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P.T.O.
MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Second Semester B.A. Degree Examination, June 2016
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Complementary Course: History II (for English)
AUHY231.1b: History of Modern World (1901 1920)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in one or two sentences.
1. "Vande Mataram"
2. W. C. Banerjee
3. Triple Entente
4. Kaiser William II
5. Council of Four
6. Tzar Nicholas II
7. Pan Slav Movement
8. Lenin
9. Sponsor of the League of Nations.
10. The International Labor Organization.
(10 × 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. Aims of The First Indian National Congress.
12. The Defence of India Act in 1915.
13. Lord Curzon's Order on 16th July 1905.
14. The First World War was the bloodiest and costliest war. Explain.
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15. Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand.
16. Italy's position in World War I.
17. Serfdom in Russia.
18. Nihilism.
19. First Duma formed after the Revolution of 1905.
20. The Permanent Secretariat.
21. Advisory jurisdiction.
22. Aims of the League of Nations.
× 2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 120 words.
23. Causes for the rise of Indian Nationalism.
24. Partition of Bengal (1905).
25. Five Treaties of the Peace of Paris.
26. Causes of the success of the Allies in World War I.
27. Rasputin.
28. Treaty of Brest Litovsk.
29. Functions of the Assembly.
30. System of Mandates.
31. Achievements of the Permanent Health Organization.
× 4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, not exceeding four pages.
32. Discuss the causes for the birth of the Extremist movements in India.
33. Critically analyze the effects of the First World War.
34. Describe the causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
35. Examine the causes of the failure of the League of Nations.
× 15 30 Marks)