1.         Answer anyone of the following (in about 250 words) :              30

(a)        Regardless of distance in time, there were lots of similarities between Lord Curzon and Jawahar Lal Nehru. Discuss.

(b)        How did the Government of India Act, 1935 mark a point of no return in the history of constitutional development in India ?

2.         Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each):      2x15=30

(a)        What was the attitude of Indian Industrialist towards the Indian National Congress in the pre-independent era?

(b)        Critically assess Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru's views on Indian Nationalism.

( c)       Characterise the main features of Indian Renaissance.

3.         Write about the following (not exceeding 20 words each):          15x2=30

a)      Kallhana

b)      Panini

c)      Yakshagana

d)      Natyasastra

e)      Tabaqat-I-Nasiri

f)        Madhura Vijayam

g)      Pandurang Mahatmya

h)      Prithviraj Raso

i)        "The Insider"

j)        Ali Sardar Jafri

k)      Aruna Roy Dr .

l)        J.C. Daniel

m)    Balwant Gargi 

n)      Dr. Jayant Narlikar

o)      Shashi Tharoor

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