MHI-104 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU MHI-104 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN INDIA
Structured previous year question paper for MHI-104, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 10 · Sections: 2
Verified: 26 Jul 2026
MASTER OF ARTS (HISTORY) (MAHI)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
MHI-104 : POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN INDIA
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Attempt at least two questions from each
Section. In all you have to answer five
questions. Each answer is to be in about
500 words. All questions carry equal
marks.
Section—A
Q1.Explain the rise of territorial states in the age of the Buddha.
Q2.Analyse the socio-economic and _ political background which contributed to the rise of the Satavahana state.
Q3.Discuss the process of state formation under the Rajputs.
Q4.Discuss the rise of major political powers in the Western Himalayas.
Q5.Analyse the views of modern scholars on the nature of state under the Delhi Sultanate.
Section—B
Q6.Describe the process of the emergence and consolidation of the Vijayanagara Kingdom.
Q7.Analyse the important features of the Mughal theory of sovereignty.
Q8.Discuss the nature of British colonial state in India.
Q9.Describe the socio-cultural changes brought about in North-east India under colonial rule.
Q10.Write short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each : 10+10
(a) Maratha Confederacy
(b) Anglo-French Rivalry
(c) Pallava Kingship
(d) Administration during the Age of the Janapadas