MHI-108 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU MHI-108 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORIES OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Structured previous year question paper for MHI-108, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 11 · Sections: 2
Verified: 26 Jul 2026
MASTER OF ARTS (HISTORY) (MAHI)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
MHI-108 : ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note: Answer any five questions in about
500 words each. Attempt at least two
questions from each Section. All questions
carry equal marks.
Section—A
Q1.Write a note on the _ inter-disciplinary character of environmental history.
Q2.Evaluate the ways in which material culture helps in writing environmental history.
Q3.What are the patterns of development of nomadic states in deserts and grasslands ?
Q4.Discuss with examples.
Q5.How do fisheries explain the human-nature interaction ?
Q6.Write a note on the significance of animals in shaping the ‘energy regimes’ of pre- industrial societies.
Section—B
Q7.Discuss the importance of minerals in the emergence and consolidation of state- formation in India during the pre-modern times.
Q8.Examine natural constraints on _ the development of urban amenities in Brihan- Mumbai.
Q9.Do you agree that interconnected world is responsible for the spread of epidemics ? Justify.
Q10.What are the key impacts of climate-change in India ? Are they intensifying ?
Q11.Write short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each : 10+10
(a) Natural calamities
(b) Human-wildlife conflicts
(c) Hunting traditions
(d) Colonial forest policies