A.D.1526 TO 1857

(Paper Code-08 PHI- 02)

UNIT: 1

Indian Economy on th

e perio

d of th

e M

ughals-L

and Tenure an

d Revenue settle

ment

under th

e M

ughals-Jag

irdhari, Z

amindari, L

and re

venue sy

stem under S

hersh

ah.

UNIT: 2

Agricu

lture –Policy

and develo

pment u

nder th

e M

ughals a

nd British

rule.

UNTI: 3

Industries-P

olic

y and development, v

illage in

dustrie

s small scale an

d large scale

industries u

nder M

ughals an

d British

rule.

UNIT: 4

Trade an

d co

mmerce u

nder th

e Mughals, V

ijayanagar

UNIT: 5

Transport an

d co

mmunicatio

n Development-R

oadways, W

aterways an

d Railw

ays.

TEXT BOOKS

1.

B.L. G

rover a

nd S. G

rover : A

new lo

ok of m

odern

Indian Histo

ry

2.

Rotherm

und : E

conomic H

istory of In

dia

3.

R.C. D

utt : E

conomic Histo

ry of In

dia

REFERENCE BOOKS

1.

S.P. N

anda : E

conomic an

d Social H

istory of M

odern

India

2.

Irfan Habib : T

he A

grarian

system

of M

ughal In

dia

3.

S.S. K

hulashetra

: The d

evelo

pment o

f Trade an

d In

dustry

under th

e

Mughals.

4.

A.L. S

rivatsav

a : The M

ughal E

mpire

5.

J.L. M

etha : A

dvanced stu

dy in

the H

istory of M

ediev

al India

6.

L.P. S

harm

a : Histo

ry of M

edieval In

dia

7

7.

S.C. C

howdry : S

ocial, C

ultu

ral and Economic H

istory of In

dia

8.

S.C. C

howdry : H

istory of M

odern

India

9.

S.C. R

oy Chowdry : S

ocial, C

ultu

ral and eco

nomic histo

ry of In

dia

10. M

.N. D

hdar : S

tudies in

the eco

nomic and so

cial develo

pment o

f

modern

India

11. H

.L. C

hablan

i : Economic co

nditio

ns o

f India durin

g th

e 16th

century, D

elhi,

1929

12. S

.S. D

esai : Economic Histo

ry of In

dia

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SYLLABUS

I SEMESTER

PAPER: III (C

ORE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN MODERN INDIA

(P

aper code-08 PHI- 03)

UNIT: 1

Christian

Missio

nary

Activ

ities-M

uslim

reform

ist movem

ents-A

ligarh

movem

ents-

Aham

adiya m

ovem

ent.

UNIT: 2

The 19th ce

ntury Renaissan

ce-Social an

d cultu

ral awakening-H

indu refo

rm and

revivalist m

ovements-B

rahmo sa

maj-A

rya S

amaj, P

rarth

ana S

amaj, R

amakrish

na

Missio

n-Thesophical S

ociety

.

UNIT: 3

Regeneratio

n of In

dian women-so

cial in

justice ag

ainst w

omen-fem

ale infantic

ide-

Sati,c

hild

marria

ge-D

owry sy

stem-w

omens E

ducatio

n

UNIT: 4

Rise o

f women’s o

rganiza

tion-so

cial leg

islations fo

r women’s p

rogress-w

omen

liberatio

n m

ovem

ent-M

uthulakshmi R

eddy

UNIT: 5

The depressed

classes m

ovem

ent-D

r.B.R.Ambedkar-Jo

thiba phule-N

aray

ana G

uru

-E.V. R

amasaw

my

TEXT BOOKS

1.

B.L. G

rover a

nd S. G

rover : A

new

look at m

odern In

dian Histo

ry

2.

Smit C

ircar : M

odern In

dia

3.

Ghanshyam

Shah : S

ocial M

ovem

ents in

India,

R

eview

of th

e Literatu

re,

S

age

Publica

tions, N

ew Delh

i, 1990

REFERENCE BOOKS

1.

K.K. D

utt : R

enaissa

nce, N

ationalism

and so

cial change

in

modern

India

2.

M.N. D

oss : S

tudies in

the E

conomic and so

cial

develo

pment o

f

modern In

dia

9

3.

S.N. R

oy Chowdry : S

ocial, C

ultu

ral and Economic histo

ry of In

dia-

earliest tim

es to

present tim

e

4.

M.N. S

rinivas : S

ocia

l change in

modern In

dia, B

ombay 1966

5.

S.P. N

anda : E

conomic an

d so

cial h

istory of m

odern In

dia

6.

S.P. S

en : S

ocial an

d relig

ious re

form

movem

ents o

f

Modern In

dia. In

stitute o

f Histo

rical studies

P

ublicatio

n.

7.

C.S. S

rinivasach

ari : S

ocial an

d Relig

ious m

ovem

ents in

the 19th ce

ntury

8.

D.R. B

ali : Modern In

dia th

ought fro

m Ram

Mohan Ray to

Jayaprak

ash Naray

anan, sterlin

g publicatio

ns 1

993.

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SYLLABUS

I SEMESTER

PAPER: I V (CORE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF INDIA FROM AD-1947 TO 1996

(EXCLUDING FOREIGN POLICY)

(P

aper code-08 PHI- 04)

UNIT: 1

Integratio

n of In

dian

states-the reco

gnitio

n of lin

guistic

and trib

al diversity

- making

of

Indian

constitu

tion-N

ehru Era-F

ive year

plan

-plan

ning and lan

d refo

rms-

Reorganizatio

n of lin

guistic

states(1

956)-K

amaraj p

lan an

d Bhuvanesw

ar co

ngress

UNIT: 2

India after

Nehru-Lal

Bahadur Sastri-E

merg

ence Indira

Gandhi-C

ongress

Split-

Economic P

olitics N

ationalizatio

n of b

anks-A

bolitio

n of P

rivy Purse-1

971 E

lectio

n

(Mid-term

poll)-2

0 Point program

me-A

uthoritaria

n politic

s-Total

Revolutio

n (J.P

.

Naray

an)-A

llahabad Ju

dgem

ent-P

roclamatio

n of E

merg

ency-Policies o

f Repressio

n

UNIT: 3

General e

lection of 1

977-Jan

ata party

Govt.-F

irst non~congress G

ovt. at th

e Centre :

Morarji ru

le-brea

k up-Charan

Singh Premiersh

ip-Electio

n of 1

980-R

e~em

ergence o

f

Indira

Gandhi-N

ew Delhi

Decla

ration-Punjab Crisis:

Blue

Star

Opera

tion-

Assassin

atio

n of In

dira G

andhi

UNIT: 4

Rajiv

Gandhi a

s Prim

e Ministe

r: Domestic

Policy

-Panchayat R

aj-Socio

, Economic,

Cultu

ral and Political p

rogram

mers

UNIT: 5

Janata

Dal and V.P. Singh-M

anadal

commissio

n Report-fall

of the

Govt.-1

991

election-Resto

ration of Congress

Regim

e-Narash

imha

Rao Prem

iersh

ip-A

yodhya

Issue-N

ew Economic Policy

-Contrib

utio

n of M

anmohan Singh-H

awala S

candal.

TEXT BOOKS

1.

Bipan Chandra

: In

dia A

fter Independence, N

ew Delh

i, 1999

2.

Subbian

Adaik

kala

m

: The N

ehru Epoch 1947-64, T

ryst w

ith Destin

y,

Chindam

baram

, 1988

3.

G. V

enkatesan

: C

ontem

porary

Histo

ry of In

dia,

Madurai, 2

001

4.

Hira

nmay Karlek

ar (Ed)

: Independent In

dia The F

irst Fifty

years, O

UP, 1

998

5.

Stephen Cohan

: In

dia E

merg

ing Power, O

UP, 2

002

11

REFERENCE BOOKS

1.

C.P.Bhambhri

: In

dian

Politic

s since In

dependence, V

ol.I,

New Delh

i, 1995.

2.

S. G

opal

: Jawaharlal N

ehru.A Biograp

hy,Vol I 1

889-

1947,

C

ambrid

ge, 1

956

3.

Palm

ar, D

.Norm

an

: T

he In

dian Political S

yste

m, 2

nd E

d.,

B

osto

n, 1

971.

4.

Parth

a Chatte

rjee

: State an

d Politic

s in In

dia, N

ew Delh

i, 2002

5.

Publica

tion Divisio

n

: India-4

0 years o

f Independence

6.

Publica

tion Divisio

n

: Era o

f rapid ch

ange

1

947-1971

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SYLLABUS

I SEMESTER

PAPER: V (ELECTIVE PAPER-I)

CBCS PATTERN

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT

(Paper Code-08 PHI Z- 01)

UNIT: 1

Facts

leading to the em

ergence of Indian Natio

nalism

-Founding of the

Indian

Natio

nal c

ongress-M

odera

te natio

nalism

(1885-1905)

UNIT: 2

Growth of

Extre

mism

-partitio

n of

Bengal-S

wadesh

i and Boycott

movements-

congress

split-G

ovt resp

onse-M

into morley

reform

s-Revolutio

nary tre

nds at

home

and ab

road fo

r India’s freed

om.

UNIT: 3

Home ru

le movem

ent-L

uckow pact 1

916-im

pact o

f the first w

orld

war-R

owlatt A

ct

and Jaliy

anwalla

bag m

assac

re-Montag

ue Chelm

sford refo

rms.

UNIT: 4

Gandhian

Era-N

on Co-operatio

n movem

ent-K

hilafat

movem

ent-S

warajist

party

-

Sim

on commissio

n-Lahore

Congress-C

ivil

Diso

bedien

ce movement-R

ound Table

Conferen

ce-G

ovt o

f India o

f 1935.

UNIT: V

Impact

of the seco

nd world

war-S

ubash

Chandra

Bose

and the IN

A-Jin

nah and

Muslim

separa

tism-A

ugust

offe

r-Crip

ps

missio

n-Q

uit

India

movement-C

abinet

missio

n-M

ountpatte

n plan

-Partitio

n an

d In

dependence.

TEXT BOOKS

1.

Tarac

hand

: Free

dom M

ovem

ent in

India

2.

R.C. M

ajumdhar

: H

istory of F

reedom M

ovem

ent in

India 3.Vols,

C

alcutta

, 1962

3.

R.C. A

garw

all

: C

onstitu

tional d

evelopment an

d Natio

nal

movem

ent,

S

.S. C

hand &

company, N

ew

Delh

i, 1974

4.

Pattab

ie Sita

ramaiy

a

: The In

dian Natio

nal M

ovem

ent

5.

K. R

ajay

yan

: Histo

ry of F

reedom stru

ggle in

India, M

adurai

Publish

ing

House, M

adurai, 1

981

13

6.

G. V

enkatesan

: T

he H

istory of F

reedom stru

ggle in

India,

Coim

batore, 1

985.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.

H. M

alik

: Muslim

Natio

nalism

in In

dia an

d Pakistan

2.

Bipin Chandra

: M

odern

India-N

CERT Public

ations

3.

P.N. C

hopra an

d others

: A Social, E

conomic an

d cu

ltural h

istory

o

f India v

olume-III

4.

R.C. M

ajumdar (E

d)

: H

istory and cultu

re of In

dian

people-

Bharatiy

a Vidya B

havan-V

olume N

o-X

to XII

5.

Prof.R

. Sath

iyanath

aiyar &

: A Text B

ook of In

dian

Histo

ry-V

olume-III

V

asudhavan Rao

6.

D. S

ada Sivam

: Indian

Histo

ry Volume-III in

Tamil

7.

R.C. G

upta

: Indian

Freed

om M

ovem

ent an

d Thought 1

930-1947,

S

terling Publish

ers, N

ew Delh

i, 1983

8.

Lal B

ahadur

: Indian

Freed

om M

ovem

ent an

d Thought 1

919-1929,

S

terling Publish

ers, N

ew Delh

i, 1983

9.

V.D. M

ahajan

: The N

atio

nal M

ovem

ent in

India, C

hand &

Co,

N

ew Delhi, 1

979

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SYLLABUS

I SEMESTER

PAPER: V (ELECTIVE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

ARCHIEVES KEEPING (Paper Code 08PHI Z -02)

UNIT : 1

Orig

in an

d Creatio

n of A

rchives K

eeping in

Ancien

t, Mediev

al an

d m

odern tim

es.

UNIT : 2

Arch

ives

in India

– Organizatio

n of differe

nt arc

hives prese

rvatio

n of reco

rds,

Preca

utio

nary

and preventiv

e.

UNIT : 3

Administratio

n of A

rchives –

The Public

Reco

rds A

ct o

f 1838 – Public

Reco

rds in

Arch

ives –

Hart’s rep

ort –

Administra

tion of N

ational a

nd Tam

il Nadu arch

ives.

UNIT : 4

The differe

nt fu

nctio

ns o

f Arch

ives –

Main

tenance o

f Archives –

Train

ing in

Arch

ives

Main

tenance – The differe

nt u

ses of A

rchives.

UNIT : 5

Natio

nal.A

rchives o

f India –

Records c

ommittee

and R

e-Prin

t of R

ecords –

George

Forest an

d th

e Reco

rd office o

f Bombay – T

he Im

perial R

ecord D

epartm

ent, E

ast

India Company – Tamil

Nadu Archives – its

Orig

in and Develo

pment – Priv

ate

Arch

ives in

India.

TEXT BOOKS

1. P

Sarv

eswaran

:

Arch

ives K

eeping

2. N

. Hary

naryanan

: The Scien

ce of A

rchives K

eeping

3. S

allen Ghose

: Arch

ives in

India

4. C

hokkalin

gam

:

Rise o

f State

Archives

Administratio

n

15

5. D

r. A. T

hiyagaraja

n

:

Arch

ival k

eeping

6. B

.S. B

alig

a

:

Guide to

the reco

rds p

reserved

in M

adras rec

ord Office.

7. M

. Sundara

rajan

: A M

anual o

f Archives

Keep

ing, C

hennai 1

998.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. O

.P. A

garw

al

: Care

and Preservatio

n of

Museum Objec

ts.

2. D

.S M

acm

illan

: Records M

anagem

ent

3. R

.K. P

etri

:

Repair an

d Preserv

atio

n of R

ecords

4. T

.R. S

ehelle

n Berg

: Modern

Arch

ives –

Prin

ciples an

d

Techniques, L

ondon, 1

937.

5. T

ol b

oys W

heeler

: Early

Records o

f British

India.

6. S

. Vija

yalak

shmi

: Arch

ives A

dministratio

n.

7. H

.A. Jen

kinson

: Manual o

f Arch

ives A

dministratio

n,

London, 1

937.

16

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

C

BCS PATTERN

HISTORY—I SEMESTER

PAPER – I CULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA (paper code-08 PHI-01)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

M

ax. M

arks—

75

P

ART-A

(5x5=25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

1.

a) W

rite the im

porta

nt A

rcheological so

urces fo

r the stu

dy of A

ncien

t Indian

cultu

re.

(or)

b) G

ive an acco

unt o

f the p

ositio

n of w

omen in

the R

ig Vedic P

erio

d.

