History Honours Semester 5 Previous Year Question Papers

Sample questions from History Honours Semester 5 papers

• Gender in Indian History up to 1500 (2025)

  How can 'gender' serve as a meaningful category of historical analysis in the period of your study.

• History of Africa c.1500 – 1960s (2026)

  The European depiction of Africa as a 'Dark Continent' is biased and racist. Comment.

• History of India – V: c. 1500 – 1600 (2025)

  With special reference to some important Tawarikh writings, evaluate the significance of Persian literary sources for the study of Mughal Empire in the

• History of India – VI: c. 1750 – 1857 (2025)

  Can 18"h century debate be reduced to continuity and change framework?

• History of Modern Europe – I (2025)

  The French Revolution transformed not just politics but the entire cultural imagination of France. Discuss with reference to the emergence of a new political culture.

• History of the USSR: From Revolution to Disintegration (c. 1917 – 1991) (2026)

  The February Revolution is often called a spontaneous uprising. Analyse the long-term and short-term factors that weakened the Tsarist autocracy and led to its collapse.

• Twentieth Century World History: 1900 – 1945. (2026)

  Define world history, and the factors, that determined it in the twentieth century.

• Women in Indian History (2025)

  Critically evaluate the role and relevance of gender as a conceptual framework