BHIC 134 Solved Question Paper for June 2026 brings you the official IGNOU term-end paper of History of India: 1707-1950 with answers written to the length and structure IGNOU examiners expect. Two answers are open on this page so you can check the quality before you ask for the complete file on WhatsApp 9899436384.
BHIC 134 June 2026 solved paper key facts
- Course code: BHIC 134 (printed as BHIC-134)
- Subject: History of India: 1707-1950
- Programme: Bachelor of Arts (General), BAG, History discipline
- Credits: 6 credits
- Blocks and units: 13 units in one course book
- Maximum marks: 100
- Duration: 3 hours
- Questions in the paper: 8 questions in two sections (14 answers counting all short-note options)
- Samples shown on this page: 2 (Q3 and Q6)
- Questions in the paid file: All 8 questions with 14 answers; 6 questions (12 answers) are not shown on this page
What the BHIC 134 Solved Question Paper June 2026 includes
BHIC 134 History of India: 1707-1950 is a 6-credit discipline core course in IGNOU's Bachelor of Arts (General) programme, and this file solves every question of its June 2026 term-end paper.
The course runs from the Mughal decline after Aurangzeb to the Indian Republic of 1950. The June 2026 paper reflects that span. Section I asks about the Sikh states, the Company's grip on Bengal and the 1857 revolt, while Section II moves to colonialism, the early Congress and the partition of India.
The file answers all 8 questions. That means six long answers of about 400 words and all eight short-note options under Questions 4 and 8, since you cannot know which two notes you will feel ready to write until you see the paper. In total you get 14 exam-length answers.
The previews below show the real pages of the file. The two sample answers are fully readable; the remaining pages are blurred.
BHIC 134 sample answers on the 1857 revolt and the Congress
Question 3 from Section I and Question 6 from Section II are answered in full below, exactly as they appear in the June 2026 file.
We chose one question from each section so you can see how we handle both the Company period and the national movement. Each answer is written to the 400-word length the paper asks for, with headings an examiner can scan quickly.
Q3. Analyse the causes of the revolt of 1857. (20 marks)
Introduction
The revolt that broke out at Meerut on 10 May 1857 was the most serious challenge the East India Company ever faced in India. It began as a mutiny of the Bengal Army but soon drew in peasants, landholders and deposed rulers across north and central India. Its causes can be grouped as political, economic, socio-religious and military, with the greased cartridge as the spark.
1. Political causes: annexation of princely states
Lord Dalhousie's Doctrine of Lapse let the Company annex any dependent state whose ruler died without a natural male heir. Satara (1848), Jhansi (1853) and Nagpur (1854) were taken this way. Awadh was annexed in February 1856 on the charge of misgovernment, even though its Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, had been a loyal ally. The pension of Nana Saheb, adopted son of the last Peshwa Baji Rao II, was stopped, and the Mughal family was told it would lose its imperial status after Bahadur Shah Zafar.
Rani Lakshmibai, Nana Saheb and the Begum of Awadh later led the revolt for these reasons.
2. Economic causes: exploitation of the peasantry
High land revenue demands pushed peasants into debt, and land sold for arrears often passed to moneylenders and traders. In Awadh, the summary settlement after 1856 stripped many taluqdars of their villages, so landlords and tenants rose together. In Bombay, the Inam Commission questioned titles to revenue-exempt land. Artisans lost patrons as courts disappeared.
3. Socio-religious causes: fear of alien rule
Many Indians believed the Company meant to destroy their religion and caste. Missionary activity grew, and a law of 1850 protected the inheritance rights of converts. The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856 was seen as interference in custom. Racial arrogance and the exclusion of Indians from high posts made British rule feel foreign and humiliating.
4. Military causes: grievances of the sepoys
Many Bengal Army sepoys came from Awadh, so its annexation hurt their own families. The General Service Enlistment Act of 1856 required new recruits to serve overseas if ordered, which many saw as a threat to caste. Sepoys also lost the extra allowance for service in Sindh and Punjab once these became British territory, and no Indian could rise above the rank of subedar.
5. Immediate cause: the greased cartridges
The new Enfield rifle used cartridges said to be greased with cow and pig fat, which had to be bitten open. At Barrackpore, Mangal Pandey attacked his officers on 29 March 1857. At Meerut, 85 sepoys who refused the cartridges were court-martialled, and on 10 May their comrades rose, freed them and marched to Delhi, where they proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar their emperor.
