History Honours Previous Year Question Papers
455 previous year question papers for History Honours at Delhi University, covering 67 subjects across semesters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII. Each subject page lists the available exam years with links to the original PDF question papers.
Paper types available: DSC, DSE, GE.
Subjects
- Archaeology: Theory and Practice4 papers
- Climate Change and Human History5 papers
- Colonialism and Nationalism: Nineteenth to early twentieth century India2 papers
- Culture a Everyday Life in India5 papers
- Delhi Through the Ages7 papers
- Delhi through the Ages: From Colonial to Contemporary Times17 papers
- Delhi Through the Ages: The making of its Early Modern History14 papers
- Educational Arrangements and Knowledge in Modern India8 papers
- Environmental History of the Indian Subcontinent2 papers
- Environmental History of the World2 papers
- Fundamentals of Historical Methodology21 papers
- Gender in Indian History up to 15002 papers
- Gender in Indian History, c.1500-19506 papers
- Gender in Modern World12 papers
- History and Culture: Representations in Texts, Objects and Performance Histories3 papers
- History of Africa c.1500 – 1960s2 papers
- History of Health and Medicine in India2 papers
- History of India – II c. 4th Century BCE to 750 CE13 papers
- History of India – III: 750 – 12008 papers
- History of India – IV: c.1200 – 150014 papers
- History of India – V: c. 1500 – 16006 papers
- History of India – VI: c. 1750 – 18575 papers
- History of India – VII: 1600 – 1750s7 papers
- History of India – VIII: c. 1857 – 195020 papers
- History of India (From the beginning to fourth century BCE)9 papers
- History of Labour in Colonial and Postcolonial India1 paper
- History of Latin America c. 1500 – 1960s5 papers
- History of Modern China ( 1840 – 1950s)8 papers
- History of Modern Europe – I8 papers
- History of Modern Europe – II14 papers
- History of Modern Japan (c. 1868 – 1950s)13 papers
- History of South East Asia – II3 papers
- History of Textiles4 papers
- History of the USA: Independence to Civil War16 papers
- History of the USA: Reconstruction to New Age Politics12 papers
- History of the USSR: From Revolution to Disintegration (c. 1917 – 1991)5 papers
- History of Theatre7 papers
- History of Vernacular Literature1 paper
- Ideas and Institutions in Indian History3 papers
- Indian Science and Technology2 papers
- Indian Society: A Historical Perspective3 papers
- Introduction to Epigraphy and Numismatics4 papers
- Life Narrative and History4 papers
- Making of Post-Colonial India8 papers
- Media and Cinema4 papers
- Media in History7 papers
- Money and Monetary History of India1 paper
- Politics of Nature3 papers
- Practice of Histroy -I2 papers
- Practice of Histroy -II2 papers
- Reading Social Relations through Texts and Visuals -I2 papers
- Reading Social Relations through Texts and Visuals -II2 papers
- Religious Traditions in the Indian Subcontinent14 papers
- Rise of the Modern West – II17 papers
- Rise of the Modern West-I17 papers
- Sacred Spaces, Temple and Temple Economy (North and South Indian Traditions)3 papers
- Science, Technologies and Humans: Contested Histories5 papers
- Select Themes in the History of Education in India4 papers
- Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Ancient World-I12 papers
- Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Medieval World – II15 papers
- Sources and the Practice of Histroy -I2 papers
- Sources and the Practice of Histroy -II4 papers
- Sources and the Practice of Histroy -III3 papers
- Twentieth Century World History: 1900 – 1945.5 papers
- Understanding History2 papers
- Understanding Indian Heritage4 papers
- Women in Indian History8 papers
Sample questions from recent History Honours papers
- Fundamentals of Historical Methodology (2026)
Discuss how historical perspective is different from social memory?
- History of India – VIII: c. 1857 – 1950 (2026)
Discuss the nature of industrialization that India underwent in the colonial period.
- Delhi through the Ages: From Colonial to Contemporary Times (2026)
How did colonial intervention alter the character of nineteenth-century Delhi?
- Rise of the Modern West – II (2026)
Critically analyse the socio-political and economic dimensions of the 17th century crisis. What was its impact on the European' economy ?
- Rise of the Modern West-I (2026)
Evaluate the factors responsible for transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe. How has the idea of Eurocentrism revised our understanding of this process!
- History of the USA: Independence to Civil War (2026)
Explain the emergence of the Old Colonial labour systems with particular reference to the indigenous tribes, and the shift that took place towards the alternative indentured and black labour in the making of early…
- Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Medieval World – II (2026)
Attempt four questions in all. Analyse the important changes that contributed to the establishment of democractic institutions in Athens.
- Delhi Through the Ages: The making of its Early Modern History (2026)
Assess the challenges and limitations of literary sources and archeological evidence for the study of
Frequently asked questions
- Where can I get History Honours previous year question papers?
- This page has 455 History Honours question papers across 67 subjects at Delhi University. Pick a subject to view or download the original PDFs, organised by exam year.
- Are the History Honours question papers free?
- Yes. Every paper is free to view and download, with no login. Each links to the original PDF.
- Which History Honours semesters are covered?
- Papers are available for Semester I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII.
- Can I find core, elective and skill papers for History Honours?
- Yes. Papers are tagged by type (DSC, DSE, GE), so you can find the core, elective, skill and value-added papers for your semester.
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