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University of Delhi — B.A. (Hons.) Political Science — official course contents PDF
Semester I papers and unit structure as published in the official Department of Political Science course contents, effective from the academic year 2011-2012 onwards.
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B.A. (Hons.) Political Science · Semester I · University of Delhi
These questions are written for this site from the official unit structure. They are original study material, not extracted from any past paper. Each unit has a question set, and every question carries the points an answer should cover.
Marks pattern (official): Max Marks 100 = Theory Exam 75 + Internal Assessment 25. Teaching: 5 lectures + 1 tutorial per week (main papers).
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Unit 1 · 12 published lectures · 2 questions
Compare the liberal, Marxist and post-colonial perspectives on colonialism as they apply to India.
What is the "civilising mission" and why is it criticised?
Unit 2 · 10 published lectures · 2 questions
Trace the consolidation of British political control in India through police and civil administration.
Why is the sovereignty of the Indian Parliament a colonial-era question and not a modern one?
Unit 3 · 12 published lectures · 2 questions
Examine the debate over deindustrialisation in colonial India.
How did land revenue policy change both land relations and ecology?
Unit 4 · 12 published lectures · 2 questions
Contrast the Orientalist and the Anglicist (Utilitarian and Missionary) positions on Indian society and reform.
How did the Census change the nature of community in India?
Unit 5 · 6 published lectures · 2 questions
What is meant by "teaching the colonial subject"?
Examine the emergence of the "new middle class" and its link to later nationalist politics.
Unit 6 · 8 published lectures · 2 questions
Assess peasant and tribal uprisings and the 1857 Rebellion as early Indian responses to colonial rule.
Why is 1857 described as a watershed in colonial administration?