2.

a) W

rite a brief n

ote on Bhagavata cu

lt.

(o

r)

b) T

race th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f Sankarac

hary

a fo

r the g

lory of a

ncien

t Hindu

cultu

re.

3.

a) T

race the sig

nifica

nce of A

shoka’s free stan

ding m

onolith

ic columns.

(o

r)

b) D

efine G

andhara

Art.

4.

a) M

entio

n briefly

the develo

pment o

f astro

nomy durin

g th

e perio

d of th

e

Delh

i sulta

nate

(or)

b) T

race th

e growth of u

rdu language

5.

a) G

ive a

brief n

ote on M

ecaulay

.

(or)

b) A

ssess th

e impact o

f British

rule in

Indian

cultu

re.

P

ART-B

(5x10=50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

a) B

ring out th

e greatn

ess o

f Indus civ

ilization.

(o

r)

b) D

escribe th

e so

cial life of th

e Aryans d

urin

g th

e late

r vedic age.

7.

a) T

race the im

pact o

f Jainism

on In

dian cultu

re

(or)

b) T

race th

e orig

in and growth of B

uddhism

.

17

8.

a) T

race the ec

onomic an

d cu

ltural effects o

f Alexander’s in

vasio

n ag

ainst

India.

(o

r)

b) E

xamine th

e co

ntrib

utio

n of th

e M

auryas fo

r the d

evelo

pment o

f Art a

nd

Arch

itecture.

9.

a) D

escribe th

e positio

n of w

omen durin

g th

e sultan

ate perio

d.

(o

r)

b) C

ritically analy

se th

e impact o

f Islam on In

dian

Society

.

10. a) E

valuate th

e conditio

n of ed

ucatio

n under th

e company’s ru

le.

(or)

b) D

iscuss th

e growth of a

rt and arc

hitectu

re durin

g th

e modern perio

d.

18

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY-I SEMESTER

PAPER-II E

CONOMIC HISTORY OF INDIA FROM A.D. 1526 TO

1857

(paper code-08 PHI-02)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks: 7

5 m

arks

PART A (5

x5=25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

1.

a) M

entio

n th

e im

portan

t features o

f Todarm

al’s Land Revenue sy

stem.

(O

r)

b) E

xplain

the ro

le of “Z

amindar” u

nder th

e M

ughal L

and Revenue Syste

m.

2.

a) B

ring out th

e impact o

f the in

troductio

n of th

e intro

ductio

n of ‘C

ash crops’

on

Indian

agricu

lture.

(Or)

b) T

race th

e meth

ods o

f irrigatio

n durin

g th

e Mughal-ru

le.

3.

a) W

rite a note o

n Ship-build

ing in

dustry

in th

e pre-B

ritish In

dia.

(or)

b) A

ssess th

e process o

f “de-in

dustrializa

tion” d

urin

g th

e British

rule.

4.

a) T

race th

e role o

f ‘surat’ in

the Commerce

of M

ughal In

dia.

(or)

b) M

entio

n th

e im

portan

t trading ce

ntre

of th

e Coram

andel c

oast.

5.

a) W

rite a note o

n in

land navigatio

n.

(o

r)

b) T

race th

e growth of p

osts an

d teleg

raphs u

p to

1857.

PART B (5

x10=50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

a) D

escribe th

e lan

d rev

enue ad

ministratio

n of S

her sh

ah.

(o

r)

b) T

race th

e im

pact o

f British

land rev

enue p

olicie

s on th

e In

dian

Economy.

19

7.

a) A

ssess th

e eco

nomic co

nditio

n of th

e peasants u

nder th

e M

ughals.

(or)

b) T

race th

e agrarian

relations in

South In

dia d

urin

g th

e British

rule.

8.

a) B

riefly sta

te th

e develo

pment o

f villag

e in

dustrie

s under th

e Mughals.

(o

r)

b) T

race th

e growth of p

lantatio

n in

dustry

under th

e Company’s ru

le.

9.

a) M

entio

n th

e growth of to

wns an

d citie

s in In

dia d

ue to

European

Commerce

.

(o

r)

b) D

escribe th

e ec

onomic life u

nder th

e Vijay

nagar ru

le.

10. a) G

iven an

account o

f the T

ransport sy

stem under th

e Mughals.

(o

r)

b) E

xamine th

e develo

pment o

f Roadways a

nd Railw

ays u

nder th

e Company’s

rule.

20

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY-I SEMESTER

PAPER-III S

OCIAL AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN MODERN INDIA

(Paper Code-08 PHI-03)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks: 7

5 m

arks

PART A (5

x5=25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

1.

a) B

ring out th

e social ev

ils which

prev

ailed

in th

e 18th C

entury.

(o

r)

b) W

rite a note o

n th

e religious co

nditio

n of In

dia d

urin

g th

e 18th C

entury.

2.

a) A

naly

se the im

pact o

f Christia

n M

issionary

activ

ities in In

dia.

(o

r)

b) W

hat is m

eant b

y Ahamediya M

ovem

ent?

3.

a) A

ssess th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f Joythiba P

hule in

the In

dia aw

akening.

(or)

b) W

hy was R

ajaram

Mohan Roy called

as father o

f the In

dian

Renaissan

ce?

4.

a) E

stimate

service

of S

wam

i Vivekananda.

(o

r)

b) G

ive an acco

unt o

n th

practice

of S

ati and Child

Marriag

e.

5.

a) E

stimate

the se

rvice o

f Dr. M

uthulakshmi R

eddy to

the cau

se of w

omen’s

upliftm

ent.

(o

r)

b) W

rite a note o

n Tem

ple E

ntry

Movem

ent in

Tam

ilnadu.

PART-B

(5x10=50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

a) T

race the w

ork of C

hristia

n M

issionarie

s in In

dia.

(o

r)

b) E

xamine th

e im

pact o

f Alig

arh M

ovement o

n th

e Muslim

community

.

7.

a) S

tate th

e causes an

d resu

lts of th

e 19th C

entury Socia

l and Relig

ious

Movements in

India.

(or)

b) N

arrate th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f Aryas S

amaj to

Indian

society

and re

ligion.

21

8.

a) E

xam

ine th

e W

ork of T

heosophica

l society

in rev

iving th

e Hindu relig

ion

and philo

sophy.

(or)

b) N

arrate th

e ach

ievements o

f the W

omen’s In

dian

Asso

ciation.

9.

a) A

ssess th

e vario

us m

easures in

troduced

by Govern

ment fo

r the

develo

pment o

f women in

India.

(or)

b) T

race th

e Growth of W

omen’s E

ducatio

n in

India sin

ce In

dependence.

10. a) B

ring out th

e service reo

rdere

d by Dr. B

.E. A

mbedkar fo

r the p

rogress o

f

depressed

classes.

(or)

b) W

rite an essay

on E.V. R

amasam

y’s serv

ices to

the Tam

il Society

.

22

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY-I SEMESTER

PAPER-IV CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF INDIA FROM AD 1947—1996

(Paper Code-08 PHI-04)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks: 7

5 m

arks

PART A (5

x5=25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

1.

a) E

xplain how Hyderab

ad was in

tegrated

with

India.

(or)

b) E

xplain

the d

irective p

rinciple o

f state policy

in th

e Indian constitu

tion

2.

a) E

xplain th

e Significan

ce of th

e First G

eneral E

lectio

n of 1

952.

(or)

b) W

rite a note o

n Natio

nal d

evelopment council.

3.

a) D

escribe th

e tw

enty point p

rogramme.

(or)

b) D

escribe th

e sp

lit in th

e congress d

urin

g th

e Prem

iership of In

dira G

andhi.

4.

a) W

hat d

o you know about th

e Bhopal T

ragedy?

(or)

b) E

xplain

the assassin

ation of In

dira G

andhi.

5.

a) D

escribe th

e contrib

utio

n of D

r. Manmohan Singh to

Indian

Economy.

(or)

b) E

xplain

the C

auvery waterd

ispute durin

g th

e perio

d of N

arasimma R

ao.

PART-B

(5x10=50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

a) C

ritically ex

amine th

e achievem

ents o

f Sardar V

allabhai P

atel.

(or)

b) D

escribe h

ow Kash

mir w

as in

tegrate

d with

India.

7.

a) D

escribe N

ehru’s p

olicy

of so

cialistic p

attern of so

ciety an

d m

ixed

economy.

(or)

b) E

xplain

the lin

guistic R

e-Organiza

tion of states.

23

8.

a) D

escribe th

e circ

umstan

ces lead

ing to

the d

eclaratio

n of em

ergency.

(or)

b) E

xamine th

e Achiev

ements o

f Janatha p

arty.

9.

a) E

xplain how In

dira G

andhi tack

led th

e Punjab

issue.

(or)

b) D

escribe th

e alle

gatio

ns lev

elle

d again

st Rajiv

Gandhi.

10. a) W

rite an essa

y on M

andal co

mmissio

n.

(or)

b) E

xplain

the N

ew Economic refo

rms o

f Nara

simma R

ao.

24

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY-I SEMESTER

PAPER-V INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT (paper code-08 PHI Z-01)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks: 7

5 m

arks

PART A (5

x5=25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

1.

a) W

rite briefly

about th

e 1806 Vello

re M

utin

y.

(or)

b) A

ssess th

e results o

f the 1857 re

volt.

2.

a) B

rief the reaso

ns fo

r the growth of ex

tremism

in th

e Natio

nal M

ovem

ent.

(or)

b) W

rite a note o

n Swedesh

i Navigatio

n Company.

3.

a) T

race the ro

le of A

nne B

esant in

the H

ome ru

le movement.

(or)

b) G

ive a note o

n th

e Jallian

Wallab

agh M

assacre.

4.

a) E

xam

ine th

e polic

ies o

f the S

waraj p

arty

.

(or)

b) G

ive an acco

unt o

n Round Table Confere

nces.

5.

a) E

stimate

part p

layed by In

dian Natio

nal A

rmy in

the N

ational M

ovement.

(or)

b) W

rite a note o

n th

e Quit In

dian M

ovem

ent.

PART-B

(5x10=50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

a) N

arrate th

e causes an

d course

of th

e Revolt o

f 1857.

(or)

b) T

race th

e reasons b

ehind th

e rise of N

ationalism

.

7.

a) W

rite the h

istory of N

ational m

ovem

ent fro

m 1885 to

1905.

(or)

b) D

iscuss th

e importan

t provisio

ns o

f the M

into M

orley

Refo

rms A

ct.

25

8.

a) W

hat is m

eant b

y Home R

ule M

ovem

ent? Discu

ss the ro

le play

ed by Bala

Ganghadar T

ilak in

it.

(or)

b) W

rite th

e circumsta

nces le

ading to

the en

actm

ent o

f Montague C

helm

sford

reform

s Act. W

hy th

e Congress p

arty opposed th

e Act.

9.

a) P

oint o

ut th

e role of M

ahatm

a Gandhi in

the Natio

nal M

ovem

ent fro

m 1920

to 1935.

(or)

b) W

rite th

e main

provisio

ns an

d m

erits an

d dem

erits of th

e Government o

f

India A

ct of 1

935.

10. a) D

iscuss th

e histo

ry of th

e Muslim

Separatio

n

(or)

b) W

rite th

e partitio

n of In

dia an

d its im

pacts.

26

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – I SEMESTER (ELECTIVE PAPER)

PAPER V – ARCHIVES KEEPING (Paper Code 08PHI Z-02)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er A

LL Questio

ns eith

er (a) or (b

) questio

ns each

not ex

ceeding 250 words.

1.

(a) What is m

eant b

y Arch

ives?

Write a n

ote on its o

rigin.

(or)

(b) B

riefly m

entio

n th

e need fo

r Archival estab

lishment.

2.

(a) Explain

the sto

rage co

nditio

ns c

onducive fo

r the preservatio

n of reco

rds.

(or)

(b) W

rite a short n

ote o

n Hart’s rep

ort.

3.

(a) Highlig

ht th

e uses o

f Archives.

(or)

(b) W

hat a

re the precau

tions ag

ainst in

sect attack on re

cords.

4.

(a) Write sh

ort n

otes o

n th

e Im

perial R

ecord Departm

ent o

f East In

dia

Company.

(or)

(b) W

hat d

o you know about th

e re

-prin

t of reco

rds?

5.

(a) Explain

the a

rchives k

eeping in

ancien

t times.

(or)

(b) W

rite a short n

ote o

n th

e public reco

rds act o

f 1833.

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er A

LL Questio

ns eith

er (a) or (b

) each

not excee

ding 1200 words.

All Q

uestio

ns ca

rry eq

ual m

arks

6.

(a) Arch

ieves k

eeping in

Modern

Tim

es.

(or)

(b) E

valu

ate the o

rganisatio

n an

d fu

nctio

ning of N

ational A

rchieves

of In

dia.

27

7.

(a) Assess th

e role of P

rivate A

rchives in

India.

(or)

(b) W

rite an essay

on th

e Indian Histo

rical Records c

ommissio

n.

8.

(a) Examine th

e organisatio

n an

d fu

nctio

ns o

f the rec

ord office

of B

ombay.

(or)

(b) E

stimate th

e importan

ce of th

e m

ainten

ance of A

rchives w

ith sp

ecial

reference to

training in

Arch

ives m

ainten

ance.

9.

(a) Evaluate th

e organisatio

n of d

ifferen

t Arch

ives p

reservatio

n of rec

ords

and prev

entiv

e measures.

(or)

(b) E

xplain th

e fu

nctio

ning of T

amil N

adu Arch

ives an

d its o

rigin and

development.

10. (a) E

xplain

the d

ifferent fu

nctio

n of arc

hives.

(or)

(b) A

rchives k

eeping in

medieval tim

es.

28

SYLLABUS

II SEMESTER

PAPER: VI (core paper)

CBCS PATTERN

SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF TAMILNADU UPTO

A.D. 1565

(Paper Code-08 PHI- 05)

UNIT: 1

Sangam

Age and Post S

angan Age: S

ocial in

stitutio

ns –

Custo

ms an

d Practic

es –

Economic life

– Trade –

Relig

ion – Lite

rature –

Art an

d Fine Arts.

UNIT: 2

Age o

f the P

allav

as : Socie

ty – Economic life –

Relig

ion – Bhakthi M

ovem

ent –

Litera

ture and Educatio

n –Art a

nd Fine A

rts

UNIT: 3

Age o

f the C

holas: S

ociety

– Economic life –

Relig

ion – Bhakthi M

ovement –

Litera

ture and Educatio

n –Art a

nd Fine A

rts

UNIT: 4

Age o

f the P

andyas : S

ocie

ty – Economic life –

Relig

ion – Litera

ture and Educatio

n –

Art an

d Fine A

rts

UNIT: 5

Tamilag

am under V

ijayanagar R

ule: S

ocie

ty – Economic life

– Relig

ion – Lite

rature–

Art an

d Fine A

rts

TEXT BOOKS

1.

K.K.Pilla

i : Socia

l Histo

ry of th

e Tamils

2.

V.M

.Krish

nam

oorth

i : Histo

ry of T

amil N

adu Vija

yala

kshmi P

ublica

tions N

eyoor,

1

983,VoI-1

3.

