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
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