MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY

DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
B.A HISTORY 20AT BATCH ONWARDS
(SEMESTER PATTERN)
INSTRUCTIONS
ASSIGNMENTS FOR I SEMESTER
Write any Two Assignments from each Subject 6 to 10 pages each
Each Topic Carries Equal Marks (2x12.5=25 marks)
Last Date for Submission: 10.01.2020
Core assignment papers should be sent to the following Address:
The Head (i/c)
Department of History
Directorate of Distance Education
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai – 625 021

Ancillary assignment papers should be sent to the following address:

The Head (i/c)

Department of Economics
Directorate of Distance Education
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai – 625 021
CORE PAPER I: HISTORY OF INDIA UP TO 900 A.D.
1. Literary Sources for Indian History
2. Origin and Growth of Buddhism
3. Religious Policy of Asoka
4. Causes and Effects of the Arab Conquest of Sind
CORE PAPER II: HISTORY OF TAMILNADU FROM SANGAM
AGE TO 1565 A.D.
1. Geographical Features of TamilNadu
2. Bhakti Movement
3. Administration of RajaRaja
4. Art and Architecture of the Vijayanagar Rulers

ANCILLARY PAPER: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I

ASSIGNMENT – I

PART – A (2X5=10 Marks)

ANSWER ANY TWO FROM THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Discuss Marshall’s “Welfare definitions”.

2. What is elasticity of demand? How is it measured?
3. Discuss the factors that tend to increase the efficiency of labour.
PART – B (1X15=15 Marks)
ANSWER ANY ONE FROM THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. State the law of equi-marginal utility and bring out its importance
in Economics.
2. Critically examine the optimum theory of population.
ASSIGNMENT – II

PART – A (2X5=10 Marks)

ANSWER ANY TWO FROM THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Show how the short period AC curve is derived.

2. How do monopolies arise and on what principles are monopoly
prices fixed?
3. State the usefulness of the National Income.

PART – B (1X15=15 Marks)

ANSWER ANY ONE FROM THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. Outline the features of perfect competition and describe the
process of pricing under it.
2. “Factor pricing cannot be adequately explained by the marginal
productivity theory” – Discuss.
 MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
M.A HISTORY 20AT BATCH ONWARDS
(SEMESTER PATTERN)
INSTRUCTIONS
ASSIGNMENTS FOR I SEMESTER
Write any Two Assignments from each Subject 6 to 10 pages each
Each Topic Carries Equal Marks (2x12.5=25 marks)
Last Date for Submission: 10.01.2020
Assignments should be sent to the following Address:
The Head (i/c)
Department of History
Directorate of Distance Education
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai – 625 021
CORE PAPER I: SOCIO-ECONOMIC HISTORY OF INDIA
UP TO 1206 A.D.
1. Sources for the History of India
2. Socio-Economic Condition during the Later Vedic Age
3. Teachings of Buddha and Mahavira
4. Golden Age of the Guptas

CORE PAPER II: STATE AND SOCIETY OF TAMIL NADU

UP TO 1565 A.D.

1. Social Condition of the Sangam Age

2. Administration of the Cholas
3. Contribution of Pallavas to Art and Architecture in Tamil Nadu
4. Consolidation of Sultanate Power in Madurai

CORE PAPER III: HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA 1776 – 1865 A.D.

1. Causes and Results of the American War of Independence.

2. Administration of George Washington
3. Monroe Doctrine and its Significance
4. Abraham Lincoln and Civil War

ELECTIVE PAPER: MUSEOLOGY

1. Preservation of Monuments
2. Museum Exhibition
3. Conservation of Museum Objects
4. Museum – A Treasure House of Cultural Heritage