Topic: POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS Question Critically examine the sources of information for the study of Harshavardhan and discuss his religious policy. (200 words) Next Topic POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS
Topic: LEGITIMACY Question Comment on a) Legitimation crisis in the works of Jurgen Habermas (150 words) b) David Held’s conception of Legitimacy. (150 words) Next Topic LEGITIMACY
Topic: POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS Question Trace the origin and development of the political authority of the Chalukyas of Badami and discuss their contribution to religion and architecture. (200 words) Next Topic POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS
Topic: HEGEMONY Question Explain the difference between hegemony and domination in Gramsci. (UPSC 2013/200 words) Next Topic LEGITIMACY
Topic: POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS Question Discuss critically the main aspects of polity and society under the Pallavas? (200 words) Next Topic POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS
Topic: HEGEMONY Question How would you relate the feminist conceptualization of patriarchy to the concept of hegemony. (200 words) Next Topic HEGEMONY
Topic: POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS Question Discuss the contribution of the Pallavas to South Indian art. Was this art wholly indigenous? (200 words) Next Topic POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS
Topic: HEGEMONY Question Discuss the idea of legitimate power. How does the concept of hegemony complicate the notion of legitimacy? (200 words) Next Topic HEGEMONY
Topic: GUPTAN ERA Sites (40 words each) 1. Surat 2. Elephanta 3. Sopara 4. Kanheri 5. Karle 6. Bhoj 7. Junnar 8. Nelcynda 9. Muziris 10. Tyndis 11. Naura 12. Banavasi/Vaijayanti 13. Comari 14. Korkai 15. Madurai Next Topic POST GUPTA & REGIONAL KINGDOMS
Topic: AUTHORITY Question What is authority? How is ‘authority’ in a conservative tradition different from the liberal idea of authority. (200 words) Next Topic HEGEMONY
Topic: GUPTAN ERA Question Give an account of the use of gold coins by commoners in the Gupta Period. (200 words) Next Topic GUPTAN ERA
Topic: AUTHORITY Question Erosion of authority can pave way for totalitarian rule. Comment. (200 words) Next Topic AUTHORITY
Topic: GUPTAN ERA Question Throw light on the condition of common man in the Gupta period. (200 words) Next Topic GUPTAN ERA
Topic: POWER Question Explain the notion of Power in Marx and Weber (UPSC 2011/ 200 words) Next Topic AUTHORITY
Topic: GUPTAN ERA Question Assess the status of women in India from c. 4th century BC to AD 6th century. (200 words) Next Topic GUPTAN ERA
Topic: POWER Question Politics is a concept driven by power. Comment. (200 words) Next Topic POWER
Topic: GUPTAN ERA Question Highlight the achievements of the Gupta period in the field of literature, science and technology. (200 words) Next Topic GUPTAN ERA
Topic: POWER Question How does Foucault’s conception of power as productive and capillary differ from earlier forms of power both as repressive and ‘power to’, in the sense in which Arendt and Talcott Parsons’ used the term. (200 words) Next Topic POWER
Topic: GUPTAN ERA Question Short notes on factors that led to the Rise and Fall of the Gupta Empire. (200 words) Next Topic GUPTAN ERA
Topic: POWER Question Knowledge is power. Comment. (200 words) Next Topic POWER
