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2014

ffiSTORY

FIRST PAPER

(First Half)

[Twentieth Century World]

Time - Two Hours Full Marks - 50

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Answer any two of the following questions :

15x2=30

(a) Explain the growth and development of

Capitalism.

(b) Analyse the causes of the Russian

Revolution of 1917.

( c) What were the causes for the failure of

the League of Nations?

( d) What is Nazism ? What were the factors

that led to the rise of Hitler in Germany ?

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2. Write short notes on any f our of the following :

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(a) Utopiam Socialism.

(b) Marxist theory of Imperialism.

( c) Significance of the Triple Entente.

( d) Theaty of Versailles

( e) Disarmament

(f) The Great World Depression

(g) The spread of Nationalism

(h) Benito Mussolini and his ideology of

'Fasdsni'.

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2014

, HISTORY

FIRST PAPER

(Second Halt)

[Twentieth Century World]

Time.- Two Hours Full Marks - 50

The figures in the margi.n indicate f ull marks.

1. Answer any two of the following questions:

15x2=30

(a) Trace in brief, the origin of the Bec.0n4

World War.

(b) What is meant by Cold War ? Analyse the

causes and effects of the Cold War between the two

superpowers of the world.

( c) Define de-colonisation. How did the de­

colonisation process ma,rk a new beginning in the Afro­

Asian countries iri the post second World War era ?

(d) What is 'Apartheid' ? How did the South

Africans protest against this?

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2. Write short notes on any four of the following : 5x4=20

- (a) Marshall Plan

(b) Character of Bi-Polar Politics

(c) Detente

(d) SALT-I and SALT-II

(e) N.A.T.O. I. (

(f) Purpose and principle of the UNO

(g) Role of the WHO , ,

(h) Nelson Mandela.

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2014

IDSTORY

SECOND PAPER

(First Halt)

[State in India)

PG-I (DE)/2014

Full Marks - 50

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Answer any two of the following questions :

15x2=30

(a) Discuss the administrative system ofth~

Mauryan state. What changes did Ashoka introduce

in it?

(b) How far was the Delhi Sultanate a

theocracy?

( c) Write an essay on the Gupta administrative

org~isation. How was it different from the Mauryan

administration ?

(d) What was the nature of the Vijaynagar state ?

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2. Write short notes on any four of the following : 5x4=20

- (a) Kautilya' s Arthasastra

(b) Visha:Ya

(c) Guild

(d) Ulema

(e) Currency system of the Mughals J(

(f) Bal ban's theory of Kingship

(g) Iqtii's system •'

(h) Abul Fazl.

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Time - Two Hours

2014

HISTORY

SECOND p APER

(Second Halt)

[State in India]

PG-I (DE)/2014

Full Marks - 50

The figures in the margin indicate f ull marks.

I. Answer any two questions out of the following:

I5 x2=30

I. Discuss Gandhian perspective of nature of

Indian State.

2. Explain the growth and development oflinguistic

subnationalism in post independent India.

3. Discuss the process of accession of the princely

states and the integration of India. ·

4. What is the nature of India' s post colonial

economy?

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II. Write notes on any four of the following: 5x4=20

1. Methodology to study regional movements.

2. Origins of linguism in India

3. The Self-determinist Movements

4. Coalition politics

5. The colonial legacy

6. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee as a nationalist

thinker

7. Derozio and Young Bengal Movement _

8. Historiographital debate on the nature of

Indian State.

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2014 .

IDSTORY .

THIRD PAPER

(First Halt)

[History of Modern India : 1757-1857)

Time - Two Hours Full Marks - 50

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Answer any two of the following questions :

15x2=30

(a) How do the newspapers and periodicals

contribute in restructuring-modern Indian history?

(b) Analyse the idea of Utilitarianism.

(c) DiscusstheAnglo-Sikhrelationsfrom 1890

to 1849.

( d) Discuss in brief the growth of civil service

under the rule of the East India Company Government.

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2. Write short notes on any four of the following: 5X4=2Q

(a) The Regulating Act, 1 773 -(b) The Asiatic Society, 1784

(c) Liberalism

(d) Orientalism

(e) Evangelicanism h ,

(f) French connection with Tipu Sultan

(g) James Mill ,

(h) Doctrine of Lapse.

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IDSTORY

THIRD PAPER

(Second Half)

PG-I (DE)/2014

[History of Modern India : 1757-1857]

Time - Two Hours Full Marks - 5 0

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

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1. Answer any two of the following questions : ·'

15X2=30

(a) Give an account of the peasant uprisings in_

colonial India between 1757 and 1857. -

(b) What do you understand by commer­

cialisation of agriculture? Do.you think that this process

had far-reaching impact on Indian economy ?

(c) Write a critical essay on the different

approaches of viewing the Revolt of 1857.

( d) Critically discuss the growth of scientific

and technical education in India under early colonial

rule.

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2. Write short notes on any four of the following :

5x4=20

(a) Sannyasi and Fakir uprisings -(b) Sunset law

(c) NanaSaheb

(d) Development of post and telegraph in India ,~

(e) De-industrialization question "r (f) Rural indebtedness

(g) Establishment of Calcutta Medical College

(1835) r ,

(h) Land revenue system in the princely states.

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IDSTORY

FOURTH PAPER

(First Halt)

(History of Modern India: 1858-1964]

Time - Two Hours Full Marks - 50

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Answer any two of the following questions: }5X2=3Q

(a) Discuss various ideological elem~nts that:::

helped in the creation of new categories of criminal

tribes in colonial India.

(b) Discuss critically the history of Anglo­

Nepal relations with special reference to the Treaty of

Sagauli (1816).

(c) Write an essay on the socio-religious

reform movements in India during the British period.

( d) Trace the trajectory of women participa­

tion in the freedom struggle of India.

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2. Write short notes on any four of the following :

5x4=20

(a) Phule' s interpretation of history, mythology

and origin of caste

(b) Working class movement in India between

1850 and 1918

( c) Munda Rebellion of 1899-1900

(d) Changing nature of the middle class

(e) · The Indigo Rebellion of 1859 in Bengal

(f) The Durand Agreement of 1893

(g) Strategic importance of the Persian Gulf

for the British

(h) British "Forward Policy" and the second

Afghan War.

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ffiSTORY

FOURTH PAPER

(Second Half)

PG-I (DE)/2014

[History of Modern India : 1858-1964]

Time - Two Hours Full Marks - 50

The figu,res in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Answer any two of the following questions : 15X2=3Q

(a) Examine · the role. of Sardar Patel in- tht process of integration of princely states in India.

(b) Discuss the emergence of national science

and its contribution in developing scientific

consciousness among the people of India.

(c) Write an essay on the growth of.

revolutionary nationalist movements in colonial India

up to 1932.

( d) Examine the ideologies and programmes of

the Indian National Congress during 1885-1905.

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2. Write short notes on any four of the following :

5x4=20

(a) Jagadish Chandra Bose -(b) Hindu Code Bill

(c) Praja Mandal Samiti

(d) Quit India Movement

(e) Mahendra Lal Sarkar ~1

(f) Dawn Society

(g) Great Calcutta Killings (1946) ,

(h) Indian Association (1876).

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