S.K.Iy

enger : S

ome C

ontrib

utio

ns o

f South In

dia to

Indian

Cultu

re

4.

A.Karru

piah : L

and an

d Caste

in South In

dian

Villag

e, M

adras, 1

998

5.

R.Gopala

n : H

istory of th

e Pallav

as

6.

E.F.Irsch

ick : P

olitics a

nd Social c

onflict in

South In

dia, C

alifo

rnia, 1

969

7.

S.Sath

inandhan : H

istory of E

ducatio

n in

the M

adras P

residency , M

adras, 1

894

29

REFERENCE BOOKS

1.

M.S. G

ovindasam

y : T

he ro

le of feu

datories in

Late

r Chola H

istory Annam

alai

Nagar,1

979

2.

K.V.Ram

an : P

andyar V

aralaru, M

adras, 1

977

3.

M.Rajam

anick

anar : C

holar V

aralaru, M

adras, 1

977

4.

R.Sathianath

aier : Tam

ilagam

in th

e 17th C

entury, U

niversity

of

Madras, C

hennai, 1

956.

30

SYLLABUS

II SEMESTER

PAPER: VII (core paper)

(CBCS PATTERN)

SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF TAMILNADU

FROM A.D. 1565 to 1997

(Paper Code- 08 PHI-06)

UNIT: 1

Tamilag

am under th

e Nayak Rule: S

ociety – Economic life –

Relig

ion –Lite

rature–

Art an

d Fine A

rts.

Tamilag

am under th

e M

arathas: S

ocie

ty – Economic life –

Relig

ion –Lite

rature–

Art

and Fine A

rts

UNIT: 2

Refo

rm M

ovement in

Modern

Tamilag

am – Social R

eform

Movem

ents –

Self-re

spect

Movem

ent –

Women’s M

ovem

ents in

Tam

il Nadu an

d Social L

egislatio

n.

UNIT: 3

The Role o

f Tam

ilagam

in th

e Freed

om stru

ggle – Im

portan

t Freedom fig

hters o

f

Tamilag

am.

Impact o

f Natio

nal M

ovement o

n th

e develo

pment o

f Tam

il Lite

rature –

Arts an

d

Fine A

rts in M

odern Tam

ilagam

.

UNIT: 4

The develo

pment o

f Educatio

n in

Modern Tam

ilagam

– In

troductio

n of W

estern

educatio

n – Higher E

ducatio

n – Educatio

n Policy

– Develo

pment o

f Scien

ce and

Technology and Professio

nal e

ducatio

n.

UNIT: 5

Relig

ious co

nditio

n in

Modern Tam

ilagam

: Spread of C

hristia

nity

– Hindu Revival –

Impact o

f Islam – Secu

larism.

Economic d

evelopment o

f Modern

Tamilag

am – Develo

pment o

f Agricu

lture,

Industries, T

rade an

d Commerce.

31

TEXT BOOKS

1.

R.Sathiyanath

aier : S

ocial T

amila

gam

in th

e 17th Century, U

niversity

of M

adras,

Chennai, 9

56

2.

R.Sathiyanathaier

: Histo

ry of N

ayaks o

f Madurai, C

hennai -1

924

3.

N.Raja

lakshmi

: Tam

ilNadu Economy, N

ewDelh

i, 1987

4.

K.K.Pillai

: A Social H

istory of th

e Tam

ils, Tam

ilNadu

5.

V.M

.Krish

nam

oothi

: Histo

ry of T

amilN

adu VoI-II

REFERENCE BOOKS

1.

Anaim

uthu

: Thoughts o

f Periy

ar, VoI. III

2.

B.S.Balig

a : S

tudies in

Madras A

dministratio

n

3.

T.Ram

aswam

y

: Merc

hant C

lass, SouthIndia, M

adurai, 1

997

4.

Chandra M

udaliy

ar : S

tate an

d Relig

ious e

ndowments in

Madras, U

niversity

of

Madras,1

976

5.

R.Sundralin

gam

: P

olitics a

nd Natio

nalist a

wakening in

South In

dia, (1

852-1891),

Ariszo

nam

, 1974

32

SYLLABUS

II SEMESTER

PAPER: VIII (c

ore paper)

(CBCS PATTERN)

INDIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS (paper code- 08 PHI 07)

UNIT: 1

India’s F

oreig

n Policy

since In

dependence: N

ehru – Sastri –

Indira

Gandhi –

Janata

Party

– Rajiv

Ghandhi –

Narasim

ha R

ao

UNIT: 2

India and Pakistan

: areas o

f conflic

t – crisis a

nd co-operatio

n.

India and Bangladesh

– Farak

ka Barrag

e disp

utes

UNIT: 3

India and China: P

anchash

eela A

greem

ent –

Strain

in Sino-In

dian re

latio

ns –

Indi-

China W

ar (1962) –

Norm

alisation Process in

the S

ino – In

dian

Relatio

ns

UNIT: 4

India and Nepal: In

teractions b

etw

een In

dia an

d Nepal, In

dia an

d Bhutan

, India an

d

Burm

a.

UNIT: 5

India and Sri L

anka: M

aldives –

Regional O

rganizatio

ns –

NAM – SAARC.

TEXT BOOKS:

K.C.Choudhuri : A

nglo-N

apalese R

elations

P.C.Chakravarth

i : India’s C

hina Policy

K.P.Karunakaran

: India in

World

Affa

irs

E. S

udhakar : S

AARC (O

rigin Growth &

Future) G

yan Publish

ing

House,

N

ew Delhi-1

10002, 1

994

A.G.Noorani : A

spects o

f India’s F

oreign Polic

y, Jaico

, Mumbai, 1

969.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

U.R. G

hai : F

oreig

n Policy

of In

dia

Baljit S

ingh : In

dian Foreign Policy

– An an

alysis A

sia Publish

er,

Bombay, 1

975

P. R

amasam

y : N

ewDelh

i & SriL

anka –

Allie

d Publicatio

n, 1

987.

Madhavi Y

asin

: India’s F

oreig

n Policy

, Raj P

ublic

ation, N

ew Delh

i, 1994.

V.P. D

utt : In

dia’s F

oreign Polic

y, A

sia Publicatio

n, 1

985

33

SYLLABUS

II SEMESTER

PAPER: IX (Elective paper)

(CBCS PATTERN)

DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDEPENDENT

INDIA

(Paper Code- 08 PHI Z-03)

UNIT: 1

Polic

ies and Plan

s after Independence: S

cience: P

olicy

resolutio

ns –

New Policy

in

Technology – Researc

h activ

ities and promotio

ns –

Autonomous S

cientific

Institu

tions –

Scientific S

ervices.

UNIT: 2

Agricu

lture In

dustry

: Agricu

lture- b

asic reso

urces –

Soil ero

sion – Soil re

clamatio

n –

Water C

onserv

ation Program

mes –

Agro Techniques –

Advancem

ents in

agricu

ltural

produce –

Gree

n Revolutio

n – Live sto

ck- F

isheries- D

iary Develo

pment.

UNIT: 3

Industrial an

d Tran

sport –

cotto

n –iro

n an

d stee

l, mining, glass, m

anufactu

ring,

cement, p

aper, au

tomobiles, m

edicin

es, surgim

ents, co

smetic

s – sm

all scale in

dustries

– ro

ads, railro

ads, w

ater w

ays, sh

ipping, airw

ays

Electro

nics, co

mputers, teleco

mmunica

tions –

telephone, ce

llular –

mobile –

electronics m

ail –

Internet.

UNIT: 4

Energy: P

rogress –

energy reso

urce

s – Organisa

tion of h

ydro-elec

tric system

s –

Natio

nal p

ower O

rganisatio

ns –

Non-co

nventio

nal e

nerg

y – fast b

reed re

actors.

UNIT: 5

Defen

ce and Space : D

efence R

esearch

and Development O

rganisa

tion – Researc

h

Co-ordinatio

n – M

issile Program

mes –

Radar sy

stems –

Space

Researc

h : O

bjectiv

es,

Organisa

tion – In

sat system

– Rem

ote sen

sing – Launch Vehicle

Technology.

TEXT BOOKS:

1.

Kalp

ana R

ajaram : S

cience and Tech

nology in

India, N

ew Delhi, 1

993.

2.

R. V

enkataram

an : H

istory of S

cience an

d Technology, M

adurai, 1

988.

3.

Verg

ese Jay

araj

: Histo

ry of scie

nce and Technology, U

tham

apalay

am, 1

997.

4.

S. M

ohan an

d

Ashok Jain

: Scien

ce an

d Tech

nology

5.

Kappuram an

d

Kududam

ani

: H

istory of S

cience and Technology

34

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.

O.P. Jeg

gi

: H

istory of S

cience and Technology

2.

S.P. G

upta

: S

cience, T

echnology and Society

in th

e M

odern Age

3.

Govern

ment o

f India

: India 2

001, P

ublica

tion Divisio

n.

4.

Rachna M

anjor

: T

echnological C

hange an

d In

dustrial d

evelo

pment.

5.

G.B. Ja

thar an

d

S.G. B

ery

: In

dian

Economics, V

Ol-II

35

SYLLABUS

II SEMESTER

PAPER: X

(CBCS PATTERN)

HUMAN RIGHTS (Value Education) (Compulsory Paper)

(Paper Code- 08 PHR 01)

UNIT-I : In

troduction

Mean

ing and D

efinitio

ns o

f Human Rights –

Histo

rical E

volutio

n of H

uman rig

hts –

Form

ation of U

NO, U

niversal D

eclaratio

n of H

uman R

ights 1

948 – C

onstitu

tional

Provisio

n for Protectio

n of Human Rights

– Fundamental Rights

and Directiv

e

Prin

ciples o

f State P

olicy

– Fundamental D

uties an

d Human Rights E

ducatio

n.

UNIT-II : C

ivil, Political and Economic Rights

Right to

Work – Right to

Perso

nal F

reedom – Right to

Free

dom of E

xpressio

n – Right

to Property

– R

ight to

Educatio

n – R

ight to

Equality

– R

ight o

f Relig

ion – R

ight to

Form

Asso

ciation an

d U

nions –

Right to

Movem

ent –

Right to

Fam

ily – R

ight to

Contra

ct – Right to

Constitu

tional R

emedies –

Right to

Vote an

d Contest in

Electio

ns

– Right to

Hold Public O

ffices –

Right to

Inform

ation – Right to

Critic

ize the G

ovt. –

Right to

Dem

ocra

tic Governance. R

ight to

Work – Right to

Adequate W

ages –

Right

to R

easo

nable H

ours o

f Work – R

ight to

Fair W

orking C

onditio

ns –

Right to

Self

Govt. in

Industry

– Custo

mer R

ights –

Socia

l and Cultu

ral Rights –

Rights to

Life

–

Right to

Clea

n Enviro

nment.

UNIT – III : H

uman Rights Activities in India.

Human Rights

Act

1993 – Stru

cture

and Functio

ns of Natio

nal

Human Rights

Commissio

n – State H

uman R

ights C

ommissio

n an

d H

uman R

ights C

ourts –

Rules

and Regulatio

ns o

f state human rig

hts co

mmissio

n 1997.

UNIT – IV : Human Rights Movements for Social Development

India Freed

om Movement – Peasan

t Movem

ent – Women’s

Movement – SC/ST

Movem

ents –

Enviro

nment M

ovement.

UNIT – V : Human Rights Violation

Violatio

n of R

ights a

mong C

hild

ren, W

omen, M

inoritie

s, SCs a

nd STs, H

IV/A

IDS

Patien

ts, Trans-g

enders, C

onvicts an

d Priso

ners, S

lavery

and D

isabled, P

rovisio

n of

constitu

tional rig

hts d

urin

g th

e arrest.

36

REFERENCE

1.

Barad

at S

ergio an

d Swara

njali G

hosh, T

eachings o

f Human Rights, D

ominant

Publish

ers and Distrib

utors, N

ew Delh

i, 2009.

2.

Umesh Bhatt, H

uman Rights A

chiev

ement a

nd Challen

ges, V

ista Intern

ational

Publish

ing House, D

elhi 2

005.

3.

Roy A

.N., H

uman Rights T

asks, D

uties a

nd Functio

ns : A

avish

kar P

ublish

ers

and Distrib

utors, Jaip

ur 2

007.

4.

Asish

Kumar D

as an

d Prasan

t Kumar M

ohanty, H

uman Rights in

India: S

arup

and Sons, N

ew delh

i 2007.

5.

Sankar

Sen, Human Rights

in a Develo

ping Socie

ty, A.P.H. Publish

ing

Corporatio

n, N

ew Delhi 2

009.

6.

Bani Borgohain

, Human Rights

Social

Justice

and Political

Challen

ge,

Kanish

ka P

ublish

ers an

d Distrb

utors, N

ew Delhi 2

007.

7.

Rathod P.B. F

ocus o

n Human Rights : A

BD Publish

ers, Jaipur 2

007.

8.

Velan

.G. H

uman Rights an

d D

evelo

pment Issu

es : T

he A

ssociated

Publish

ers,

Ambala

Cantt, 2

008.

9.

Meena P

.K. H

uman R

ights T

heory an

d Prac

tice : Murali lal a

nd Sons, N

ew

Delh

i 2008.

10. B

havani P

rasad Panda. H

uman Rights D

evelopment an

d Enviro

nmental L

aw :

Academ

ic Excelle

nce, D

elhi 2

007.

11. V

iswanathan, V.N. Human Rights

– Twenty First

Century Challen

ges

:

Kalp

az Publica

tions, N

ew Delh

i 2008.

12. G

osw

ami, Human R

ights a

nd R

eform

ing th

e Law : R

aj Publish

ing H

ouse,

Jaipur 2

008.

13. D

igvija

y N

ath Pandey, T

eaching of H

uman Rights : L

otus P

ress, New

Delh

i,

2007.

14. A

nsari .M

.R., P

rotec

ting Human Rights : M

ax Form

Books, N

ew Delhi 2

006.

15. R

ao, M.S.A. Social

Movem

ents

in India – Socia

l Movements

and Social

Tran

sform

ation in

India, V

ol. 1

& 2 : M

anohar P

ublicatio

ns, N

ew Delhi 1

978.

16. B

akshi. P

.M. T

he C

onstitu

tion of In

dia, U

niversa

l Law Publish

ing C

o. P

vt.

Ltd., D

elhi 2

006.

37

SYLLABUS

ERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM II

M.A. DEGREE PROGRAMME (HISTORY) (CBCS PATTERN)

II SEMESTER

EXTRA DISCIPLINARY COURSE (EDC)

For th

e PG stu

dents o

ther th

an Histo

ry admitted

from th

e year 2

008-09 onward

s.

Choose any one of the following :

Paper I

The In

dian

Constitu

tion – 1950

Paper II

Freed

om Stru

ggle in

India

Paper III

Indian

Natio

nal L

eaders

Questio

n Paper p

attern

Total M

arks

75

Part A

(5 x 5 = 25 M

arks)

Eith

er a (or) b

Pattern

Part B

(5 x 10 = 50 M

arks) E

ither a (o

r) b Pattern

38

SYLLABUS

PERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM II

M.A. DEGREE PROGRAMME (HISTORY) (CBCS PATTERN)

II SEMESTER

EXTRA DISCIPLINARY COURSE (EDC)

For th

e PG stu

dents o

ther th

an Histo

ry admitted

from th

e year 2

008-09 onward

s.

