Description
India from mid 18th to mid 19th Century
Assignment
TMA
Course Code: EHI-05
Assignment Code: EHI-05/AST/TMA/2023-24
Total Marks: 100
Note: All sections are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question.
Section 1: DCQ: Answer any two questions in about 500 words each.
1. Compare and contrast the main features of the Permanent Settlement and the
Ryotwari settlement. Were they able to fulfill their objectives? 20
2. Discuss the salient aspects of the Hyderabad administrative set up. 20
3. Discuss the differences between the Orientalists and the Utilitarians. 20
4. Discuss the course of the 1857 revolt. Why did it fail? 20
Section-II: MCQ: Answer any four questions in about 250 words each.
5. Discuss the Hindi-Urdu controversy. 12
6. Discuss the main characteristics of British Judicial system in India. 12
7. Was the 18th century in India a ‘dark age’? Comment. 12
8. What was the impact of the Charter Act of 1833? Discuss. 12
9. Did the British effectively establish the ‘rule of law’ in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Comment. 12
10. Were the Afghan wars able to fulfill the objectives of the British? 12
11. Discuss the role of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in taking forward the social
reforms in India. 12
12. What do you understand by the term commercialization of agriculture in the
colonial times? 12
Section-III: SCQ: Answer any two in 100 words each. 6+
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