1. Paper-I (HIS 231):Ancient India : An Overview
2. Paper-II (HIS 221):Medieval India: Political Processes
3. Paper-III (HIS 211):Modern India: Political Processes
4. Paper-IV (HIS 111):The Punjab (mid-fifteenth to seventeenth centuries)

• Paper-I : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-I (HIS 713):Opt. (i) Agrarian Economy of Ancient India
2. Paper-I (HIS 712):Opt. (ii) Agrarian Economy of Medieval India
3. Paper-I (HIS 711):Opt. (iii) Agrarian Economy of Modern India

• Paper-II : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-II (HIS 125):Opt. (i) Punjab in the Eighteenth Century
2. Paper-II (HIS 126):Opt. (ii) Punjab in the Early Nineteenth Century

• Paper-III & IV : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-III & IV (HIS 811):Opt. (i) (a) American Imperialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

       OR

1. Paper-III & IV (HIS 812):Opt. (i) (b) USA (1820-1973)
2. Paper-III & IV (HIS 844):Opt. (ii) China & Japan (1840-1950)
3. Paper-III & IV (HIS 821):Opt. (iii) History of Canada
4. Paper -III & IV (HIS 831):Opt. (iv) Modern World (Mid 15th - 19th Century)
5. Paper-III & IV (HIS 832):Opt. (v) World in the Twentieth Century

• Paper-I : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-I (HIS 212):Opt. (i) National Movement in India 1858-1947
2. Paper-I (HIS 213):Opt. (ii) Constitutional Development in Modern India, 1773-1947
3. Paper-I (HIS 214):Opt. (iii) British Policy and Princely States
4. Paper-I (HIS 263):Opt. (iv) Contemporary India 1947-1992

• Paper-II : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-II (HIS 123):Opt. (i) Making of the Modern Punjab 1849-1901
2. Paper-II (HIS 126):Opt. (ii) The Punjab 1901-1966

• Paper-III : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-III (HIS 431):Opt. (i) Evolution of Ancient Societies
2. Paper-III (HIS 421):Opt. (ii) Feudal Society in Western Europe
3. Paper-III (HIS 411):Opt. (iii) History of Capitalism
4. Paper-III (HIS 412):Opt. (iv) Rise and Growth of Colonialism in India

• Paper-IV : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-IV (HIS 601):Opt. (i) Gender Relations in Modern India
2. Paper-IV (HIS 604):Opt. (ii) Sacred Centres in Indian Civilization
3. Paper-IV (HIS 603):Opt. (iii) Science, Technology & Medicine in Colonial India
4. Paper-IV (HIS 602):Opt. (iv) History of Secularism in Modern India

• Paper-I : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-I (HIS 911):Opt. (i) History and Historiography
2. Paper-I (HIS 912):Opt. (ii) History and Historical Method

• Paper-II : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-II (HIS 721):Opt. (i) Industry, Trade & Urbanization in Medieval India
2. Paper-II (HIS 730):Opt. (ii) Industry and Trade in Modern India
3. Paper-II (HIS 731):Opt. (iii) Working Class Movements in Modern India
4. Paper-II (HIS 733):Opt. (iv) Urbanization in Modern India

• Paper-III : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-III (HIS 432):Opt. (i) Cultural History of Ancient India
2. Paper-III (HIS 424):Opt. (ii) Medieval Indian Art and Monuments.
3. Paper-III (HIS 455):Opt. (iii) Diaspora in Colonial India
4. Paper-III (HIS 467):Opt. (iv) Peasant Movements in Modern India
5. Paper-III (HIS 462):Opt. (vi) History of Caste and Caste Politics in Modern India

• Paper-IV : Any one of the following :

1. Paper-IV (HIS 438):Opt. (i) Buddhism in India
2. Paper-IV (HIS 426):Opt. (ii) Islamic Traditions of Medieval India
3. Paper-IV (HIS 428):Opt. (iii) Religious Developments in Medieval India
4. Paper-IV (HIS 418):Opt. (iv) Socio-Religious Reform Movements in Modern India