PAPER – 1 : T

ITLE OF THE PAPER – THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION -1950

UNIT I : In

troductio

n – Form

atio

n of C

onstitu

ent A

ssembly - P

ream

ble to

the In

dian

constitu

tion –characteristics o

f the co

nstitu

tion (S

alien

t features o

f the co

nstitu

tion) –

Federa

l and Unitary

form

of c

onstitu

tion – Union territo

ries.

Unit II : T

he parliam

ent : c

ompositio

n an

d powers o

f parlia

ment –

Centra

l cabinet -

The Prim

e Minister, P

resident, V

ice-Presid

ent and his p

owers –

speak

er o

f the house.

Unit III : S

tate L

egisla

ture : C

ompositio

n an

d fu

nctio

ns o

f legisla

ture –

The state

Cabinet –

Chief M

inister –

The Governor an

d his p

owers -S

peaker o

f the House.

Unit IV

: Indian

Judiciary

: Salien

t features o

f the In

dian

Judicia

ry – Suprem

e Court

– H

igh C

ourts –

District C

ourts - W

rits – defe

cts Appointm

ent o

f Judges an

d th

eir

powers.

Unit V : M

iscellan

eous p

rovisio

ns : P

lanning commissio

n – electio

n co

mmissio

n –

Public

service

commissio

n - A

mendment o

f the co

nstitu

tion.

Books R

ecommended

1. A

garw

al. R.C.

-Natio

nalist m

ovem

ent an

d constitu

tional

development o

f India.

2. C

hobra G.S.

- Advance stu

dy in

the H

istory of M

odern

India

(3 volumes)

3. G

upta. D

- Indian Natio

nal M

ovem

ent and Constitu

tional

D

evelo

pment

4. K

eith. A

.B.

- The constitu

tional H

istory of In

dia

5. P

unnaih

K.V.

- The Constitu

tional H

istory of In

dia.

6. S

ethi and M

ahajan

– The C

onstitu

tional H

istory of In

dia

7. K

apur. A

.C.

- The Constitu

tional H

istory of In

dia

8. M

.V. P

ylee

- Constitu

tional G

overnment in

India

9. B

.C. R

ai

- The W

orld

constitu

tions.

39

SYLLABUS

PERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM II

M.A. DEGREE PROGRAMME (HISTORY) (CBCS PATTERN)

II SEMESTER

EXTRA DISCIPLINARY COURSE (EDC)

For th

e PG stu

dents o

ther th

an Histo

ry admitted

from th

e year 2

008-09 onward

s.

PAPER II : T

ITLE OF THE PAPER – FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN INDIA

UNIT I : In

troductio

n – Early

uprisin

gs a

gain

st the B

ritish ru

les befo

re 1857 – th

e

revolt o

f 1857 – Facts lead

ing to

the em

ergence of In

dian Natio

nalism

.

UNIT II : F

ounding of th

e Indian Natio

nal C

ongress –

Modera

te natio

nalism

(1885 –

1905) – Growth of Extrem

ism – Partitio

n of Bengal

– Swadesh

i and Boycott

movements –

Congress sp

lit.

UNIT III : H

ome ru

le m

ovem

ent –

Lucknow pact 1

916 – im

pact o

f the first w

orld

war –

Rowlatt A

ct – an

d Jaliy

anwallab

ag m

assacre.

UNIT IV : G

andhian

Era – N

on C

o-opera

tion m

ovem

ent –

Khila

fat movem

ent –

Swarajist

party

– Sim

on commissio

n – Lahore Congress

– Civil

Diso

bedience

movement –

Round Table C

onfere

nce.

UNIT V : Im

pact o

f the seco

nd w

orld

war –

Subash

Chandra B

ose an

d th

e INA –

Jinnah and Muslim

sep

aratism – August

offe

r – Crip

ps missio

n – Quit

India

movement –

Cabinet m

ission – M

ountpatte

n plan

– Partitio

n an

d In

dependence.

TEXT BOOKS

1. T

arac

hand

- Freedom M

ovement in

India

2. R

.C. M

ajumdhar

- Histo

ry of F

reedom M

ovem

ent in

India 3

. Vols,

Calc

utta, 1

962.

3. R

.C. A

garw

all -

Constitu

tional d

evelo

pment and Natio

nal

Movem

ent, S

.S. C

hand &

Company,

New Delh

i, 1974.

4. P

attabie S

itaramaiy

a -

The In

dian

Natio

nal M

ovem

ent

40

5. K

. Rajay

yan

- Histo

ry of F

reedom stru

ggle in

India,

Madurai P

ublish

ing House, M

adurai, 1

981.

5. G

. Venkatesan

-

The H

istory of F

reedom Stru

ggle in

India,

Coim

bato

re, 1985.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. H

. Malik

-

Muslim

Natio

nalism

in In

dia a

nd Pakista

n

2. B

ipin Chandra

- Modern

India – NCERT Publica

tions

3. P

.N. C

hopra a

nd others-

A. S

ocial, E

conomic an

d cu

ltural h

istory of In

dia

Volume – III.

4. R

.C.M

ajumdar (E

d)

- Histo

ry an

d cu

lture o

f Indian people- B

haratiy

a Vidya

Bhavan – Volume N

o – X to

XII.

5. P

rof. R

. Sath

iyanath

aiyar

and Vasu

dhava R

ao

- A TEXT BOOK of In

dian

Histo

ry – Volume III.

6. D

. Sada S

ivam

- Indian Histo

ry Volume –

III in Tam

il

7. S

. Manickavelu

- ,e;jpa tpLjiyg; Nghuhl;l tu

yhW -

jkpo;ehl;Lg; ghlE}y; epWtdk; - n

tspaPL

8. R

.C. G

upta

- Indian Free

dom M

ovem

ent and Thought

1930 – 1947, S

terling Publish

ers, New

Delh

i 1983.

9. L

al B

ahadur

- Indian Free

dom M

ovem

ent and Thought 1

919-1929.

Sterlin

g Publish

ers, N

ew Delh

i, 1983.

10. V

.D. M

ahaja

n

- The N

ational M

ovement in

India, C

hand &

Co.,

New Delh

i, 1979.

41

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e PG stu

dents o

ther th

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ry admitted

from th

e year 2

008-09 onward

s.

PAPER III : T

ITLE OF THE PAPER – INDIAN NATIONAL LEADERS

UNIT I :

Political

Gopala

krish

na Gokhale

– Bala

Gangadhara

Tilak

M.K. Gandhi – M.A. Jin

na –

Subash

Chandra Bose.

UNIT II :

Social

Raja R

am M

ohan Roy – B.R. A

mbedhkar –

E.V. R

amasw

amy

UNIT III :

Religion

Dayanandha S

arasw

athi –

Swami V

ivekanandha –

Vedath

ri Maharish

i.

UNIT IV :

Cultural

Rabindran

ath Tagore –

Subram

anya B

harath

i – Bharath

idasan

.

UNIT V :

Women

Muthulak

shmi R

eddi –

Indira

Gandhi –

Mother T

here

sa

TEXT BOOKS

1. B

. Mujumdar

- Histo

ry of P

olitical th

ought fro

m Ram M

ohan

to Dayanandha.

2. S

ankar G

hose

- Leaders o

f Modern In

dia, A

lted Publicatio

n,

New Delh

i – 1980.

42

3. D

.R. B

ali - M

odern Political th

ought (F

rom Ram M

ohan Roy

to Je

yaprakash

Naray

an) S

terling Public

ation,

New Delh

i – 1993.

4. P

ark. R

.L. &

Trin

ker. I

- Leadersh

ip and Political In

stitutio

ns in

India

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arhala

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okhale

5. K

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MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M

.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

(CBCS PATTERN)

HISTORY-II SEMESTER (Core Paper)

PAPER VI- SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY

OF TAMIL NADU UPTO A.D. 1565

(Paper Code-08 PHI- 05)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max.M

arks-7

5

PART A-(5

x5 = 25 m

arks)

A

nsw

er A

LL questio

ns.

1.

(a) Exam

ine th

e Syste

m of e

ducatio

n durin

g th

e sangam ag

e.

(o

r)

(b) M

entio

n th

e fin

e arts of th

e san

gam perio

d.

2. (a) W

ho were th

e Kalab

hras?

Exam

ine th

e impact o

f Kalab

hra’s ru

le in Tamil

Country

.

(o

r)

(b) G

ive a

note o

n th

e Rock-cu

t temples o

f the p

allavas

3. (a) E

xplain

the lo

cal ad

ministratio

n of th

e Chola perio

d.

(o

r)

(b) E

xam

ine th

e syste

m of L

and en

dowments u

nder th

e cholas.

4. (a) W

rite a note on th

e contrib

utio

n of th

e Pandyas to

Tem

ples arch

itecture.

(o

r)

(b) G

ive a

n acc

ount o

f the tra

de an

d co

mmerce

under th

e pandyas.

5. (a) w

rite ab

out th

e polygar S

ystem

of ad

ministratio

n under th

e Vijay

anagar

rulers.

(o

r)

(b) G

ive a

note o

n Tam

il poets d

urin

g th

e re

ign of K

rishnadevary

a.

PART B-(5

x10=50 m

arks)

A

nsw

er ALL questio

ns.

6.

(a) Discu

ss the p

olitical an

d so

cial c

onditio

ns o

f the T

amils u

nder th

e Sangam

rulers.

(o

r)

(b) B

ring out th

e economic conditio

n of T

amils u

nder th

e Sangam

rulers.

7. (a) E

xam

ine th

e Socio

-Economic life u

nder th

e Palla

vas.

(o

r)

(b) T

race th

e orig

in an

d develo

pment o

f Bakthi M

ovement in

the M

ediev

al Tam

il

Country

.

44

8. (a) E

xam

ine th

e contrib

utio

n of th

e Cholas to

Temple a

rchite

cture.

(o

r)

(b) T

race th

e growth of S

aivism

under th

e Cholas.

9. (a) E

xplain

the relig

ious co

nditio

n under th

e pandya ru

le.

(o

r)

(b) G

ive an

account o

f the fo

reign acco

unts o

f the Pandya co

untry

.

10. (a

) Discu

ss the relig

ious co

nditio

ns u

nder th

e Vija

yanagar ru

le.

(o

r)

(b) T

race th

e contrib

utio

n of th

e vija

yanagar ru

lers to

Art an

d Arch

itecture in

Tamil N

adu.

45

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M

.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

(CBCS PATTERN)

HISTORY-II SEMESTER (Core Paper)

PAPER VII- SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORYOF TAMIL

NADU FROM A.D. 1565 TO 1997

(Paper Code- 08 PHI-06)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max.M

arks-7

5

PART A-(5

x5 = 25 m

arks)

A

nsw

er A

LL questio

ns.

1.

(a) Write

a note o

n th

e positio

n of w

omen durin

g th

e perio

d of th

e Nayaks.

(o

r)

(b) G

ive a b

rief account o

f the d

evelopment o

f music d

urin

g th

e ru

le of th

e

Marath

as.

2. (a) D

iscuss th

e salient fe

ature o

f the 1

9th cen

tury re

form

movem

ents in

Tamil

Nadu.

(o

r)

(b) W

hat w

ere th

e re

sults o

f abolitio

n of slav

ery in

1843?

3. (a) W

rite a note o

n Subramania Bharath

i.

(o

r)

(b) W

rite a brief n

ote o

n th

e develo

pment o

f Tam

il Litera

ture durin

g th

e struggle

for freed

om.

4.

(a) Describ

e the im

pact m

ade b

y western

educatio

n on Tam

il Society

.

(o

r)

(b) W

hat w

as th

e educatio

nal p

olicy

of th

e British

Govern

ment d

urin

g th

e second

half o

f the 19th ce

ntury?

5.

(a) Estim

ate th

e character an

d ac

hiev

ement o

f De.N

obili.

(o

r)

(b) D

escribe th

e advances m

ade b

y Tamil N

adu to

wards in

dustria

lization in

the

first half o

f the 2

0th cen

tury.

PART B-(5

x10=50 m

arks)

A

nsw

er ALL questio

ns.

6.

(a) Describ

e the eco

nomic conditio

n of T

amil N

adu durin

g Nayak’s p

eriod.

(o

r)

(b) W

rite an essay

on th

e social life o

f the p

eople u

nder th

e Marath

as of T

anjore.

46

7.

(a) Trace

the circu

mstan

ces which fav

oured th

e growth of P

eriy

ar’s Self-resp

ect

movement.

(o

r)

(b) E

xplain

the im

portan

ce o

f the so

cial le

gislatio

ns p

assed by th

e justice

govern

ment.

8.

(a) Describ

e the ro

le played by Tam

il Nadu durin

g th

e salt saty

agraha.

(o

r)

(b) E

xamine th

e role play

ed by th

e Tam

il press d

urin

g fre

edom stru

ggle.

9.

(a) Write

an essa

y on th

e progress o

f educatio

n in

the sec

ond half o

f the 1

9th

century.

(o

r)

(b) E

xamine th

e congress g

overnment’s p

olic

y on educatio

n in

Tamil N

adu.

10. (a) W

hat m

easures d

id th

e D.M

.K. g

overnment tak

e fo

r the eco

nomic

develo

pment o

f

Tam

il Nadu

(o

r)

(b) D

escribe th

e social co

nditio

n of T

amil N

adu durin

g th

e closin

g years o

f the

20th cen

tury.

47

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION (CBCS PATTERN)

HISTORY-II SEMESTER (Core Paper)

PAPER VIII- IN

DIA

AND HER NEIGHBOURS (Paper Code- 08 PHI 07)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max.M

arks-7

5

PART A-(5

x5 = 25 m

arks)

A

nsw

er A

LL questio

ns.

1.

(a) What are

the m

ajor d

eterminants o

f India’s F

oreig

n policy

?

(o

r)

(b) D

iscuss th

e impact o

f Sino-In

dia B

order w

ar of 1

962.

2.

(a) Write

a sh

ort n

ote o

n Farrak

a Barrag

e disp

ute.

(o

r)

(b) E

valuate th

e Sim

la Agreem

ent o

f 1972.

3.

(a) Brin

g out th

e importan

ce of th

e Pancha S

heela A

gree

ment.

(o

r)

(b) W

hat w

ere th

e cau

ses for th

e strained relatio

nship betw

een In

dia and China?

4.

(a) Give a sh

ort n

ote o

n th

e Katm

andu su

mmit o

f 1987.

(o

r)

(b) T

race th

e re

latio

nship betw

een In

dia an

d Bhutan

.

5.

(a) What d

o you know about L

.T.T.E?

(o

r)

(b) S

ketc

h th

e relationship of In

dia w

ith M

aldives

PART B-(5

x10=50 m

arks)

A

nsw

er ALL questio

ns

6.

