DU MPhil PhD in History...1) 2) 3) DU MPhil PhD in History Topic:- DU_J19_MPHIL_HIS Which of the...

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DU MPhil PhD in History

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ‘Archive’?

[Question ID = 14227]

1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =26905]

2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]

3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles

[Option ID = 26907]

Correct Answer :-

Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =26905]

Which of the following would constitute as ‘primary sources’ for writing history?


1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]

2. Private papers of East India Company officials /[Option ID = 26898]

3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]

4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]

Correct Answer :-

Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]

Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?


1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]

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2. They often sought to use the colonial state’s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.

[Option ID = 26970]3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.

[Option ID =26969]

4. They felt reform of women’s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.

[Option ID =26971]

Correct Answer :-They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.

[Option ID =26969]

Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?


1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]

2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]

3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]

4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]

Correct Answer :-

Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]

The Khilafat movement in India lasted from


1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]

2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]

3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]

4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]

Correct Answer :-

1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]

Morris D. Morris had

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1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID= 26975]

2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy

[OptionID = 26974]

3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India

[Option ID = 26973]

Correct Answer :-Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India

[Option ID = 26973]

The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the


1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]

2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /

[Option ID = 27063]

4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]

Correct Answer :-

Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]

C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century


1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company

[Option ID = 27040]2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce

in the political economy

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[Option ID = 27037]3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis

[Option ID = 27038]4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India

[Option ID = 27039]

Correct Answer :-Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade andcommerce in the political economy

[Option ID = 27037]

A bibliography is


1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article

[Option ID = 26901]2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page

[Option ID = 26903]3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page

[Option ID = 26902]

4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]

Correct Answer :-List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article

[Option ID = 26901]

Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi

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1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]

2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]

3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]

4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]

Correct Answer :-

Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]

The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:


1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]

2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]

3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]

4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]

Correct Answer :-

C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]

“The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistencefor man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in anarithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power incomparison with the second.’’ The argument presented above is fundamental to:


1. Adam Smith’s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange

[Option ID = 26941]2. Charles Darwin’s theory of biological evolution

[Option ID = 26944]3. Malthus’ belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty

[Option ID = 26943]4. Hegel’s theory of the process of change

[Option ID = 26942]

Correct Answer :-

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Adam Smith’s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange

[Option ID = 26941]

Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in thelate twelfth and early thirteenth century?


1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]

2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]

3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]

4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]

Correct Answer :-

Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]

Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in earlynineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?


1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]

2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]

3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]

4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]

Correct Answer :-

Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]

Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?


1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]

2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]

3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]

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4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]

Correct Answer :-

N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]

Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large numberof disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both theShaykh and the Sultan very popular.

Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?


1. A is correct but R is wrong.

[Option ID = 26988]2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.

[Option ID = 26986]3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.

[Option ID = 26985]4. Both A and R are wrong.

[Option ID = 26987]

Correct Answer :-Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.

[Option ID = 26985]

Allison Busch has argued that


1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]

2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /[Option ID = 27058]

3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /

[Option ID = 27057]


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Correct Answer :-Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /

[Option ID = 27057]

The acronym NBPW refers to


1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]

2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]

3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]

4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]

Correct Answer :-

New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]


1. [Option ID = 26925]

2. [Option ID = 26928]

3. [Option ID = 26927]

4. [Option ID = 26926]

Correct Answer :-

[Option ID = 26925]

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[Option ID = 26922]

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[Option ID = 26924]

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[Option ID = 26921]

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[Option ID = 26923]

Correct Answer :-

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[Option ID = 26921]

The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of


1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]

2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]

3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]

4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]

Correct Answer :-

Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]

The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as


1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]

2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]

3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]

4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]

Correct Answer :-

Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]

The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is


1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]

2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]

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3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]

4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]

Correct Answer :-

Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]

The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by


1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]

2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]

3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]

4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]

Correct Answer :-

Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]

The term Vesara refers to


1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]

2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]

3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]

4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]

Correct Answer :-

A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]

Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book



2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]

3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =27083]

4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]

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Correct Answer :-

The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]

The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by


1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]

2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]

3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]

4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]

Correct Answer :-

Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]

Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughalempire in her/his research?


1. Rosalind O’Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]

2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]

3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]

4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]

Correct Answer :-

Rosalind O’Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]

Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?


1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]

2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]

3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]

4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]

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Correct Answer :-

Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]

For Michel Foucault power is:(I) Not a thing but a relation(II) Property of the state(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body(IV) Not simply repressive but productive


1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]

2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]

3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]


Correct Answer :-

I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]

Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:


1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]

2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]

3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]

4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]

Correct Answer :-

Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]

Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the


1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]

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2. Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]

3. Jurist in Iltutmishʼs court / [Option ID = 26982]


Correct Answer :-

Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]

Who is the author of the book Mughal Administration in Golkunda?


1. John F. Richards / [Option ID = 26992]

2. Seema Alavi / [Option ID = 26990]

3. Jos Gommans / [Option ID = 26991]

4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]

Correct Answer :-

Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]

Which of these books was authored by Patricia Crone?