Conclusion
The revolt of 1857 grew from many grievances meeting at one moment: political humiliation of rulers, economic loss of peasants and taluqdars, fear for religion and caste, and anger in the army. Wide civilian support in Awadh shows it was far more than a sepoy mutiny.
Q6. Analyse the demands and methods of moderate and extremist groups in Indian National Congress. (20 marks)
Introduction
The Indian National Congress held its first session at Bombay in December 1885 under W.C. Bonnerjee. In its early decades two groups shaped its politics. The Moderates led it from 1885 to about 1905, and the Extremists, sometimes called the assertive nationalists, gained ground after the Partition of Bengal in 1905. They shared the aim of Indian advancement but differed sharply on demands and methods.
1. Demands of the Moderates
Leaders such as Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Surendranath Banerjea and Gopal Krishna Gokhale sought reform within British rule. They asked for wider legislative councils with elected Indian members, a demand partly met by the Indian Councils Act of 1892. They wanted the ICS examination held in India as well as in England, so that more Indians could enter the higher services.
They also asked for separation of the judiciary from the executive, a cut in military spending, lower land revenue, protection for Indian industry, and freedom of speech, press and association. Their questioning of the economic effects of British policy gave Indians a shared political language.
2. Methods of the Moderates
The Moderates trusted British justice and used constitutional methods, often summed up as prayer, petition and protest. They passed resolutions at annual sessions, sent memoranda, made speeches and wrote in the press. A British Committee of the Congress was set up in London to influence opinion in Britain. Their base was the educated middle class, and they kept away from mass agitation.
3. Demands of the Extremists
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh rejected the slow pace of reform. Their central demand was Swaraj, or self-rule, captured in Tilak's line that Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it. At the Calcutta session of 1906, presided over by Dadabhai Naoroji, the Congress adopted Swaraj along with Swadeshi, boycott and national education as its goals.
4. Methods of the Extremists
The Extremists relied on self-reliance and mass action. They called for boycott of British goods, courts, schools and titles, and promoted Swadeshi enterprises and national schools. Aurobindo argued for passive resistance. In Maharashtra, Tilak used the Ganapati and Shivaji festivals to reach ordinary people, and the Swadeshi movement in Bengal drew students, women and traders into politics.
5. The split and its meaning
The two groups clashed openly at the Surat session of 1907, where the Congress split. The Moderates kept control, while the government repressed Extremist leaders, and Tilak was sentenced to six years in prison in 1908. The two groups came together again at the Lucknow session of 1916.
Conclusion
The Moderates built the national platform, trained Indians in public politics and exposed the costs of colonial rule. The Extremists turned that platform into a mass movement and made Swaraj the goal. Their demands and methods differed, but together they laid the ground for the Gandhian phase of the national movement.
Questions answered only in the full file
These questions appear below exactly as printed in the June 2026 paper. Their answers are available only in the full file.
- Q1 (Section I). Discuss the emergence of the Sikh states and nature of Sikh polity.
- Q2 (Section I). How did East India Company establish its control over Bengal from 1757 to 1765.
- Q4 (Section I). Write short notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each : (i) Permanent settlement (ii) The approach of utilitarians in India (iii) Evangelicalism (iv) East India Company Policy of Monopoly
- Q5 (Section II). What do you understand by colonialism ? What was its critique by nationalists ?
- Q7 (Section II). Examine the rise of communalism leading to the partition of India.
- Q8 (Section II). Write short notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each : (i) Composition of the Constituent Assembly (ii) Non Co-operation Movement (iii) Reform Movements in Bengal (iv) Rowlatt Act Satyagraha
BHIC 134 History of India 1707 to 1950 unit wise syllabus
The BHIC 134 course book has 13 units that move from the eighteenth century debate to the Constituent Assembly, and every June 2026 question maps to one of them.