(a) Exam

ine th

e vario

us attem

pts m

ade between 1971-77 by In

dia an

d China fo

r

norm

alizin

g th

eir bilateral re

lations

(o

r)

(b) W

hat are th

e salie

nt fea

tures o

f the F

oreig

n polic

y of In

dia?

7.

(a) Trace

the relatio

nship of In

dia w

ith Pakistan

from 1971-80.

(o

r)

(b) D

escribe th

e Indo-B

angladesh

relationship fro

m 1975-90

8.

(a) Trace

the relatio

nship betw

een In

dia and Nepal.

(o

r)

(b) E

xplain

the rela

tionship of In

dia w

ith M

yanmar.

9.

(a) Point o

ut th

e majo

r issues a

nd problem

s on In

do-Srilan

ka rela

tions.

(o

r)

(b) W

hat led

to th

e strained rela

tion betw

een th

e IRPF an

d LTTE?

10. (a) B

ring out th

e genesis a

nd im

portan

ce of N

AM.

(o

r)

(b) G

ive a d

etailed acco

unt o

f SAARC.

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MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M

.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

(CBCS PATTERN)

HISTORY-II SEMESTER (Elective Paper)

PAPER IX- DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN

INDEPENDENT INDIA

(Paper Code- 08 PHI Z-03)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max.M

arks-7

5

PART A-(5

x5 = 25 m

arks)

A

nsw

er ALL questio

ns.

1.

(a) Specify

the sig

nifican

ce o

f the S

cientific P

olicy

Reso

lutio

n of th

e Govern

ment

of In

dia.

(o

r)

(b) E

xamine th

e work of th

e autonomous sc

ientific resea

rch in

stitutio

ns.

2.

(a) Indicate th

e im

portan

t irrigatio

n fac

ilities that are av

ailable in

India.

(o

r)

(b) W

rite a note on th

e Cash

crops.

3.

(a) Point o

ut so

me o

f the m

ost im

porta

nt h

arbours o

f India

(o

r)

(b) In

dicate th

e importa

nce of th

e In

ternet in

science an

d Tech

nology.

4.

(a) Mentio

n so

me ty

pes o

f energy reso

urce

s

(o

r)

(b) In

dicate

the m

ost im

portan

t Atomic P

ower P

lants o

f India.

5.

(a) Indicate so

me o

f the im

portan

t Missile

Programmes o

f India.

(o

r)

(b) M

entio

n so

me o

f the D

efense productio

n undertak

ings o

f India.

PART B-(5

x10=50 m

arks)

A

nsw

er A

LL questio

ns

6.

(a) Give an acco

unt o

f the co

ntrib

utio

n of th

e Botan

ical, Zoological, M

edical,

Vete

rinary, A

gric

ultu

ral and Engineerin

g re

searc

h in

stitutes.

(o

r)

(b) T

race th

e histo

ry of th

e activ

ities underta

ken by th

e Govern

ment o

f India fo

r

the promotio

n of S

cience and Technology

7.

(a) Exam

ine th

e problem

of S

oil e

rosio

n.

(o

r)

(b) G

ive an

account o

f mean

ing, ca

uses a

nd conseq

uences o

f the G

reen

Revolutio

n in

India.

8.

(a) Write

an essa

y on th

e growth of in

dustrie

s in In

dia sin

ce Independence.

(o

r)

(b) T

race th

e develo

pment o

f the T

eleco

mmunicatio

n sy

stems in

India.

49

9.

(a) Give an acco

unt o

n th

e Therm

al P

ower P

lants th

at are fu

nctio

ning in

differe

nt

parts o

f India

(o

r)

(b) D

efine th

e term

‘Non-C

onventio

nal E

nergy’. G

ive an account o

f its types,

need and nece

ssity.

10. (a) D

escribe th

e fo

rmatio

n an

d fu

nctio

ns o

f the D

efense Researc

h and

Develo

pment O

rganizatio

n.

(o

r)

(b) R

eview

the ro

le play

ed by th

e Indian

Space R

esearch

Organizatio

n.

50

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

(CBCS PATTERN)

HISTORY-II SEMESTER (Elective Paper)

PART A – HUMAN RIGHTS 08PHI HR01 5 x 5 = 25 Marks

1. a)

Write a n

ote o

n th

e human rig

hts co

ncep

t

(or)

b) D

iscuss th

e schem

e under th

e Indian

constitu

tion fo

r fundam

ental

Rights an

d so

cial justice.

2. a) H

ow th

e Right to

properly

is importan

t.

(or)

b) Defin

e Civil R

ights.

3. a) G

ive an

account o

f the N

ational H

uman Rights C

ommissio

n

(or)

b) Write b

riefly ab

out th

e rules an

d reg

ulatio

ns o

f state human rig

hts

commissio

n of 1

992.

4. a) W

rite short n

ote o

n Chipko m

ovem

ent in

North

India.

(Or)

b) G

ive an

account o

f the S

C/ST m

ovem

ent in

India.

5. a) V

iolatio

n of rig

hts o

f the p

risoners.

(or)

b) M

entio

n th

e rights o

f Tran

sgenders.

51

Part – B

5 x 10 = 50 Marks

6. a) T

race the ev

olutio

n of h

uman rig

hts

(or)

b) How far th

e fundam

ental rig

hts in

the In

dian

constitu

tion fu

lfill the

aspects o

f human rig

hts.

7. a)

Discu

ss the im

portan

ce of rig

ht to

religion in

a multicu

ltural so

ciety.

(or)

b) Examine th

e necessity

of ‘rig

ht to

work’ an

d ‘rig

ht to

adequate w

ages”.

8. a) G

ive an

account o

f the stru

cture an

d fu

nctio

n of N

ational H

uman Rights

Commissio

n.

(or)

b) Assess th

e rules an

d reg

ulatio

n of state h

uman rig

hts co

mmissio

n of

1997.

9. a) W

rite an essay

on In

dian

Freed

om m

ovem

ent fro

m 1957 to

1947.

(or)

b) Critically

exam

ine th

e women’s m

ovem

ent in

the 1

9th an

d 20th

centuries.

10. a)

How th

e Human Rights are v

iolated

in In

dia.

(or)

b) W

rite an essay

on th

e provisio

n of co

nstitu

tional rig

hts d

urin

g th

e arrest.

52

PERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM II

M.A. DEGREE PROGRAMME (HISTORY) (CBCS PATTERN)

II SEMESTER

EXTRA DISCIPLINARY COURSE (EDC)

For the

students

other

than Histo

ry admitte

d fro

m the Acad

emic year

2008-09

onward

s

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Paper I :

The Constitu

tion of In

dia -1

950

Tim

e : 3 Hours.

Maxim

um M

arks 7

5

SECTIO

N A – (5

x 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

1.

a) Write sh

ort n

ote on th

e pream

ble of th

e In

dian

Constitu

tion

(or)

b)

Assess th

e characteristics o

f the In

dian Constitu

tion.

2.

a) What a

re the powers o

f the sp

eaker o

f Lokh Sabha.

(or)

b)

Estim

ate the ro

le of v

ice-presid

ent o

f India.

3.

a) How does a B

ill beco

me an

Act in

States.

(or)

b)

Sketch

the fu

nctio

n an

d powers o

f the state

cabinet.

4.

a) Give a b

rief n

ote o

n th

e salient featu

res o

f the In

dian

Judiciary

.

(or)

b)

Explain th

e defects o

f our ju

dicia

l system

.

5.

a) Give a sh

ort n

ote o

n In

dian civil se

rvices.

(or)

b)

Disc

uss th

e ro

le of electio

n co

mmissio

n of In

dia.

SECTIO

N – B (5

x 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

a) Analyse th

e salie

nt fea

tures o

f the In

dian Constitu

tion.

(or)

b)

What a

re the fu

ndam

ental rig

hts w

hich have b

een guaran

teed to

a citizen of

the In

dian Republic.

7.

a) Write

in detail

about the compositio

n, functio

ns

and working of the

Parliam

ent o

f India.

(or)

b)

‘The Prim

e Ministe

r is the k

ey-sto

ne of th

e cab

inet a

rch’. D

iscuss th

e

statement k

eeping in

view th

e positio

n of th

e Prim

e Minister o

f India.

53

8.

a) Narrate

the o

rganisatio

n and fu

nctio

ns o

f the state

legislatu

re.

(or)

b)

Write an

essay on th

e powers a

nd fu

nctio

ns o

f the G

overn

or.

9.

a) Describ

e in

brief th

e compositio

n, ju

risdictio

n, w

orking and in

dependence

of th

e Suprem

e Court o

f India.

(or)

b)

High Courts o

f Indian

States.

10. a)

Briefly

discu

ss the U

nion Public

Serv

ice Commissio

n and State

Public

Service C

ommissio

n

(or)

b)

Disc

uss in

detail ab

out th

e Plan

ning Commissio

n of In

dia.

54

PERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM II

M.A. DEGREE PROGRAMME (HISTORY) (CBCS PATTERN)

II SEMESTER

EXTRA DISCIPLINARY COURSE (EDC)

For the

students

other

than Histo

ry admitte

d fro

m the Acad

emic year

2008-09

onward

s

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Paper II :

Freed

om Stru

ggle in

India

Tim

e : 3 Hours.

Maxim

um M

arks 7

5

SECTIO

N A – (5

x 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

1.

a) Write a n

ote on Vello

re Rebellio

n of 1

806

(or)

b)

What a

re the resu

lts of th

e Rebellio

n of 1

857?

2.

a) What w

ere th

e objectiv

es o

f the In

dian

Natio

nal C

ongress at th

e time o

f

its form

atio

n?

(or)

b)

Disc

uss th

e im

pact o

f the p

artition of B

engal o

n th

e natio

nal m

ovem

ent.

3.

a) State

briefly

the p

olitic

al philo

sophy of B

.G. T

ilak

(or)

b)

Write a n

ote on Jallia

n W

allabagh M

assacre.

4.

a) Write ab

out th

e Khila

fat movem

ent.

(or)

b)

Give an

account o

f Sim

on Commissio

n.

5.

a) Explain

the sig

nific

ance o

f the Q

uit In

dia M

ovem

ent

(or)

b)

Disc

uss th

e cab

inet m

ission proposals.

SECTIO

N – B (5

x 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

6.

a) Describ

e th

e causes fo

r the outbrea

k of 1

857 rev

olt.

(or)

b)

Trac

e the causes fo

r the g

rowth of In

dian

Natio

nalism

.

7.

a) Write an

essay on th

e Swadesh

i Movem

ent.

(or)

b)

Sketch

the o

bjec

tives o

f Swara

j party

and estim

ate its a

chiev

ements.

55

8.

a) Disc

uss th

e cau

ses, course a

nd resu

lts of th

e non-co

-operatio

n m

ovem

ent.

(or)

b)

Give a d

etailed

account o

n Home ru

le movement.

9.

a) Explain

the polic

ies and programmes o

f the extrem

ists in th

e fre

edom

movement.

(or)

b)

Disc

uss in

detail a

bout th

e Civil D

isobedience M

ovem

ent.

10. a)

Estim

ate the ro

le of I.N

.A. in

the freed

om m

ovement.

(or)

b)

Critica

lly ex

amine th

e ro

le of G

andhi in

freedom stru

ggle.

56

PERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM II

M.A. DEGREE PROGRAMME (HISTORY) (CBCS PATTERN)

II SEMESTER

EXTRA DISCIPLINARY COURSE (EDC)

For the

students

other

than Histo

ry admitte

d fro

m the Acad

emic year

2008-09

onward

s

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Paper III :

Indian Natio

nal L

eaders

Tim

e : 3 Hours.

Maxim

um M

arks 7

5

SECTIO

N A – (5

x 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

1.

a) Trac

e the serv

ices o

f Gopala

Krish

na Gokhale to

the freed

om m

ovement.

(or)

b)

Brief th

e services o

f Subash Chandra B

ose fo

r the ca

use of In

dian

Independence.

2.

a) Give an

account o

f the Non-C

oopera

tion M

ovem

ent o

f Mahatm

a Gandhi.

(or)

b)

Critica

lly ex

amine P

eriyar’s ro

le in vaik

am Saty

agraha.

3.

a) Sketch Vivekananda’s ro

le at C

hicago Confere

nce o

n W

orld

religions.

(or)

b)

Write

a sh

ort n

ote o

n Vedathri M

aharish

i

4.

a) Brief th

e role o

f Subram

anya Bharath

i in stru

ggle fo

r freedom.

(or)

b)

Write ab

out T

agore’s G

itanjali.

5.

a) Estim

ate the serv

ices o

f Dr. M

uthulakshmi R

eddy.

(or)

b)

Give a b

rief acco

unt o

n In

dra G

andhi’s fo

reign polic

y.

SECTIO

N – B (5

x 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

6.

a) Narrate th

e role o

f Bala G

angadara

Tila

k in

the N

ational M

ovement.

(or)

b)

Sketch th

e role o

f Mahatm

a Gandhi in

the In

dian

freedom stru

ggle fro

m

1930 to

1947.

57

7.

a) Why was R

ajaram M

ohan Roy ca

lled as th

e Father o

f Indian Renaissa

nce?

Explain

.

(or)

b)

Assess th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f Dr. B

.R. A

mbedkar.

8.

a) Estim

ate the w

ork of D

ayananda S

arasw

athi as a

social an

d re

ligious re

form

er

(or)

b) Asse

ss the so

cial and cultu

ral activ

ities of R

ama Krish

na M

ission.

9.

a) Narrate th

e literary co

ntrib

utio

ns o

f Subramanya B

hara

thi.

(or)

b)

Examine th

e lite

rary works o

f Bhara

tidasan

.

10. a)

Estim

ate the p

olitica

l care

er of In

dra G

andhi.

(or)

b)

Explain

the serv

ices o

f Mother T

heresa

.

58

SYLLABUS

III SEMESTER

PAPER: XI

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION

(excluding India) (Paper code-08 PHI- 08)(core paper)

UNIT: 1

Intro

ductio

n-D

efinitio

n of C

iviliza

tion-C

ompariso

ns b

etween

cultu

re and civ

ilization.

UNIT: 2

Orig

in an

d growth of civ

ilizatio

n-pre-h

istoric

cultu

re: Paleo

lithic an

d Neolith

ic

cultu

res.

UNIT: 3

River V

alley civilizatio

ns: E

gyptia

n Civiliza

tion-M

esopotamian

civilizatio

n:

Sumerian

, Babylonian

, Assy

rian and Chald

ean cu

ltures- C

hinese C

ivilizatio

n.

UNIT: 4

Persian

Civiliza

tion-H

ebrew

and Phoenicia

n civilizatio

ns. A

merica

n civ

ilizations-

Maya, A

ztec and In

ca civ

ilizations.

UNIT: 5

Ancie

nt G

reece-L

egacy of G

reece

-Hellen

istic Civiliza

tion. A

ncie

nt R

ome an

d Roman

Contrib

utio

n.

TEXT BOOK

1. J.B

. Bury and Russell M

eisgs

: Histo

ry of G

reece, London, 1

978.

2. V

.G. C

hild

e

: W

hat h

appened in

Histo

ry, P

enguin, 1

967.

