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As explained in the Programme Guide for M.A. in History you will have to do one assignment in each course. The assignments are compulsory. Each assignment covers the whole course.
It is important that you write the answers to all the assignment questions in your own words. Your answers should be within the approximate range of the word-limit set for a particular question.
The assignment should be submitted to the Coordinator of your Study Centre. You must obtain a receipt from the Study Centre for the assignments submitted and retain it. If possible, keep a photocopy of the submitted assignments with you.
The Study Centre will have to return the assignments to you after they are evaluated. Please insist on this. The Study Centre in turn will send the marks to the Student Evaluation Division at IGNOU, New Delhi. These will be entered in your grade card.
Submission of Assignments
You should note that the submission of assignments is compulsory before taking up Term-end Examination. It is therefore suggested that you do them within time. In M.A. first year you will have to do a total of 4 assignments. We have given you a lot of time to do the assignments but we advise you to do them one by one along with your study of the particular course and submit them so that you may get back the marks and comments of the Counsellor with evaluated assignment. With a proper planning yo will be able to do them within the stipulated period. Please do not wait for the last date to submit all the assignments because it would be difficult to do all of them in one go. Specific dates for the submission are given below.
Last Date of Submission of Assignment
July 2022 Session Students – 31st March 2023
January 2023 Session Students – 30th September 2023
Where to submit the assignments: – The Coordinator of your Study Centre
Before attempting the assignments please read the detailed instructions provided in the Programme Guide sent to you separately.
Now read the guidelines carefully before answering the questions:
GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENTS
The assignments have two types of questions:
1) Essay Type Questions which you have to answer in about 500 words each and they carry 20 marks each.
2) Short notes to be answered in about 250 words each and they carry 10 marks each.
You will find it useful to keep the following points in mind:
a) Planning: Read the assignments carefully. Go through the units on which they are based. Make some points regarding each question and then re-arrange these in a logical order.
b) Organisation: Be a little more selective and analytical before drawing up a rough outline of your answer. In an essay-type question, give adequate attention to your introduction and conclusion. The introduction must offer your brief interpretation of the question and how you propose to develop it. The conclusion must summarise your response to the question.
Make sure that your answer:
o is logical and coherent;
o has clear connections between sentences and paragraphs;
o is written correctly giving adequate consideration to your expression, style and
presentation;
o does not exceed the number of words indicated in your question.
a) Presentation: Once you are satisfied with your answers, you can write down the final version for submission, writing each answer neatly and underlining the points you wish to emphasis.
b) Interpretation: Interpretation is a constant process in history writing. It is already reflected in your planning and selection. Explanatory comments with phrases like may be, because, could be, etc., immediately introduce an element of interpretation in writing itself. Here you have to be careful that these comments can be supported by the material you have in the answer.
M.A History First Year Courses English Medium
- MHI-01 : Ancient and Medieval Societies
- MHI-02 : Modern World
- MHI-04 : Political Structures in India
- MHI-05 : History of Indian Economy