The University of Calcutta, also known as CU, is a collegiate public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 24 January 1857. It is one of the first multidisciplinary and Western style institutions in Asia.
Today, the CU is recognized as a "Five-Star University". It is accredited an "A" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. It ranks seventh in the Indian University Ranking 2020 list, released by the National Institutional Ranking, Framework of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India.
A candidate who has passed the Higher Secondary (10+2) or its equivalent Examination is eligible to seek admission, University of Calcutta, to the 1st year of the 3-year B.A (Honours or General). A minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate and 45% marks in the History subject is essential for pursuing the 3 years B.A Honours in History.
The Educational Foorum website provides a educational support in understanding and successfully succeeding at the 3 years B.A Honours in History. The knowledge of previous year question paper and its solution is helpful for a candidate in understanding the questions pattern that is generally asked at Examination of each Semesters.
The syllabus of CU 3 years B.A Honours in History has been revised in the year 2018. The Three - year B.A. Honours in History will comprise 6 Semesters. The curriculum will consist of 14 Core Courses (CC), 4 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) courses, 2 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC), 2 Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) Each course will be of 100 Marks. Attendance: 10 marks per Paper, Internal Assessment: 10 marks per paper.
Each Core Courses carries 80 marks. The theoretical segment carries 65 marks and tutorial segment carries 15 marks. Question Pattern for subjective/descriptive segment of 65 marks is as follows:
· 15 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each (15 x 1 = 15).
· 4 questions out of 8 within 250 words; (5x4 =20)
· 3 questions out of 6 (within 500 words) (10 x3 = 30)
Core courses will consist of six semesters.
· First Semester contains two papers CC1 and CC2
· Second Semester contains two papers CC3 and CC4
· Third Semester contains three papers CC5 CC6 and CC7
· Fourth Semester contains three papers CC8 CC9 and CC10
· Fifth Semester contains two papers CC11 and CC12
· Sixth Semester contains two papers CC13 and CC14
The CC2 of First Semester of 3 years B.A Honours in History, covers
"Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Ancient World other than India".
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Educational Foorum
Calcutta University
2018
Honours in History
Paper: CC2
Full Marks: 65
Engish Version
1. Answer the following
questions (each in single sentence) 1x15 = 15
(a) What
is Pre-history?
(b) Who
are Homo sapiens?
(c) Name
a book written by Charles Darwin.
(d) State
the period of old kingdom in ancient Egypt.
Or
state the period of Shang dynasty in ancient china.
(e) What
is Hieroglyphic?
Or,
Which source helped the historians to know about Shang dynasty in China
(f) Name
the river on the bank of which the ancient Egyptian civilisation developed
Or
features of which age were prominent during Shang rule in China.
(g) Name
a river on the bank of which the ancient Mesopotamian civilisation developed.
(h) Who
wrote the book ‘Man makes Himself’?
(i) In
which place did the Minoan civilisation develop?
(j) Name
the book written by Herodotus.
(k) Who
was Socrates?
(l) Mention
a book written by Plato.
(m)
Who were the Metics?
(n) Who
was the leader of the first slave revolt in Rome?
(o) Who
was Cicero?
2. Answer
any four questions (within 250
words) 5x4 = 20
(a) Write
a short note on Mesolithic culture.
(b) What
is Neolithic Revolution?
(c) Write
a short note on the hunter gatherers in the evolution of human civilisation.
(d) Discuss
the religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians.
Or,
briefly discuss the development of the Chinese language during Shang rule in
China.
(e) Explain
the implications of the advent of iron in ancient Central Asia.
(f) Write
a short note on trade and commerce in ancient Rome.
(g) Briefly
discuss the Spartan constitution.
(h) Give
an estimate of Sophocles, the ancient Greek playwright.
3. Answer
any three questions (within 500
words) 10x3 = 30
(a) Critically
analyse the main features of Palaeolithic Age.
(b) How
would you explain the beginning of agriculture in the history of human society?
(c) Discuss
the role of Pharaoh in Egyptian state during the old kingdom.
Or,
Discuss the social stratification during the Shang rule in ancient China.
(d) Write
an essay on slavery in ancient Rome.
(e) Discuss
the features of ancient Greek Polis.
(f) Why
the ancient Greek historian Thucydides has been called the “Father of
Scientific history”?
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Subject wise List | ||
1 | History Honours CC1 2018 | |
2 | History Honours CC2 2018 | |
3 | History General CC1 2018 | |
4 | Political Science General CC1 2018 | |