3. H

.A. D

avies

: An outlin

e Histo

ry of th

e World

, London,

1969.

4. T

. Dhanakoty &

N.Subram

anian

: Man an

d his w

orks. A

n in

troductio

n to

Universa

l Histo

ry,

C

hennai, T

he N

ational

Publish

ing Co, 1

956.

5. H

.R. H

all

: A

ncien

t Histo

ry of th

e Near E

ast, 1932.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. H

.A. D

avis

: A

n outlin

e of w

orld

Histo

ry.

2. H

.S. B

aghela

: World

Civilizatio

n

3. H

.G. W

ells

: Histo

ry of th

e world

.

4. J.E

. Swain

: A Histo

ry of w

orld

civilizatio

n

5. H

ewick

: T

he sto

ry of M

ankind

6. N

eil H. W

illiam M

.C.

: A

world

Histo

ry, O

xford, N

ewyork, 1

907

7. S

. Stav

ruian

os L

eften

: A

Global H

istory of M

an, N

ew York, 1

962

59

SYLLABUS

III SEMESTER

PAPER: XII

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORIOGRAPHY – THEORY (paper code-08 PHI- 9) ( Core Paper)

UNIT: 1

Defin

ition of h

istory-N

ature a

nd sc

ope o

f Histo

ry-H

istory is a scie

nce or an

art-

limitatio

ns a

nd lesso

ns o

f histo

ry-uses a

nd abuses o

f histo

ry.

UNIT: 2

Bran

ches o

f Histo

ry: p

olitical h

istory, ec

onomic h

istory, S

ocia

l Histo

ry, D

iplomatic

histo

ry, M

ilitary histo

ry.

Histo

ry an

d allie

d su

bjects: H

istory an

d Geography, H

istory an

d Economics, H

istory

and political S

cience, H

istory and Sociology, h

istory and Ethics.

UNIT: 3

Philo

sophy of h

istory: d

ifferent S

chools o

f interpretatio

n-Theological in

terpretatio

n-

secular in

terpretatio

n-Stag

es-Agents a

nd Law

s.

Histo

rical determ

inism

: Free

will d

octrin

e-H

istoricism

-Rela

tivism

-Dialectica

l

materialism

.

UNIT: 4

Causatio

n an

d Change-N

ature o

f Causatio

n- R

ole o

f individuals-R

ole o

f idea-D

ose

histo

ry re

peat itself-co

ncep

t of p

rogress.

UNIT: 5

Histo

ry of h

istorical w

riting-G

reek histo

riography Aristo

tle, H

erodotus, T

hucydides,

Roman histo

riograp

hy, L

ivy, T

acitu

s, Indian

histo

riograp

hy: K

autily

a, Kalh

ana,

Alberu

ni, A

bul F

azal, Dr. K

.A.N. S

astri.

TEXT BOOK

1. R

.G. C

oelin

g W

ood

: The Id

eas of H

istory, C

larendon Press O

xford, 1

946.

2. B

. Sheik

Ali

: H

istory: its th

eory an

d m

ethods, M

acmilla

n In

dia L

td,

Madras, 1

984.

3. D

r. K. R

ajayyan

: H

istory in

theory and m

ethod.

4. G

. Venkatesan

: Histo

riograp

hy, M

adurai, 1

998.

5. R

anajit G

uha

: S

ubaltern

Studies, V

ol.I, D

elhi 1

982.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. D

r. N. S

ubram

anian

: Histo

riograp

hy, K

oodal P

ublish

ers, M

aduri, 1

978.

2. E

.H. C

arr

: W

hat is H

istory, M

acmillan

& Co, L

ondon, 1

961.

3. C

.Maju

mdar an

d

A.N. S

rivatsav

a

: H

istorio

grap

hy, D

elhi, 1

973

4. D

uran

t Will a

nd Ariel

: The Lesso

ns o

f Histo

ry, N

ew York.

5. G

.P. G

ooch

: H

istory an

d Histo

rian in

the N

ineteen

th Century,

London, 1

961.

60

SYLLABUS

III SEMESTER

PAPER: XIII (C

ORE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS since 1900 (Paper Code -08PHI-10)

UNIT: 1

Natu

re of in

ternatio

nal rela

tions –

Natio

nal p

owers a

nd in

struments fo

r the p

romotio

n

of natio

nal interests

– diplomacy

– tre

aty system

– Secret

alliances – riv

alry

for

suprem

acy – I w

orld

war.

UNIT: 2

Paris

Peace

Confere

nce

– Leag

ue

of Natio

ns – Inter-w

ar Perio

d : Washington

Conferen

ce – T

he G

reat D

epressio

n – R

ise of d

ictatorsh

ip in

Italy – G

erm

any and

Turkey Totalitarian

ism in

Russia

– M

ilitarism

in Jap

an.

UNIT: 3

Axis A

lliance – II W

orld

War –

UNO – emerg

ence of P

ower b

locks : C

old W

ar –

disin

tegratio

n of U

SSR.

UNIT: 4

Third

World

: Non-alig

ned co

untries –

Reunion of G

ermany – O

il Crisis, Iraq

War,

Aparth

eid in

South Africa.

UNIT: 5

Emerg

ence

of new

world

order – WTO – IM

F – ADB – Free

Trad

e Polic

y –

Globalizatio

n – Role of internatio

nal

associatio

ns su

ch as

Commonwealth

, NAM,

SAARC, O

AU, A

SEAN, G

-7, G

-15, G

-77 etc.

TEXT BOOKS

1. H

enkin Louis

: The Right o

f Man Todat,

Boulder W

est View Press, 1

978.

2. H

. James W

olfe an

d Theorde

: A co

lombian

Internatio

nal R

elations,

Pren

tice Hall In

dia Pr : A

colombian

Internatio

naliv

ate Lim

ited,

New

Delh

i.

61

3. J.C

. Johari

:

Internatio

nal R

elatio

ns an

d Politic

s

Sterlin

g Publish

ers P

rivate L

imite

d,

Bangalore.

4. P

almer an

d Perk

ins

:

Internatio

nal R

elatio

ns,

Calcu

tta, 1971.

5. E

. Dougherty

James

:

Contending Theorie

s of

Internatio

nal R

elatio

n,

New

York, L

ippincott, 1

971.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. S

chleic

her P

. Charles

:

Internatio

nal R

elatio

ns –

Co-

Operatio

n.

2. S

chuman

:

Internatio

nal P

olitics

3. P

.T. M

oon

: Im

peria

lism an

d W

orld

Politics

4. H

.S. L

ughes

: Contemporary Europe

5. G

adhirn

e Hardy

: A sh

ort h

istory of In

ternatio

nal

Affairs (1

920-38)

6. S

harp

Charles E

dger

:

Some S

outhern Percep

tion of

Unite

d Natio

ns as a

n In

strument

for ach

ieving Peace

and Security

,

1945-47, U

niversity

of G

eorgia,

1982.

62

SYLLABUS

III SEMESTER

PAPER: XIV (CORE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (Paper Code -08PHI 11)

UNIT: 1

Natu

ral re

sources: F

orests –

Land – W

ater – Plan

ts – an

imals –

man. U

rbanisa

tion

and industrialisatio

n. Social

set up and welfa

re – populatio

n explosio

n – fam

ily

planning – fam

ily welfa

re programmes.

UNIT: 2

Ecological S

yste

m: P

rincip

les an

d co

ncep

ts – C

omponents o

f ecologica

l syste

m –

terrestrial fresh w

ater –

Brac

kish

– M

arine –

biotec

hnology and A

biotic

factors –

productio

n and productiv

ity – food chain – food lab – habitu

ated

approach and

organisatio

nal a

pproach – th

e diversity

of o

rganisatio

n.

UNIT: 3

Energy Syste

m: S

olar e

nerg

y – R

adiatio

n en

ergy – N

uclear en

ergy – fo

ssil fuel –

hydroelec

tric energ

y – w

ind en

ergy. N

on-conventio

nal e

nerg

y: T

ital energy – en

ergy

from biological sy

stem – global w

arming.

UNIT: 4

Enviro

nmental pollu

tion – Aquatic

Pollu

tion and monito

ring – water pollu

tion –

pesticid

es pollu

tion – In

dustrial p

ollu

tion – se

wage P

ollu

tion – H

eavy m

etal pollu

tion

– effec

ts of p

ollu

tion on aquatic reso

urces.

Air p

ollu

tion an

d m

onito

ring – so

urce

s and ty

pes o

f air p

ollu

tion – effec

ts of air

pollu

tion of h

uman, plan

ts and an

imals.

Land pollu

tion an

d m

onito

ring – so

urces o

f land pollu

tion.

Agricu

ltural p

ollu

tion – in

dustrial p

ollu

tion – and th

eir effects –

monito

ring.

Noise P

ollu

tion – Sources o

f noise

pollu

tion – effec

ts of n

oise

pollu

tion – m

onito

ring.

Therm

al p

ollu

tion – Pollu

tion Abate

ment m

ethods.

Economic en

viro

nmental p

rotec

tion – Laws an

d Agencies.

63

UNIT: 5

Interfere

nce o

f man on ecological sy

stem an

d en

viro

nment A

gric

ultu

ral opera

tion and

degradatio

n of natu

re – agric

ultu

ral waste

– rec

yclin

g. Industrial

perfo

rmance

–

human health

haza

rds –

importan

ce of p

ublic

health

– behavioral m

odific

ation by

enviro

nment.

Natu

ral Park

s and Sanctuaries –

Enviro

nment E

ducatio

n and Aware

ness.

TEXT BOOKS

1. T

hangam

ani &

Shyam

ala Thangamani

:

A text b

ook of E

nviro

nmental

Studies, e.m

ail

pran

avsyn@sify

.com,2003

2.

KC. A

garw

al

:

Enviro

nmental B

iology,

New

Delh

i, 1987.

3.

R.F. D

asman

: Enviro

nmental C

onversatio

n,

New

Delh

i, 1976.

4.

K. R

amach

andran

: Our w

ild life

sanctuaries,

Rajap

alayam, 2

001.

5.

A. C

adogan, G

. Best

:

Enviro

nment an

d Ecology,

Glasg

ow, 1

992

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. K

.T. K

rishnan

: Ecology

2. P

rof. S

.P. T

hiag

arajan

:

Ecology (T

amil)

3. P

rof. A

. Muneesw

aran

:

Ancilla

ry Botan

y

64

4. P

rof. C

handrasek

ar

:

Enviro

nmental P

ollu

tion

5. J.P

. Sharm

a

:

Compreh

ensiv

e Enviro

nmental

Studies

6. J. D

harm

araj

: Enviro

nmental S

tudies (T

amil)

Densi P

ublicatio

ns, S

ivakasi,

2004.

7. P

.D. S

harm

a

:

Ecology an

d Enviro

nment,

Rasto

gi P

ublicatio

ns,

Meeru

t, 1997.

65

SYLLABUS

III SEMESTER

PAPER : XV (ELECTIVE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY OF KONGU NADU (Paper Code – 08PHI Z-04)

UNIT: 1

Source

s for the stu

dy of Kongu Nadu – Geograp

hical

positio

n and geograp

hical

features o

f Kongu N

adu an

d th

eir influ

ence o

n K

ongu H

istory – D

ifferent ra

ces and

political

conditio

n of Kongu Nadu in ancien

t tim

es – contact

with

Romans and

Mauryans.

UNIT: 2

Histo

ry of K

ongu N

adu: d

urin

g th

e sangam A

ge –

under th

e Kala

bhara

s, Pallav

as,

Chera

s, Cholas, H

oysalas an

d Gangas.

UNIT: 3

Kongu N

adu under V

ijayanagar ru

le – under th

e Nayaks –

emerg

ence o

f Thala

vais.

Kongu N

adu under H

yder A

li and Tipu Sultan

– U

nder th

e British

Rule –

The ro

le of

Kongu Nadu in

Indian

Freed

om M

ovem

ent.

UNIT: 4

Socia

l, Cultu

ral and relig

ious life o

f the p

eople o

f Kongu N

adu th

rough ages, T

rade

and eco

nomic activ

ities of th

e Kongu People fro

m ancien

t times to

the 2

0th C

entury –

diffe

rent crafts o

f the K

ongu co

untry

.

UNIT: 5

Growth of in

dustries –

conditio

ns o

f peasan

ts and ag

ricultu

re – co

ntrib

utio

n of th

e

Kongus fo

r the development o

f archite

cture –

importan

t places an

d to

wns o

f Kongu

Nadu an

d th

eir sig

nifican

ce – Kongu Nadu in

the 2

0th C

entury.

TEXT BOOKS

1. D

r. M. A

rockiasam

i

: The Kongu Country

2. V

. Manickam

:

Political H

istory of th

e Kongu

Nadu (T

amil &

English

),

66

Chennai 2

001.

3. V

. Ram

amoorth

i

:

Histo

ry of K

ongu (P

art I and II)

4. R

amachandran Chettiar

:

Kongu Nattu

Vara

laru (T

amil

& English

), Coim

batore 1

987.

5. M

ayilai S

eeni V

enkatasa

mi

: Kongu Nattu

Vara

laru

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. W

. Logan

:

The Kongu Desa R

ajakkal

2. K

. Nach

imuthu

: Cholan Purva Patta

iyam

3. A

.R. B

aji

: Orig

in of th

e W

. Gangas,

J.I.H. (3

0),

Triv

andram, 1

952.

4. K

atti, Madhav

: “G

angas, N

olam

bas an

d Banas

in Kongu Country

”, S

eminar o

n

Kongu Nadu, E

rode, 1

980.

5. M

urto

n, J. B

rian

: Settlem

ent S

tructu

re in

North

ern Kongu, 1

979.

67

SYLLABUS

III SEMESTER

PAPER: XV (ELECTIVE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY OF TOURISM (Paper Code 08PHI Z-05)

UNIT: 1

Defin

ition of to

urism

– concept o

f tourism

– fo

rms an

d ty

pes o

f tourism

. Leisu

re,

pilg

rimage, E

ducatio

nal B

usin

ess Tour –

Purpose o

f Tourism

.

UNIT: 2

Growth an

d D

evelo

pment o

f Tourism

in In

dia an

d D

evelo

pment –

Perio

dizatio

n and

concep

ts – tran

sition to

modern

tourism

.

UNIT: 3

Tourism

as an In

dustry

– T

ransport an

d T

ourism

– D

ifferent F

orm

s of T

ransports,

Study of Trav

el Form

alities, passp

ort,

VISA and other documents,

types

of tour

opera

tors,

Tourism

and acc

ommodatio

n, motels,

choultries

and Dharm

asalas etc

.,

Importan

ce of A

ccommodatio

n in

Tourism

Development.

UNIT: 4

Tourism

and Economic

Facto

rs – Influ

ence

of Economic

Facto

rs on Tourism

Develo

pment –

Impact o

f Tourism

as a

n In

strument o

f achiev

ing E

conomic g

ain –

Multip

lier Theory : so

cial and cu

ltural co

-relatio

ns –

tourism

– emergence o

f one

world

concep

t – im

pact of

tourism

on physical

enviro

nment – Enviro

nment

Degrad

ation – need

for co

nserv

atio

n of en

viro

nment.

