Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.

In many ways, Lord Dalhousie was the founder of modern India. Elaborate.

Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from mid-eighteenth century till independence.

Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.

Why did the armies of the British East India Company – mostly comprising of Indian soldiers – win consistently against the more numerous and better equipped armies of the then Indian rulers? Give reasons.

How do you justify the view that the level of excellence of Gupta numismatic art is not at all noticeable in later times?

Highlight the importance of the new objectives that got added to the vision of Indian independence since the twenties of the last century.

The women’s questions arose in modern India as a part of the 19th-century social reform movement. What were the major issues and debates concerning women in that period?

Why did the ‘Moderates’ fail to carry conviction with the nation about their proclaimed ideology and political goals by the end of the nineteenth century?

Clarify how mid-eighteenth century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity.

What problems were germane to the decolonization process of Malay Peninsula?