Total No. of Printed Pages 3 Roll No. ............................ 1[CCE.M]1
History-II

Time Three Hours Maximum Marks 300

INSTRUCTIONS

Answers must be written in English.


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


The answer to each question or part thereof should begin on a fresh page.

Your answers should be precise and coherent.


The part/parts of the same question must be answered together and should not be interposed between answers to other questions.


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


If you encounter any typographical error, please read it as it appears in the text book.
(viii) Candidates are in their own interest advised to go through the General Instructions on the back side of the title page of the Answer Script for strict adherence.

HRI-28385 1 Contd.

No continuation sheets shall be provided to any candidate under any circumstances.


Candidates shall put a cross on blank pages of Answer Script.


No blank page be left in between answer to various questions.


SECTION-A
(Modern India 1757-1947)


1. Comment on any three of the following in about 200 words each

The significance of the Treaty of Allahabad, 1765.


Wellesley wanted "to raise the British to the position of paramount power in India." Comment.


Peasant revolts in the 20th century with special reference to the Mappila outbreak.


The commercialisation of Indian agriculture during the British period.


Charles Wood's Despatch of 1854 on Education in India. 3×25=75



2.
Critically examine the role played by the Theosophical Society in the 'Cultural Awakening' of India. Assess the contribution of Annie Besant in the freedom movement of India. 25+25=50

3.
Discuss the role of Militant Movements in the Indian freedom struggle. 50

4.
Review the role played by the Congress Socialist Party in the Indian National Movement. 50


SECTION-B
World History (1500-1950)


5. Write a brief note on any three of the following in about 200 words each

Protestant Reformation in Germany


The First Continental Congress, 1774


Modernization of Japan in the late Nineteenth Century


Scientific Revolution in Europe


The Anglo-French Rivalry in North Africa before the First World War. 3×25=75



6.
Examine the causes responsible for the decline of the Ottoman Empire during 1815-1921. 50

7.
Discuss the salient features of the New Economic Policy of Lenin. 50

8.
Enumerate the events that led to the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. 50


HRI-28385 2 Contd. HRI-28385 3