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HISTORY

Paper II

Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300

INSTRUCTIONS

Each question is printed both in Hindi and in English.

Answers must be written in the medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, which 1nust be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given. for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate.

Candidates should attempt Question Nos. 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section.

The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.

Section

(Modern India)

1. Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each 20x3=60

"Though the Permanent Settlement had serious defects, it gave tranquillity to the countryside and stability to the government."

"The Arya Samaj may quite logically be pronounced as the outcome of conditions imported into India by the west." (Lal a Lajpat Rai)

"Please remember, in granting separate electorates we are sowing the dragon's teeth and the harvest will be bitter.'' (Morley)

"The annexation of Awadh shook the loyalty of the Sepoys, as it was for them an ultimate proof of untrustworthiness of the _British."

2. Why was Mysore considered a threat by the British to their possessions and mercantile interests in the south. Do you think that Tipu Sultan's posturing became his undoing? 30

How did the East India Company become the dejure power in India 30

3. How did social legislation in the nineteenth century improve the condition of women in India? 30

analyse the social composition of the early congress leadership. 30

4. Discuss as to why the Congress accepted the partition of India in 1947. 30

Do you think that the Quit India movement was a Spontaneous Revolution 30
Section
(World History)

5. Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each 20x3=60

"The capitalism which gave the European empires their apparent solidarity and permanence also hastened their downfall."

"ln all the long annals of Imperialism, the partition of Africa is a remarkable freak."

"Hitler did not really want a world war. His intention was only a short war with Poland."(A. J. P. Taylor)

"Arab nationalism and oil these were the principal factors in _complicating the relations of middle eastern countries with the outside world."

Discuss the emergence of neo-imperialism in the late nineteenth century. 30

What was the extent of industria1ization in western Europe by the end of the nineteenth century? 30

7. How did Napoleon Bonaparte fuse the old France with the new 30

Why did Vietnam go through thirty years war after the second world war 30

8. Account for the overthrow of the Tsarist regime in Russia. 30

Examine the peace-keeping eforts of the United Nations Organization.30

Note English version of the Instructions is printed on the front cover of this question paper.