This section includes study information for both the mid-term exam and the final exam.
Mid-Term Exam
Possible Identifications
- Harappa-Mohenjodaro
- Vedas
- Upanishads
- Ramayana
- Mahajanapadas
- Buddha-Buddhism
- Laws of Manu
- Durga-Kali-Devi
- Quran-Five Pillars of Islam
- Sufism, Akbar, Sikhs
- Delhi Sultanate
- East India Companies
- Surat
- Aryans
- Aswamedha-Horse Sacrifice
- Caste-Varna
- Mahabharata
- Asoka
- Mahavira-Jainism
- Hindu Trinity
- Krishna
- BhaktiDin-I-Illahi
- Aurangzeb
- Shivaji-Marathas
- Iqta
- Mansabdari System
- Delhi
Possible Essay Topics
- India’s classical age
- Empires and agrarian frontiers
- Caste system and prescriptive roles for men and women
- Political economy of India under the Mughals
Final Exam
Possible Identifications
- English East India Company
- Grant of Diwani
- Tipu Sultan-Mysore
- Indian National Congress
- Arya Samaj
- Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
- Government of India Act 1935
- Subhas C. Bose
- Caste Reservations
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Kashmir
- Partition (1947)
- Dowry
- Permanent Settlement
- Brahmo Samaj
- Sepoy Mutiny (1857)
- Muslim League
- Swadeshi Movement
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Quit India Movement
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mohammed Ali Jinnah
- Indira Gandhi
- Scheduled Castes
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- B. R. Ambedkar
Possible Essay Topics
- Development of secularism and communalism in 20th century India
- Indian Ocean trade and the formation of the British empire in India
- Impact of and response to colonial rule in the 19th and 20th century
- Partition and its legacies in Post-1947 India