1. The Assassins / [Option ID = 26948]

2. Slaves on Horses / [Option ID = 26946]

3. Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]

4. Venture of Islam / [Option ID = 26947]

Correct Answer :-

Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]

Which of the following scholars has discussed the representation of nature in early Buddhistsculpture?


1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]

2. B B Mukherjee / [Option ID = 27079]

3. A Southall / [Option ID = 27080]

4. Stella Kramrisch / [Option ID = 27078]

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Correct Answer :-

Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]

Which of the following is not a scientific technique used in archaeology for studying about thelives of the past communities?


1. Aramaic dating / [Option ID = 27012]

2. Fission-track dating / [Option ID = 27011]

3. Potassium-Argon dating / [Option ID = 27010]

4. Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]

Correct Answer :-

Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]

Which of the following work cast new light on the issue of princely rebellions in the MughalEmpire?


1. Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire

[Option ID = 26917]2. J. Gommans, Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers

[Option ID = 26920]3. I. A. Khan, Gunpowder and Firearms

[Option ID = 26919]4. Munis Faruqui, The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504–1719

[Option ID = 26918]

Correct Answer :-Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire

[Option ID = 26917]

Which of the following were the major schools of thought that influenced colonial educationalpolicy until the 1850s?


1. Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]

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3. Anglicists / [Option ID = 27051]

4. Evangelists / [Option ID = 27050]

Correct Answer :-

Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]

Which of the following issues are not discussed by Muzaffar Alam in his research papers?


1. Abd al-Rahman Chishti’s attitude towards Sufism

[Option ID = 27070]2. Agrarian uprisings and prosperity in North India in the early eighteenth century

[Option ID = 27071]3. Land Revenue system of the Mughals in the late sixteenth century

[Option ID = 27072]4. Study of Political culture of Mughals

[Option ID = 27069]

Correct Answer :-Study of Political culture of Mughals

[Option ID = 27069]

Which of the following arguments can be attributed to the anthropologist and historian, BernardCohn?


1. British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices

[Option ID = 27033]2. Colonialism was made possible through the help of Indian intermediaries

[Option ID = 27034]3. Colonialism was a form of cultural conquest

[Option ID = 27035]4. Colonial rule in India was weak and fragmented

[Option ID = 27036]

Correct Answer :-British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices

[Option ID = 27033]

The book Customs in Common was written by

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1. E P Thomson / [Option ID = 26914]

2. John Seyller / [Option ID = 26916]

3. W H Moreland / [Option ID = 26915]

4. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]

Correct Answer :-

Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]

The book This Fissured Land deals with


1. History of Indian overland trade / [Option ID = 26954]

2. Political history of the North-eastern states of India /[Option ID = 26956]

3. Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]

4. Military history of South east Asia / [Option ID = 26955]

Correct Answer :-

Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]

The Anguttara Nikaya, Vinaya Pitaka and Samyutta Nikaya constitute the


1. Prashasti / [Option ID = 27027]


3. Buddhist literature / [Option ID = 27026]

4. Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]

Correct Answer :-

Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]

The idea of Zollverein represented the following

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1. Bismark’s political philosophy / [Option ID = 26911]

2. Political unification of Italy / [Option ID = 26909]


4. Customs union of German states / [Option ID = 26910]

Correct Answer :-

Political unification of Italy / [Option ID = 26909]

The concept of ‘Drain of wealth’ was discussed by


1. Francis Robinson in his book Separatism among Indian Muslims

[Option ID = 27047]2. Peter Hardy in his book Muslims of British India

[Option ID = 27046]3. N A Siddiqui in Land Revenue Administration in Colonial India

[Option ID = 27048]4. R C Dutt in his book Economic History of India

[Option ID = 27045]

Correct Answer :-R C Dutt in his book Economic History of India

[Option ID = 27045]

The phrase ‘bullion for goods’ in the economic history of the 18th century was used by:


1. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27053]


3. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 27055]

4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 27054]

Correct Answer :-

Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27053]

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The book Many Headed Hydra by Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaug deals with


1. History of Snakes in Ancient India / [Option ID = 26959]

2. Slaves and sailors in the Revolutionary Atlantic / [Option ID =26958]

3. Origins of the English Civil War / [Option ID = 26957]


Correct Answer :-

Origins of the English Civil War / [Option ID = 26957]

Ramchandra Guha has written several books on


1. Imperial History / [Option ID = 26938]

2. Ecological History / [Option ID = 26939]

3. Anthropology / [Option ID = 26940]

4. Women’s Studies / [Option ID = 26937]

Correct Answer :-

Women’s Studies / [Option ID = 26937]

Who is the author of the essay ‘On Retelling the Muslim Conquest of India’?


1. Shahid Amin / [Option ID = 27076]

2. Richard Davis [Option ID = 27073]

3. Nasir Shirazi / [Option ID = 27075]

4. Ronald Inden / [Option ID = 27074]

Correct Answer :-

Richard Davis [Option ID = 27073]

The Indian nationalist movement was projected as an elite-driven movement that grew from theselfish desires of its political leadership by


1. Marxist School / [Option ID = 26963]

2. Subaltern School / [Option ID = 26964]

3. Annales School / [Option ID = 26962]

4. Cambridge School / [Option ID = 26961]

Correct Answer :-

Cambridge School / [Option ID = 26961]

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