Which books do i read for the entrance exam in presidency University for undergraduate courses in history
Well, you can expect questions form 11th - 12th syllabus in entrance exam. However, you can read books like R.G Collingwood, Ideas of history. You can also refer some graduate level text books like by RS Sharma, Sumit Sarkar, Shekhar Banarjee. Along with these, you should also focus on English language as English should be good and transparent for writing the answers.
Your board exam marks will also be counted during the time of admission but entrance exam will be emphasized most.
Hello!
In the entrance exam , you can expect questions from 11-12 syllabus and please be aware of new developments in the field.
Read R.G Collingwood, Ideas of History and glean information from a few graduate level text books by R.S Sharma, Sumit Sarkar and Sekhar Banerjee (From Plassey to Partition). I would also suggest you to glance through post-modern theories like the concept of subaltern, queer theory and genocide related things (the department is currently working on these topics). So, please keep yourself abreast of all these topics. Another important thing is English language. You have to write the paper exclusively in English language. Please make your English as transparent and meaningful as possible. Try to make small and lucid sentence. Please avoid jargons and convoluted sentences. There should be a good flow in your language and analytically sound.
All the best:)