IGNOU publishes the whole course as a single volume on eGyanKosh. You can open the official BHIC 134 course book on eGyanKosh to read any unit in full.
| Unit | Unit title | Topics inside the unit | June 2026 question |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interpreting the Eighteenth Century | Decline versus continuity debate on the Mughal collapse; regional economic vitality after 1707 | Not set in June 2026; the debate was a December 2025 short note |
| 2 | Emergence of Independent States | Successor states such as Hyderabad, Awadh and Bengal; new states such as the Sikh and Maratha powers | Q1 |
| 3 | Establishment of Colonial Power | Anglo-French rivalry in the Carnatic; Company politics in Bengal after Plassey | Q2 |
| 4 | Expansion and Consolidation of Colonial Power upto 1857 | Orientalist, Evangelical and Utilitarian ideas of rule; subsidiary alliance and annexation | Q4 (ii) and Q4 (iii) |
| 5 | Revolt of 1857 | Exploitation of the peasantry, annexation of princely states and alien rule; spread of the revolt along the Ganga | Q3 |
| 6 | Colonial Economy: Agriculture | Permanent, Ryotwari and Mahalwari revenue systems; commercialisation of agriculture | Q4 (i) |
| 7 | Colonial Economy: Trade and Industry | Company trade before and after 1813; deindustrialisation of handicrafts; early modern industry | Q4 (iv) |
| 8 | Economic Impact of Colonial Rule | Agrarian distress; famines in colonial India; nationalist economic writing | Q5 |
| 9 | Socio-Religious Movements in the 19th Century | Brahmo Samaj and Bengal reform; reform in western India; Arya Samaj and Aligarh | Q8 (iii) |
| 10 | Emergence and Growth of Nationalism | Founding of the Congress in 1885; Swadeshi in Bengal; revolutionary nationalism | Q6 |
| 11 | Nationalist Movement under Mahatma Gandhi | Champaran and the Rowlatt agitation; Non-Cooperation; Civil Disobedience and Quit India | Q8 (ii) and Q8 (iv) |
| 12 | Communalism: Genesis, Growth and Partition of India | Separate electorates; Muslim League politics; the road to 1947 | Q7 |
| 13 | Advent of Freedom: Constituent Assembly, Establishment of Republic | Making of the Constituent Assembly; drafting the Constitution; the Republic of 1950 | Q8 (i) |
Units 4 and 11 each supply two short-note options in June 2026, so they reward careful revision. For unit summaries in simpler language, see our BHIC 134 Study Material.
BHIC 134 Question Paper pattern and marks split
The BHIC 134 June 2026 paper has 8 questions worth 20 marks each, and you answer any five with at least two from each section.
| Part | Questions | Marks | Expected length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section I long answers | Q1, Q2, Q3 | 20 marks each | About 400 words |
| Section I short notes | Q4, any two of four | 10 + 10 marks | About 200 words each |
| Section II long answers | Q5, Q6, Q7 | 20 marks each | About 400 words |
| Section II short notes | Q8, any two of four | 10 + 10 marks | About 200 words each |
| Whole paper | Any 5 of 8, at least 2 per section | 100 marks in 3 hours | About 2,000 words in total |
Section I is labelled Section I in June 2026 but Section A in December 2025, so do not be thrown by the change in labels. The rule of two from each section has stayed the same in every paper we checked. Read this IGNOU BHIC 134 Question Paper alongside older sessions on our IGNOU Previous Year Question Paper page.
BHIC 134 topics that repeat across four official papers
The Constituent Assembly, land revenue settlements, regional states and the Gandhian movements appeared in all four official BHIC 134 papers from December 2024 to June 2026.
We read the official papers of December 2024, June 2025, December 2025 and June 2026 from IGNOU's own website. We could not find official copies for June 2024 or earlier sessions, so this table covers four papers only. Counts include short-note options.
