MHI-103: Historiography and Research Method – Master Assignment Post (2024–25)

MHI-103: Historiography and Research Method – Master Assignment Post (2024–25)

This master post provides direct access to all solved assignment questions for MHI-103 for IGNOU’s July 2024 and January 2025 session. Answers are simple, clear, and formatted according to IGNOU standards. Students are required to attempt any five questions, with at least two from each section.

Section A

1. Write a note on the historiographical traditions in early India.
2. Write a note on the colonial historiography on Indian history.
3. What is postmodernism? Discuss the postmodernist views on history.
4. Discuss the distinctive features of traditional Chinese historiography.
5. Short notes on: Annales School, Historians and Causation, D.D. Kosambi, Microhistory.

Section B

6. Write a note on the Subaltern Studies in India.
7. Discuss the various types of historical sources which are important for history-writing.
8. Describe the important aspects of mainstream Western historiography during the nineteenth century.
9. Describe the important features of Indo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the Mughal period.
10. Short notes on: Environmental History, Colonial Perception of Caste, Feminist Historiography, Ethics in History-writing.

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