UNIT: 5

Concept of Domestic

and Intern

ational

Tourism

– Recen

t Trends in Intern

ational

Tourism

Profile

of

Foreig

n Tourists.

World

Tourist

Flows,

Guest

– Host

Relatio

nship. T

he im

portan

ce of D

omestic

Tourism

– Regional T

ourism

.

68

REFERENCE BOOKS

Anand. A

.M.

- Tourism

and Hotel In

dustry

in In

dia

Bhatia. A

.K.

-

Tourism

Develo

pment, P

rinciples a

nd Practice

s

Burhat

-

Tourism

– Past, P

resent an

d Future

Christo

pher, J.H

ollo

wany -

The Busin

ess of T

ourism

IITTM

- Growth of th

e Modern

Tourism

IITTM

- Tourism

as an in

dustry

Kaul. R

.M.

-

Dynam

ics of T

ourism

Wahah. S

.E.

-

Tourism

Management

69

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – III S

EMESTER

PAPER XI – HISTORY OF ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS (Core Paper)

(EXCLUDING INDIA) (Paper Code 08PHI 08)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) Defin

e civilizatio

n

(or)

(b) W

hat d

o you m

ean by cultu

re?

2.

(a) Why civ

ilizatio

ns g

rew on th

e banks o

f the riv

ers?

(or)

(b) W

rite a short n

ote o

n pyram

ids.

3.

(a) Give a b

rief acc

ount o

n th

e code of H

ammurab

i.

(or)

(b) W

rite a short n

ote o

n Zorasterian

ism.

4.

(a) Explain

briefly

the civ

ilization of In

cas?

(or)

(b) S

ketch

the causes fo

r the d

eclin

e of th

e Greek

City

State

s?

5.

(a) What d

o you know ab

out O

dessey

?

(or)

(b) A

ssess the im

portan

ce of R

oman law.

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) Give an

account o

f the Paleo

lithic A

ge.

(or)

(b) P

oint o

ut th

e salien

t featu

res of th

e Neolith

ic cu

lture.

70

7.

(a) “Egypt is th

e gift o

f the Nile”

– Discu

ss.

(or)

(b) G

ive an

account o

f the progress o

f Babylonia in

Scien

ce, Art an

d

Arch

itecture.

8.

(a) What d

o you know ab

out th

e Chinese civ

ilization?

(or)

(b) G

ive an

account o

f the Hebrew civilizatio

n.

9.

(a) Give an

account o

f the M

aya an

d Azte

c civiliza

tions.

(or)

(b) G

ive an

estimate o

f the H

ellenistic A

ge.

10. (a) W

hat d

o you know ab

out th

e legacy

of G

reece?

(or)

(b) E

xam

ine th

e significan

ce of th

e Legacy of R

ome.

71

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – III S

EMESTER

PAPER XII – HISTORIOGRAPHY – THEORY (Paper Code 08PHI 09)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) Defin

e th

e term ‘H

istory”.

(or)

(b) W

hat a

re the uses o

f the stu

dy of H

istory?

2.

(a) What d

o you know ab

out ‘D

iplomatic H

istory?

(or)

(b) T

race th

e relationship betw

een Histo

ry and Geograp

hy.

3.

(a) Give an

account o

f critical philo

sophy of H

istory.

(or)

(b) W

rite a note o

n ‘H

istoricism

’.

4.

(a) ‘Does h

istory rep

eat itse

lf? Explain your a

nsw

er.

(or)

(b) W

hat d

o you know about th

e concept o

f progress?

5.

(a) Examine th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f Thucydides to

the Gree

k Histo

riography.

(or)

(b) T

race th

e role o

f Livy to

the Roman histo

riography

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) Describ

e the N

ature an

d Scope o

f histo

ry.

(or)

(b) E

xam

ine wheth

er histo

ry is a S

cience or an

Art.

72

7.

(a) Explain

the v

arious b

ranches o

f histo

ry.

(or)

(b) C

ritically an

alyse th

e re

latio

nship of H

istory with

Economics,

Political S

cience an

d Sociology.

8.

(a) What d

o you m

ean by ‘P

hilo

sophy of H

istory? D

escribe its

branches in

detail.

(or)

(b) W

rite an essay

on Histo

rical objectiv

ity.

9.

(a) Sketc

h th

e vario

us th

eories o

f causatio

n.

(or)

(b) E

stimate th

e role of In

dividual in

the sh

aping of h

istory.

10. (a) H

ighlig

ht th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f Hero

dotus to

the Greek Histo

riograp

hy.

(or)

(b) T

race th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f K.A. N

eelakanda S

astri to In

dian

Histo

riograp

hy.

73

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – III S

EMESTER

PAPER XIII – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FROM 1900 A.D.

(Code No. 08PHI 10) (Core Paper)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) Bala

nce of P

ower

(or)

(b) T

ripple allia

nce

2.

(a) Paris p

eace co

nferen

ce

(or)

(b) W

ashington co

nferen

ce.

3.

(a) Manchurian

Crisis.

(or)

(b) R

ome B

erlin Tokyo Axix

4.

(a) World

Trad

e Organisatio

n.

(or)

(b) S

outh Asia

n Asso

ciatio

n fo

r Regional C

o-opera

tion.

5.

(a) Oil D

iplomacy

(or)

(b) B

andung Conferen

ce.

74

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) What is N

ational P

ower? Discu

ss the v

arious elem

ents o

f Natio

nal

Power.

(or)

(b) A

nalyse th

e cau

ses for th

e First W

orld

War.

7.

(a) Estim

ate the achiev

ements o

f League of N

ations.

(or)

(b) D

iscuss th

e im

portan

t treaties sig

ned durin

g th

e Inter-w

ar perio

d.

8.

(a) Enumera

te the re

sults o

f World

War II.

(or)

(b) D

escrib

e th

e works o

f U.N.O.

9.

(a) Review

the aim

s and achiev

ements o

f the Non-alig

ned co

untrie

s.

(or)

(b) W

hat is A

parth

eid? H

ow does it affec

t the in

ternatio

nal relatio

ns?

10. (a) E

xamine th

e merits an

d dem

erits of ‘G

lobalisatio

n’?

(or)

(b) D

escrib

e th

e works an

d im

porta

nce of B

ritish Common W

ealth

of

Natio

ns.

75

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN)

HISTORY – III S

EMESTER

PAPER XIV – ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (Paper Code 08PHI -11)

(Core Paper)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) State

the im

porta

nce of th

e enviro

nmental stu

dies.

(or)

(b) W

hat a

re the effects in

populatio

n growth?

2.

(a) Write a sh

ort n

ote on ec

osystem

.

(or)

(b) W

hat d

o you m

ean by fo

rest ecosyste

m?

3.

(a) State th

e urban problem

s.

(or)

(b) W

rite briefly

on water co

nservatio

n an

d its o

bjectiv

es.

4.

(a) How ca

n you divide th

e types o

f water p

ollu

tion?

(or)

(b) W

hat a

re the so

urces o

f soil p

ollu

tion?

5.

(a) Defin

e disaster m

anagem

ent.

(or)

(b) S

tate th

e causes fo

r the earth

quake.

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) Describ

e the ty

pes o

f forests in

India.

(or)

(b) E

xplain

the re

latio

nship betw

een populatio

n growth an

d enviro

nment.

76

7.

(a) Examine th

e structure an

d fu

nctio

n of ec

osystem

.

(or)

(b) D

iscuss th

e fo

od ch

ains eco

syste

m.

8.

(a) What are th

e energ

y re

sources?

(or)

(b) D

efin

e global w

arming an

d state its effects.

9.

(a) Explain

the d

ifferent en

viro

nmental p

ollu

tion.

(or)

(b) D

escrib

e th

e role o

f human bein

gs in

prev

entio

n of p

ollu

tion.

10. (a) E

xamine th

e provisio

ns o

f enviro

nment p

rotectio

n ac

t.

(or)

(b) E

xplain th

e fo

rest c

onserv

atio

n act.

77

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – III S

EMESTER

PAPER XV – HISTORY OF KONGU NADU (Paper Code 08PHI Z-04)

(E

lective paper)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) Briefly

explain th

e im

portan

ce of a

rchaeo

logical ev

idences fo

r the

study of p

re-histo

ric perio

d of K

ongu Nadu.

(or)

(b) W

rite a note o

n th

e Social h

istory of K

ongu Nadu in

ancien

t times.

2.

(a) Assess th

e exten

t of R

oman contacts w

ith Kongu Nadu.

(or)

(b) E

xam

ine th

e role o

f Kala

brah

s in Kongu Nadu.

3.

(a) Give an

account o

f Kongu Vellala

s.

(or)

(b) G

ive an

account o

f Kalin

gara

yan Canal?

4.

(a) Write a n

ote on Tiru

ppur K

umaran

(or)

(b) E

stimate th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f G.D. N

aidu to

the in

dustria

lisatio

n of

Kongu Nadu.

5.

(a) Estim

ate the im

portan

ce o

f Bhavani T

own.

(or)

(b) E

xam

ine th

e importan

ce of C

oim

bato

re.

78

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) Give an

account o

f the vario

us so

urce

s for th

e study of K

ongu Nadu?.

(or)

(b) B

ring out th

e salie

nt g

eographical fea

tures o

f Kongu Nadu.

7.

(a) Examine th

e growth of T

rade an

d In

dustry

of K

ongu Nadu under th

e

Gangas.

(or)

(b) A

ssess the ro

le of V

irachola Kalim

urkka an

d Kalim

urkka V

ikram

a

Chola in

the h

istory of K

ongu Country

.

8.

(a) Estim

ate the contrib

utio

ns o

f Kongu Pandyas to

the H

istory of K

ongu

Nadu.

(or)

(b) E

xam

ine th

e role o

f Haid

er A

li and Tipu Sultan

in th

e Histo

ry of

Kongu Nadu.

9.

(a) Explain

the e

xpansio

n of B

ritish Rule over K

ongu Nadu an

d exam

ine

its impact.

(or)

(b) A

ssess the ro

le of P

eriy

ar E

.V. R

amasamy in

the Histo

ry of K

ongu

Nadu in

the 2

0th C

entury.

10. (a) G

ive an

account o

f the conditio

ns o

f peasan

ts and agric

ultu

re in th

e

second half o

f the 20th cen

tury in

Kongu Nadu.

(or)

(b) E

xam

ine th

e role o

f Kongu Nadu in

the In

dian

Freedom M

ovement.

79

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – III S

EMESTER

PAPER – XV HISTORY OF TOURISM (Paper Code 08PHI Z-05)

ELECTIVE COURSE

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) Individual T

ourism

(or)

(b) T

our o

pera

tors.

2.

(a) Vas C

oda Gama

(or)

(b) M

amalla

puram

3.

(a) Insuran

ce

(or)

(b) K

odaikanal –

Prin

ces o

f Hills

4.

(a) World

Tourism

organisatio

n

(or)

(b) F

unctio

ns o

f Trav

el Agency

5.

(a) Cultu

ral Tourism

(or)

(b) T

ravel R

eservatio

n

PART B – (5

X 10= 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) Write an

account o

f five im

portan

t tourist cities in

India.

(or)

(b) E

numerate th

e fu

nctio

n of T

ravel a

gencies.

80

7.

(a) Discu

ss the w

ays an

d m

eans to

promote to

urism

in In

dia.

(or)

(b) W

rite an essay

on differe

nt ty

pes o

f tourism

.

8.

(a) Describ

e the v

arious ty

pes o

f accommodatio

n.

(or)

(b) A

ssess the economic im

portan

ce o

f Tourism

.

9.

(a) Write an

essay on pilg

rim to

urism

in In

dia.

(or)

(b) T

race th

e relation betw

een cu

lture and to

urism

.

10. (a) D

escribe th

e qualificatio

n of a su

ccessfu

l tourist g

uide.

(or)

(b) W

rite a note o

n th

e Beach Resorts o

f India.

81

SYLLABUS

IV SEMESTER

PAPER: XVI (CORE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY OF MODERN WORLD (Paper Code – 08PHI 12)

UNIT: 1

Renaissan

ce – Age o

f disc

overy

and in

ventio

n – Reform

atio

n- C

ounter R

eform

ation –

English

Revolutio

n of 1

688 – The A

merica

n Revolutio

n.

UNIT: 2

Age o

f Desp

otism

– French R

evolutio

n – Its P

erm

anent re

sults –

Napoleo

nic E

ra –

Industrial

and Agraria

n Revolutio

ns – Meiji

Resto

ratio

n: Emerg

ence

of Modern

Japan.

UNIT: 3

Rise

and growth of natio

nalism

in Europe:

Unificatio

n of Italy

– Unifica

tion of

Germ

any – Balkan Revolts –

Chinese natio

nalism

and Revolutio

n of 1

911.

UNIT: 4

I world

war –

Russian

Revolutio

n an

d C

ommunism

– League o

f Natio

ns –

II World

War –

Cold W

ar – UNO.

UNIT: 5

Develo

pment o

f Scien

ce and Technology in

19th an

d 20th C

enturies –

Develo

pment o

f

arts, Philo

sophy an

d litera

ture in

the 2

0th C

entury Europe.

TEXT BOOKS

1. B

.K. G

okhale

: Histo

ry of M

odern W

orld

2. B

.V. R

ao

:

World

Histo

ry, S

terlin

g

Publish

ers P

vt. L

td., 1

919.

82

3. H

.S. B

aghela

: Histo

ry of W

orld

Civiliza

tion,

Publish

ed by Lakshmi

Naray

an Agarw

al, Agra.

4. R

.K. M

ajumdar a

nd

A.V. S

rivastv

a

: World

Histo

ry (5

00 – 1950)

5. G

autak

Adhikari

: Conflict a

nd Civiliza

tion,

Vikas P

ublish

ing House, 1

981.

6. D

r.A. D

evanesan

:

World

Histo

ry (T

amil) R

enu

Public

ations, M

arthandam

,

2002

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. C

.D.M

. Kete

lby

: A Histo

ry of M

odern

Tim

es

2. H

.A.L. F

isher

: Histo

ry of E

urope

3. A

.J. Gran

t and Tem

perly

: Europe in

the 1

9th an

d 20th C

enturies

4. S

omendralal R

oy

: Histo

ry of M

odern China an

d Jap

an

5. N

. Subram

anian

: Histo

ry of R

ussia

, Ennes

Public

ations, U

dumalpet, 1

983.

6. S

hivkumar an

d Jain

: Histo

ry of M

odern China an

d Jap

an

S. C

hand &

Company Ltd.,

New

Delh

i, 1982.

83

SYLLABUS

IV SEMESTER

PAPER: XVII (C

ORE PAPER)

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORIOGRAPHY – METHODOLOGY (Paper Code – 08PHI 13)

UNIT: 1

Sele

ction of T

opic fo

r research

.

Reasons fo

r undertak

ing Researc

h – Choice o

f Subject –

Biblio

grap

hy.

UNIT: 2

Source

s for h

istorical w

riting. P

rimary

source

s – se

condary so

urces.

