Scheme of Examination B.A. (Pass Course) HISTORY 2012-13 (Semester System)
Name of the Paper
Max.Marks Theory
Internal Time Assessment
B.A. Part-I (Semester –I) (Sesssion 2012-13 & onwards) Paper-I: History of India (Earliest times to c.1200 AD)
100
80
20
3Hrs
80
20
3Hrs
80
20
3Hrs
80
20
3Hrs
90
10
3Hrs
90
10
3Hrs
B.A. Part-I (Semester –II) (Sesssion 2012-13 & onwards) Paper-II: History of Indian (c.1200-1707AD)
100
B.A. Part-II (Semester-III) (Sesssion 2012-13 & onwards) Paper-III: History of India (1707-1947AD)
100
B.A. Part-II (Semester-IV) (Sesssion 2012-13 & onwards Paper-IV: History of Haryana (Ancient to Modern Times) 100 B.A. Part-III (Semester-V) (Session 2012-13 only) Paper-V: Ancient and Medieval World
100
B.A. Part-III (Semester-VI) (Sesssion 2012-13 only) Paper-VI: Modern World
100
B.A. Part-III (Semester - V) HISTORY Paper -V : Ancient and Medieval World Max. Marks : 100 Theory : 90 Only for 2012 -13 Internal Assessment : 10 Time : 3 Hrs. Note: Nine questions are to be set in all, taking two question from each unit and one compulsory question (Q. No. 9) containing nine short answer type questions ( two marks each) covering the entire syllabus. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit and the compulsory question. All questions shall carry equal marks. Unit – I 1. Pre-Historic Cultures a. Hunting – gathering stage: Palaeolithic and Mesolithic cultures b. Food producing stage: Neolithic developments 2. Bronze Age Civilizations a. Sumerian Civilization : Socio-economic structure b. Egyptian Civilization : Socio-economic structure Unit – II 3. Iron age civilizations a. Greek Civilization : Polity, Socio-economic structure b. Roman Civilization : Polity, Socio-economic structure 4. Medieval Europe a. Feudalism : Salient features b. Role of Church in Medieval Europe Unit – III 5. Islamic World a. Pre-Islamic Arabia b. Rise of Islam 6. Islamic World a. Evolution of state under Islam b. Society under Islam Unit – IV Maps a. Important sites of Bronze Age civilizations of Egypt / Sumer b. Main Centers of Greek Civilization c. Empire under Abbasids d. Trade Routes and Towns during Medieval Europe
Suggested Readings: Anderson, Perry Andes, Antony Childe, G. Clark, Grahame Dubey, Shayam Charan Farooqi, Amar
Goyal, Shriram Pandey, Jainarain Pathak, Sushil Madhav Possehl, Gregory (ed.) Ray, Uday Naraian Sahu, Kishori Prasad Sharma, Devprakash Salmon, T. Edward Shukla, S.P. & Rajender Singh, Thaplyal, K.K. & S.P.Shukla Virotam, Bal Mukund Wheeler, Mortimer
Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, Verso Pub., London, 1978 Greek Society, Penguin Books, London, 1975 (reprint) What Happened in History, Penguin Books, London, 1964 World Prehistory in New Perspective, Cambridge Uni. Press, 1996 (reprint) Manav aur Sanskriti, Rajkamal Pub., Delhi, 1993 Prachin evam Madhyakalin Samajik Sanrachna aur Sanskritiyan, Tr. by Shahid Akhtar, Granth Shilpi, Delhi, 2003 Vishva ki Prachin Sabhyatayen, Vishvavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi,1994 Puratattva Vimarsh, Prachya Vidya Sansthan, Allahabad, 1983 Vishva ki Prachin Sabhyataon ka Itihas, Bihar Hindi Granth Academy, Patna, 1986 Harappan Civilization: Contemporary Perspective Oxford Uni. Press, 1982 Vishva Sabhyata ka Itihas, Lok Bharti, Allahabad, 1982 Islam Udbhava aur Vikas, Bihar Hindi Granth Academy, Patna, 2008 Bharat evam Sindhu Sabhyata, Sharda Publishing House, Delhi, 1999 A History of the Roman World, Methuen & Co. London, 1968 Vishva ki Prachin Sabhaytayen evam Sansthayen, Pointer Pub., Jaipur, 2003 Sindhu Sabhyata, Uttar Pradesh Hindi Granth Academy, Lucknow, 1976 Madhyakalin Europe ka Itihas, Bihar Hindi Granth Academy, Patna, 1985 Prithvi se Puratattva, Vaigyanik tatha Takniki Shabdawali Aayog, Delhi, 1968
B.A. Part-III (Semester - VI) HISTORY Paper -VI :
Modern World
Max. Marks : 100 Theory : 90 Only for 2012 -13 Internal Assessment : 10 Time : 3 Hrs. Note: Nine questions are to be set in all, taking two question from each unit and one compulsory question (Q. No. 9) containing nine short answer type questions ( two marks each) covering the entire syllabus. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit and the compulsory question. All questions shall carry equal marks. Unit – I 1.
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Economic Development – I a. Mercantilism and the beginning of Capitalism b. Agricultural Revolution Economic Development – II a. Technological Revolution b. Imperialism Unit – II Political Development – I a. French Revolution b. Liberalism in Britain Political Development – II a. Nationalism in Germany & Italy b. Russian Revolution Unit – III The Far East a. China - Revolution of 1911 AD and Communist Revolution 1949 AD b. Japan – As a Colonial Power World in Crisis a. First World War and peace settlements b. Second World War Unit – IV Maps a. Area of Agricultural Revolution b. Europe on the eve of French Revolution c. Unification of Italy d. Unification of Germany
Suggested Readings: Chauhan, Devender Singh Derfler, Leslie Grant, Arthur James and Harold Temperley Gupta, Parthasarthi (ed.)
Europe ka Itihas, Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Academy, Bhopal, 1996 Europeeya wampanth ke sau varsh (Socialism since Marx), Macmillan, Delhi ,1977 Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. I-II, Longman, London, 1976 Europe ka Itihas, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvaya Nideshalaya, Uni. of Delhi, 1993 (reprint)
Jain & Mathur Phukam, Meenaxi Rai, Kauleshwar Sinha, Arvind Thomson, David Vijay, Devesh Vijay, Devesh (ed.)
Adhunik Vishva ka Itihas (1500-2000), Jain Prakashan Mandir, Jaipur, 2002 Rise of the Modern West : Social and Economic History of Early Modern Europe, Macmillan, Delhi, 1998 Adhunik Europe (1789-1945), Kitab Mahal, Allahabad, 1986 Sankranti kaleen Europe, Granth Shilpi, Delhi, 2009 Europe Since Napoleon, Penguin Books, London, 1990 (Reprint) Adhunik Europe ka Itihas, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvaya Nideshalaya, Uni. of Delhi, 2010 Europeeya Sanskriti (1400-1800), Hindi Madhyam Karyanvaya Nideshalaya, Uni. of Delhi, 2009
