M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2017.
Second Semester
History
HISTORY OF INDIA FROM A.D 1707 TO A.D. 1857
(2016 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions in about a sentence or two each.
1. Who was the Nawab of Bengal when Battle of Plassey
took place?
2. Which Mughal Emperor received pension from British
East India Company after Allahabad Agreement
3. Who abolished Diarchy in Bengal?
4. Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
5. Which Charter Act was abolished Trade Monopoly of East
India Company?
6. Who started Arya Samaj?
7. Who led the Introduction of English Education in India?
8. When did Slavery abolition Act was passed?
Sub. Code
415502
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9. Name the General Governor who abolished Sati in
Bengal?
10. When did Hindu Widow's Remarriage Act was passed?
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions in about 200 words each.
11. Discuss the Administrative Policy of Robert Clive.
Or
Analyze the Foreign Policy of Warren Hastings.
12. Discuss the Subsidiary Alliance of Lord Wellesley.
Or
Analyze the Third Anglo — Mysore War.
13. Discuss the salient features of Regulating Act of
1773.
Or
Analyze the Administrative Policy of Lord William
Bentinck.
14. Discuss the Social Reform Movements in India.
Or
Analyze the steps taken by the British Government
to introduce English Education in India.
15. Discuss the Development of Transport system under
the British rule.
Or
Analyse the Importance of Famine Policy of the
British Government.
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Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions. In about
500 words each.
16. Write an essay on consolidation of the British rule in
Bengal.
17. Critically analyze the Civil Administration in Bengal
under the East India Company rule.
18. Analyse the importance of Regulating Act. 1773 A.D.
19. Write an essay about Company Administration over the
British rule in India.
20. Write an essay on the Economic Policy of the British East
India Company in India.
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