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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Second Semester B.A. Degree Examination, June 2017
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. East India Company.
2. Mahe.
3. Carnatic wars.
4. Entente Cordiale.
5. U Boat.
6. Kaiser William II. 7. House of Romanov. 8. Leon Trotsky.
9. Commission for Refugees.
10. Manchuria.
(10 x 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words. 11. Scramble for Africa.
12. Open Door policy. 13. Togoland Campaign.
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14. Militarism.
15. Trench Warfare. 16. Treaty of St. Germain.
17. Alexander III.
18. Kornilov Revolt.
19. Soviet.
20. Mandates.
21. Aland Islands. 22. International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation .
x 2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 120 words.
23. Colonial Expansion. 24. Anglo Boer War.
25. Treaty of Vereeniging. 26. Moroccan Crises.
27. Assassination of Archduke of Austria.
28. Revolution of 1905. 29. Treaty of Brest Litovsk. 30. Hague conference. 31. Rise of Dictatorship.
x 4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, not exceeding four pages.
32. Compare and contrast the colonial policies of France and Britain.
33. Analyse the results and significance of the First World War.
34. Examine the background and causes of the Russian Revolution.
35. Describe the aims and objectives and the organs of the League of Nations.
x 15 30 Marks)