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O.P. Jindal Global University

Jindal Global Law School
End-term Examination – Semester A

Course Name : History II

Course Code : L-CA-0009
Programme : B.A., LL.B. 2017
Session : 2018 - 2019
Time Allowed : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 50

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Q1) Write Short Notes on any four (4) of the following: (4 × 5 = 20 Marks)

a. Pandits, Maulvis and codification

b. Wajib-ul arz and riwaj-e-am
c. Punjab Alienation of Land Act 1900
d. Andravan
e. W.H. Sleeman
f. Rakmabai Case
g. Concept of the public sphere
h. INA and Congress Secularism

Q2) Answer any two (2) of the following: (2 × 15 = 30 Marks)

a) What schools of thought shaped the process of legal codification from 1757-1857? What were the
similarities and differences in their approaches to the sources of law? Did these different approaches to
codification have very different effects on society?

b) Neither individual property rights nor a ‘rule of law’ were realised by the Company State. Discuss.

c) How did racial stereotypes and British notions of criminality dictate the need for stringent laws dealing
with 'people on the move'? Explain with reference to the Criminal Tribes Act 1871 and Thuggee Act of
1836?

d) Compare and contrast the respective ways in which the sexuality and mobility of middle class and
working class women was controlled in colonial India.

e) In what ways did agitations about religious endowments shape mass politics about religion?

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