| Topic | Where it appeared | Times asked |
|---|---|---|
| Constituent Assembly, composition and working | Dec 2024 Q7; Jun 2025 Q8(c); Dec 2025 Q8(c); Jun 2026 Q8(i) | 4 (all 4 papers) |
| Gandhian movements: Champaran, Rowlatt, Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, Quit India | Dec 2024 Q6, Q8(b); Jun 2025 Q7; Dec 2025 Q6, Q8(a), Q8(d); Jun 2026 Q8(ii), Q8(iv) | 8 (all 4 papers) |
| Land revenue settlements: Permanent and Ryotwari | Dec 2024 Q4(c); Jun 2025 Q4(c); Dec 2025 Q4(a); Jun 2026 Q4(i) | 4 (all 4 papers) |
| Regional states: Sikh, Mysore and Hyderabad | Dec 2024 Q1; Jun 2025 Q4(a); Dec 2025 Q4(b); Jun 2026 Q1 | 4 (all 4 papers) |
| Congress origin, moderates and extremists | Dec 2024 Q5, Q8(c); Jun 2025 Q6; Jun 2026 Q6 | 4 (3 papers) |
| Utilitarian and Evangelical ideas of rule | Dec 2024 Q2; Jun 2025 Q4(d); Jun 2026 Q4(ii), Q4(iii) | 4 (3 papers) |
| British control of Bengal, 1757 to 1765 | Jun 2025 Q1; Dec 2025 Q1; Jun 2026 Q2 | 3 (3 papers) |
| Revolt of 1857, causes or impact on policy | Jun 2025 Q3; Dec 2025 Q2; Jun 2026 Q3 | 3 (3 papers) |
| Colonialism, its stages and critique | Dec 2024 Q3; Jun 2025 Q5; Jun 2026 Q5 | 3 (3 papers) |
| Colonial economy: commercialisation, deindustrialisation, economic impact | Dec 2024 Q4(b); Jun 2025 Q2; Dec 2025 Q3 | 3 (3 papers) |
| 19th century reform movements | Jun 2025 Q8(a); Dec 2025 Q5; Jun 2026 Q8(iii) | 3 (3 papers) |
| Company trade and monopoly | Jun 2025 Q4(b); Jun 2026 Q4(iv) | 2 (2 papers) |
| Communalism and partition | Dec 2025 Q7; Jun 2026 Q7 | 2 (2 papers) |
| Partition of Bengal, 1905 | Dec 2024 Q8(a); Jun 2025 Q8(b) | 2 (2 papers) |
If you have only a few days, start with the topics asked in all four papers. For likely questions in the next session, see our IGNOU Important Questions collection.
How our BHIC 134 History of India answers are written and checked
Every BHIC 134 answer is written from the IGNOU course book, matched to its unit, and reviewed for facts and length before release.
Prateek Talwar writes the answers after reading the relevant unit and the earlier papers that asked about the same theme. Sheetal Kirola then checks every date, name and act against the course book, so details such as the year of the Surat split or the Act of 1892 match what IGNOU teaches.
Each answer opens with a direct line an examiner can mark, then moves through dated points under short headings, and closes with a balanced conclusion. History examiners reward a clear argument with evidence, not long narration.
We also compare the June 2026 paper with each recent BAG Question Paper in history, so the file notes when a question is a reworded version of an older one, such as the 1857 question that asked about impact in December 2025 and causes in June 2026.
BHIC 134 solved file index by question and unit
The BHIC 134 file has 14 answers across 8 questions; 2 questions are open on this page and 12 answers are in the full file only.
| Item | Topic | Course unit | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Emergence of the Sikh states and nature of Sikh polity | Unit 2 Emergence of Independent States | Full file only |
| Q2 | Company control over Bengal, 1757 to 1765 | Unit 3 Establishment of Colonial Power | Full file only |
| Q3 | Causes of the revolt of 1857 | Unit 5 Revolt of 1857 | On this page |
| Q4 (i) | Permanent settlement | Unit 6 Colonial Economy: Agriculture | Full file only |
| Q4 (ii) | The approach of utilitarians in India | Unit 4 Expansion and Consolidation of Colonial Power upto 1857 | Full file only |
| Q4 (iii) | Evangelicalism | Unit 4 Expansion and Consolidation of Colonial Power upto 1857 | Full file only |
| Q4 (iv) | East India Company Policy of Monopoly | Unit 7 Colonial Economy: Trade and Industry | Full file only |
| Q5 | Colonialism and its nationalist critique | Unit 8 Economic Impact of Colonial Rule | Full file only |
| Q6 | Demands and methods of moderates and extremists | Unit 10 Emergence and Growth of Nationalism | On this page |
| Q7 | Rise of communalism and the partition of India | Unit 12 Communalism: Genesis, Growth and Partition of India | Full file only |
| Q8 (i) | Composition of the Constituent Assembly | Unit 13 Advent of Freedom: Constituent Assembly, Establishment of Republic | Full file only |
| Q8 (ii) | Non Co-operation Movement | Unit 11 Nationalist Movement under Mahatma Gandhi | Full file only |
| Q8 (iii) | Reform Movements in Bengal | Unit 9 Socio-Religious Movements in the 19th Century | Full file only |
| Q8 (iv) | Rowlatt Act Satyagraha | Unit 11 Nationalist Movement under Mahatma Gandhi | Full file only |
Unit numbers follow the eGyanKosh course book. Unit 1, on the eighteenth century debate, is the only unit with no question in June 2026, while Units 4 and 11 each supply two short notes.