UNIT: 3

Problem

of a

uthentic

ity (o

r) extern

al critic

ism an

d problem

of C

redibility

– Forgery

of

documents h

ow to

confirm

the au

thenticity

– positiv

e criticism an

d negativ

e criticism

.

UNIT: 4

Purpose o

f Foot-n

otes –

kinds o

f footnotes –

uses o

f foot n

otes –

how to

give fo

ot

notes –

misu

se of fo

otnotes.

UNIT: 5

Synthesis o

f facts – W

riting of h

istory.

Sele

ction of m

aterial – arran

gem

ent o

f materials –

elements o

f Reaso

n – Problem

of

emphasis.

TEXT BOOKS

1. K

. Rajay

yan

:

Histo

ry in

Theory an

d M

ethod,

Madurai P

ublish

ing House,

Madurai, 1

977.

2. S

. Manickam

: Theory of H

istory an

d M

ethods

of R

esearch, M

adurai, 2

000

84

3. S

.P. S

en (E

d)

:

A histo

rians a

nd

Histo

riography in

Modern

India, C

alcutta

, 1973.

4. G

. Cool G

ustav

son

: A preface to

Histo

ry, M

C Graw

Hill B

ook Company, L

ondon,

1955.

5. R

anjit g

uha

:

Subalte

rn Studies, V

ol. I,

Delh

i 1982.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. D

r.N. S

ubramanian

:

Histo

riography

2. S

heik

Ali

: Histo

ry – Its th

eory and M

ethod,

Madras, 1

984.

3. R

.K. M

ajumdar an

d

A.N. S

rivatsav

a

:

Histo

riography, D

elhi, 1

973.

4. E

.H. C

arr

:

What is H

istory?

5. A

.L. R

owse

:

The U

se of H

istory

85

SYLLABUS

IV SEMESTER

PAPER : XVIII (E

LECTIVE PAPER)

(CBCS PATTERN)

WOMEN’S STUDIES (Code No. 08PHI Z-06

UNIT: 1

Defin

ition of W

omen’s stu

dies –

It’s objectiv

es – Scope –

Theorie

s of fem

inism

–

Women’s m

ovements in

the w

est.

UNIT: 2

Women through the ages

– Indian

context – women in freed

om stru

ggle – pre-

Gandhian

Era an

d Gandhian

Era.

UNIT: 3

Rise o

f feminist M

ovem

ent a

nd W

omen’s O

rganisa

tions –

Growth – G

overnmental

and Non-G

overn

mental

Organisa

tions – Natio

nal,

State

Councils

for Women -

Achievem

ents.

UNIT: 4

Role of Women in Politics

– Administra

tion – Busin

ess – industry

- Women

Entrep

reneurs –

Need fo

r Reservatio

n.

UNIT: 5

Women and Law

– Legal a

nd Constitu

tional R

ights –

Marriag

e – D

ivorce –

Property

Rights –

Labour L

aws –

Women in

modern

socie

ty.

TEXT BOOKS

1. A

.S. A

ltekar

: The positio

n of W

omen in

Hindu Civilisatio

n fro

m

Ancie

nt tim

es to th

e present

day , N

ew Delhi, D

eprin

t, 1996.

2. G

eraldine Forbes

: Women in

Modern

India,

OUP, 1

999.

86

3. K

.P. Jay

asw

al

: The Positio

n of W

omen in

Hindu Civilizatio

n, D

elhi 1

956.

4. P

. Jagadeesan

:

Marria

ge an

d Social L

egisla

tion in

Tamil N

adu, M

adras, 1

990.

5. P

.R. N

anda (E

d.,)

: Indian W

omen fro

m Purdah to

Modern

ity, N

ew Delh

i, 1976.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. E

.S. V

iswanath

an

:

The Political c

areer o

f

E.V. R

amasam

y Naick

er,

Madras, 1

963.

2. T

owards E

quality

:

Report o

f the Committee

on th

e

status o

f women in

India,

Govern

ment o

f India, D

elhi,

1975.

3. T

. Desai

:

Women in

India, N

ew Delhi, 1

997

4. A

nita A

rya

: Indian W

omen Vols. 1

-3,

New

Delh

i, 2000.

5. E

verest Jara M

atson

:

Women an

d Social ch

ange an

d

Challen

ge in

the In

ternatio

nal.

6. S

rinivas

:

The changing positio

n of

Indian women.

7. N

eera Desai

: A Decade of w

omen’s m

ovem

ent

in In

dia.

8. M

.K. G

andhi

: Women an

d Social Ju

stice

9. R

ama M

etha

: Socia

l legal statu

s of w

omen in

India.

87

SYLLABUS

IV SEMESTER

PAPER: XVIII (E

LECTIVE PAPER)

(CBCS PATTERN)

JOURNALISM (Paper Code 08PHI Z07)

UNIT: 1

Intro

ductio

n to

Journalism

– N

ature an

d sc

ope –

Defin

ition – Jo

urnalism

– Scie

nce

and Art –

Canons o

f Journalism

.

UNIT: 2

Histo

ry of Jo

urnalism

– Press law

s – Brief H

istory of th

e Press u

p to

1947 – Freedom

of P

ress in

India.

UNIT: 3

Reportin

g – N

ews –

News v

alue – N

ews A

gencies –

World

and In

dia – In

terview

–

Defin

ition – Types o

f Interview – Reportin

g crim

e New

s.

UNIT: 4

Editin

g – Edito

rs – New

s Edito

r – Sub-Edito

rs – page m

ake u

p – Proof R

eading.

UNIT: 5

Differe

nt fo

rms o

f writin

g – Featu

res – Press C

ouncil –

Press la

ws –

Defam

atio

n –

Contempt o

f court –

Offic

ial Secre

ts Act.

TEXT BOOKS

1.

Journalism

(Tam

il) – M

.P. G

urusam

y

2.

Journalism

– A.M

. Sam

y

3.

Journalism

– R. G

othandapani

4.

New

s – M

. Chella

iya.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1.

Theory an

d practice o

f Journalism

–A.N. A

huja.

2.

New

s Editin

g – Bruce W

estley.

3.

The P

ress – Chalap

athi R

ao

4.

Mass C

ommunica

tion – R.K. C

hatterjee

.

88

5.

Journalism

made sim

ple –

David W

ain W

right.

6.

New

s writin

g and re

portin

g – Jam

es M. N

eal S

uzan

ne S

. Brown.

7.

Professio

nal Jo

urnalism

- M.V. K

amath

.

89

IV SEMESTER

PAPER: XIX (CORE PAPER)

(CBCS PATTERN)

PROJECT & VIVA VOCE (Paper Code 08PHI-14)

Max. M

arks 2

00

Viva-V

oce 5

0 M

arks

Project 1

50 M

arks

Total 2

00 M

arks

90

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – IV SEMESTER

PAPER XVI – HISTORY OF MODERN WORLD (Paper Code 08PHI 12)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) Explain

the cau

ses for th

e Refo

rmatio

n M

ovem

ent.

(or)

(b) D

iscuss th

e consequences o

f the C

ounter R

eform

ation.

2.

(a) What is th

e mean

ing of ‘A

grarian

Revolutio

n? W

hat w

ere th

e effects o

n

the effects o

n th

e socio

-economic life

of th

e people?

(or)

(b) D

escrib

e th

e provisio

ns o

f the M

eiji Constitu

tion of 1

889 A.D.

3.

(a) How do you prove th

at th

e Balk

an wars w

ere ‘th

e prelude’ to

the G

lobal

War?

(or)

(b) E

xam

ine th

e causes fo

r the C

hinese R

evolutio

n of 1

911 A.D.

4.

(a) Explain

the ro

le of L

enin in

the O

ctober R

evolutio

n of 1

917 in

Russia.

(or)

(b) A

ssess the organs a

nd objectiv

es of th

e League o

f Natio

ns.

5.

(a) Briefly

write

a note o

n th

e Tech

nological D

evelopments in

the 19th an

d.

20th C

entury.

(or)

(b) M

entio

n th

e contrib

utio

ns o

f literature in

the 2

0th C

entury Europe.

91

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) How far th

e Revolutio

n of 1

688 is c

onsid

ered as a

Glorio

us R

evolutio

n

in Englan

d?

(or)

(b) W

hat w

ere th

e factors resp

onsib

le for th

e American

Revolutio

n.

7.

(a) Give an

account o

f the cau

ses of th

e Fren

ch Revolutio

n of 1

789.

(or)

(b) D

escrib

e th

e causes o

f the d

own fall o

f Napoleo

n I.

8.

(a) Give an

account o

f the se

rvices o

f Cavour, G

aribald

i and M

azzin

i to th

e

Italian unificatio

n.

(or)

(b) E

xplain how Bism

arck brought ab

out th

e unifica

tion of G

ermany.

9.

(a) Write an

essay on th

e achievem

ents o

f the U

.N.O.

(or)

(b) D

efin

e the term

‘Cold W

ar’. What w

ere th

e causes fo

r the orig

in of

Cold W

ar?

10. (a) E

xamine th

e Political, S

ocial, E

conomic an

d In

tellectual cau

ses for th

e

Russian

Revolutio

n.

(or)

(b) G

ive an

account o

f the Development o

f Scie

nce, A

rts and Philo

sophy in

the 2

0th C

entury Europe.

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MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – IV SEMESTER

PAPER XVII – HISTORIOGRAPHY – METHODOLOGY

(Paper Code 08PHI 13)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) What is h

istoric

al meth

od?

(or)

(b) W

rite a note o

n Biblio

graphy.

2.

(a) Explain

what is p

rimary

source

and provide few

examples.

(or)

(b) W

rite a note o

n numism

atics.

3.

(a) What is h

erm

eneutics o

r external c

riticism?

(or)

(b) H

ow to

overc

ome th

e errors o

f accuracy

?.

4.

(a) What are th

e purposes o

f giving fo

otnotes?

.

(or)

(b) M

entio

n th

e vario

us ty

pes o

f footnotes.

5.

(a) Explain

synthetic o

pera

tion in

Researc

h.

(or)

(b) W

hat a

re the problem

s in grouping fa

cts?

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) What are th

e basic req

uirem

ents fo

r a researcher in

histo

ry?

(or)

(b) S

tate th

e purpose o

f choosin

g th

e topic fo

r histo

rical research

.

93

7.

(a) Examine th

e importan

ce of so

urce

s for w

riting histo

ry.

(or)

(b) L

ist out th

e varie

ty of sec

ondary so

urces.

8.

(a) Describ

e the h

istorian

’s fallacies an

d sta

te how to

avoid th

em..

(or)

(b) E

xplain th

e problem

of cre

dibility

or in

ternal criticism

.

9.

(a) What is a

good documentatio

n?

(or)

(b) E

xplain how fo

otnotes are m

isused

.

10. (a) E

xamine th

e method of w

riting a th

esis in histo

ry.

(or)

(b) D

iscuss th

e im

portan

ce o

f logic an

d re

ason in

the w

riting of h

istory.

94

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – IV SEMESTER

PAPER XVIII – WOMEN’S STUDIES (Paper Code 08PHI Z-06)

(Elective paper)

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) Exam

ine th

e scope o

f Women’s stu

dies

(or)

(b) D

efin

e Fem

inism

2.

(a) Trace th

e histo

ry of W

omen’s m

ovem

ents in

U.S.A.

(or)

(b) E

stimate th

e status o

f women durin

g th

e Vedic A

ge.

3.

(a) Evaluate th

e ro

le of w

omen in

politics?

(or)

(b) N

arrate

the ac

hiev

ements o

f women’s In

dian

Asso

ciatio

n?

4.

(a) Exam

ine the objectiv

es

and ach

ievements

of Natio

nal

Commissio

n for

woman?

(or)

(b) E

xam

ine th

e role o

f Dr. M

uthulak

shmi R

eddy fo

r the u

pliftm

ent o

f women.

5.

(a) What are th

e diffic

ulties fac

ed by th

e Women Entrep

reneurs.

(or)

(b) B

riefly write a n

ote on W

idow Rem

arria

ge A

ct of 1

956?

PART B – (5

X 10 = 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) Write in

detail th

e vario

us th

eories o

f Fem

inism

(or)

(b) E

stimate th

e contrib

utio

n of In

dian W

omen in

the free

dom stru

ggle.

95

7.

(a) Describ

e the co

ntrib

utio

n of M

ahatm

a Gandhi in

the em

ancipatio

n of w

omen.

(or)

(b) H

igh lig

ht th

e efforts ta

ken by th

e non-govern

mental o

rganisa

tions in

upliftin

g ru

ral w

omen.

8.

(a) Explain

the o

rganisa

tions an

d objectiv

es o

f Natio

nal C

ommissio

n fo

r

Women.

(or)

(b) R

eview th

e progress m

ade by women in

India in

the last 5

0 years.

9.

(a) Review

the fac

tors resp

onsib

le for e

mpowerin

g women?

(or)

(b) A

ssess the ro

le of In

dira

Gandhi in

Indian Politics?

10. (a) R

eview

the v

arious so

cial security

legislatio

ns e

nacted

to protect th

e

women.

(or)

(b) M

ake a

comparativ

e stu

dy of w

omen in

Modern Hindu and M

uslim

S

ocietie

s.

96

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – IV SEMESTER

ELECTIVE COURSE PAPER CODE (08 PHI Z-07)

PAPER XVIII -J

OURNALISM

Tim

e: 3 Hours

Max. M

arks –

75

PART A (5

X 5 = 25 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns.

1.

(a) Raja

ram M

ohan Roy

(or)

(b) D

evelo

pment o

f Journalism

in In

dia.

2.

(a) Impact o

f mass m

edia.

(or)

(b) N

ews A

gencies a

broad.

3.

(a) Proof R

eading.

(or)

(b) C

rime News.

4.

(a) A.J. H

icky

(or)

(b) K

inds o

f Interview.

5.

(a) Sub Edito

r.

(or)

(b) H

ead Line

PART B – (5

X 10= 50 M

arks)

Answ

er ALL Questio

ns

6.

(a) Narrate th

e ro

le of p

ress in

the fre

edom stru

ggle of In

dia.

(or)

(b) W

rite an essay

on th

e three asp

ects o

f news stru

cture.

97

7.

(a) Give a b

rief acc

ount o

f press ag

encies fu

nctio

ning in

India.

(or)

(b) W

rite an essay

on press la

ws.

8.

(a) Mentio

n th

e features o

f Defam

ation Act.

(or)

(b) W

rite an essay

on th

e vario

us k

inds o

f interv

iews.

9.

(a) Write an

essay on lead

ing news ag

encie

s.

(or)

(b) W

rite the g

rowth of In

dian jo

urnalism

durin

g natio

nal m

ovem

ent.

10. (a) W

rite an essay

about th

e duties o

f a re

porte

r.

(or)

(b) M

entio

n th

e functio

n of E

dito

r.

98

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION

CBCS PATTERN

HISTORY – IV SEMESTER

PAPER –XIX (PROJECT - Code 08PHI -14)

And Viva - Voce

Max. M

arks 2

00

Viva-V

oce 5

0 M

arks

Project 1

50 M

arks

Total 2

00 M

arks