LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
HT 3803 - HISTORIOGRAPHY & METHODOLOGY
Date & Time : 02-05-2006/AFTERNOON Dept. No.
PART A
Max. : 100 Marks
(4 x 5 = 20 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in not exceeding 100 words each.
01. History is past politics
02. Oral history
03. History and Economics
04. N Synthesis
05. Nationalist Historians
06. Footnotes.
PART B
(2x10 = 20 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in not exceeding 200 words each.
07. Explain the nature of history.
08. History is an unending dialogue between the past and present. – comment
09. Bring out the historiography of Medieval India.
10. How does criticism be the central importance in historical writing?
PART C
(3 x 20 = 60 marks)
Answer any THREE of the following in not exceeding 1200 words each.
11. Explain the meaning and scope of history.
12. Examine the statement “History is a science, no less and no more.”
13. “Because of its composite nature, history has much in common with the subjects
of art.” Discuss
14. Examine the purpose and need of historical objectivity.
15. Enumerate the major stages involved in writing dissertation.
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