Programmes that study BHIC 134 History of India
BHIC 134 is a discipline core course in the History stream of IGNOU's BAG programme, usually taken in the second year alongside BHIC 133.
In the IGNOU Bachelor of Arts (General) programme, the History discipline runs as four core courses in chronological order, and BHIC 134 is the last of them. BHIC 133 covers India from c. 1206 to 1707, so BHIC 134 picks up the story where it ends.
Because it is a 6-credit course, you submit three tutor marked assignments, which count for 30 per cent of the result; the term-end exam counts for 70 per cent. If your programme uses BHIC 134 under a different name or stream, check your programme guide.
How to get the full BHIC 134 Solved Question Paper on WhatsApp
Send a WhatsApp message to 9899436384 with the code BHIC 134 and the June 2026 session, and we share the full file with all 14 answers.
The full file contains all 8 questions. You already have Questions 3 and 6 above; the file adds the remaining 6 questions, which means four long answers and all eight short notes, 12 answers you have not seen on this page.
Our team replies on the same chat with the price and payment steps, then sends the IGNOU BHIC 134 Solved Question Paper as a PDF there. If you are also preparing other BAG history courses, ask on the same message and we will tell you what is ready.
BHIC 134 History of India FAQs
These answers cover what students most often ask us about the BHIC 134 June 2026 solved file.
Which BHIC 134 June 2026 questions are fully solved on this page?
Two questions are fully solved here. Question 3 analyses the causes of the revolt of 1857 and Question 6 analyses the demands and methods of the moderate and extremist groups in the Congress. We picked one from each section so you can judge our writing on both halves of the paper. The other six questions appear only as printed text, and their answers sit in the full file.
How do I get the full BHIC 134 solved file on WhatsApp?
Send a message to WhatsApp 9899436384 with the course code BHIC 134 and the June 2026 session. Our team replies with the price and the payment steps, and the PDF is shared on the same chat. The file contains all 8 questions of the paper with 14 answers: six long answers of about 400 words and all eight short notes of about 200 words each.
How many questions are in the BHIC 134 June 2026 paper and how many must I attempt?
The BHIC 134 June 2026 paper has 8 questions in two sections, four in each. You attempt any five, with at least two from each section, and every question carries 20 marks for a total of 100 in 3 hours. Questions 4 and 8 are short-note questions where you pick any two of four topics, each worth 10 marks.
How long should a BHIC 134 History of India answer be?
The paper itself sets the length. A full question asks for about 400 words, and each short note under Questions 4 and 8 asks for about 200 words. Our answers stay close to these limits, because a 20-mark answer that runs to three pages costs time you need for the other four questions. Clear headings and dated facts matter more than extra length.
Which BHIC 134 topics repeat most in recent IGNOU papers?
Across the four official BHIC 134 papers we checked, from December 2024 to June 2026, the Constituent Assembly appeared in all four. Land revenue settlements, regional states such as the Sikh state and Mysore, and the Gandhian movements also appeared in every paper. Bengal from 1757 to 1765, the 1857 revolt and colonialism came up in three of the four papers.
Who writes and checks the BHIC 134 solved answers?
Prateek Talwar writes the BHIC 134 answers and Sheetal Kirola reviews them before the file is released. Every answer is checked against the IGNOU course book, unit by unit, so names, dates and acts match what IGNOU teaches. The review also checks length against the word limits printed on the June 2026 paper and makes sure each answer opens with a direct, examinable point.
Where can I read the official BHIC 134 History of India course book?
IGNOU publishes the BHIC 134 course book on eGyanKosh, its official digital library, as a single volume of 13 units. We link to that page in the syllabus section above. Use the course book to revise each unit, then use our solved file to see how that unit is turned into a 400-word or 200-word answer under exam conditions.
How much does the BHIC 134 exam count in my final IGNOU result?
The term-end exam counts for 70 per cent of your BHIC 134 result and the assignments count for 30 per cent. BHIC 134 is a 6-credit course, so you submit three tutor marked assignments before you sit the exam. A strong term-end paper therefore decides most of your grade, which is why practising with a solved paper is worth the time.