Modern Indian History

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Discuss the major regulations enacted by the British
rulers to curb the reedom o !ress in India.
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(orm a critical assessment o the Non)coo*eration
Mo+ement
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Discuss the main indings o the Hartog 0ommittee
11,",2
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.he reorms in 1,#, introduced a 0ardinal *roblem
4 ground o contro+ersy at e+ery re+ision o the
Indian 5lectoral system. Discuss
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Discuss the *roblems that im*eded the integration o
*rincely states into the Indian 7nion. Ho8 8ere
these *roblems tackled-
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.he mainstay o Mahatma :andhi;s mo+ement 8as
the rural India. 5lucidate.
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Discuss the character o major tribal u*rising in
British India in the 1,th century.
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Bring out the ideological basis o the Moderate)
5<tremist di+ide in the Indian National 0ongress.
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What 8as the Butler 0ommittee =e*ort- Discuss the
reactions on the =e*ort in India.
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.race the :ro8th o Home)rule mo+ement in
Britain.
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5+aluate the attitude o the dierent *olitical *arties
to8ards Quit India Mo+ement
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13
Discuss the main objecti+e o Indian National
Mo+ement u*to 1,#'. What 8ere its basic
8eaknesses during this *eriod-
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16
What administrati+e changes 8ere introduced in
India ater 19'9- What 8ere objecti+es o these
changes-
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19
Ho8 did the mo+ement or the liberation o 8omen
achie+e a great stimulus rom the rise 4 gro8th o
national mo+ement in India-
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Discuss the aim 4 objecti+es o ?hilaat mo+ement.
.o 8hat e<tent 8as it successul-
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Why did :andhi launch the /alt /atyagraha in 1,&#
4 8ith 8hat results-
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.race the origin o /8adesh mo+ement. Ho8 did it
in+ol+e the masses-
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What 8as the Mountbatten !lan- Discuss the
reactions o :andhi 4 @Aad to the !lan.
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Ho8 did the terrorist mo+ement gather strength in
countries other than India-
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Was Nehru justiied in ado*ting the *rinci*le o
non)alignment as the corner stone o India;s oreign
*olicy-
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Ho8 did communalism maniest in Indian !olitical
scene- 5<*lain the background o the *assing o the
momentous !akistan =esolution.
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What 8ere the *ro*osals o 0abinet mission-
@nalyse the reactions o 0ongress 4 the Beague to
the *ro*osals.
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.race the ormation o the /8araj *arty. What 8ere
its demands-
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What began as a ight or religion ended as a 8ar o
inde*endenceC or there is no slightest doubt that the
rebels 8anted to get rid o the alien go+ernment 4
restore the old order o 8hich the ?ing o Delhi 8as
the rightul re*resentati+e;. Do you su**ort this
+ie8*oint-
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Ho8 ar 0urAon;s *olicy to8ards .ibet 8as
inluenced strategic consideration-
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@ssess the contribution o Ish8archandra
Didyasagar to the making o modern India.
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In 8hat 8ay did =amkrishna inuse a ne8 +igour 4
dynamism into Hinduism-
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.agore;s *oetry is a 8ritten record o his religious
e<*ression;. 5lucidate
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Ho8 did Nehru;s !lan or modernisation make ra*id
stride during the decade 1,'1)31-
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Did >a8aharlal Nehru really ;s*eak; the language o
0ongress- Bocate the *oints o their agreements 4
de*artures.
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Ho8 did economic nationalism mirror the 8ork o
early nationalist leadershi* in India-
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Why did the moderates lose a**eal 8ith the Indians
4 ailed to elicit desired res*onse rom the British-
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Ho8 did the *olicy o ree trade hurt Indian te<tile
industry 4 crats in the latter hal o the 1,th
century-
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.race the origins o =.I.N. Mutiny 4 e+aluate its
im*act on the *olitical situation in India.
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5<amine the ideas o =abindranath .agore on
democracy.
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Ho8 did /8adeshi mo+ement in Bengal inluence
the nationalist *olitics-
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What 8as the signiicance o the !rajamandal
mo+ements in the Indian /tates in the decade
*receding India;s inde*endence-
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@ssess the role o 0. =ajago*alachari during the
*re)*artition years o Indian *ublic lie.
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Ho8 did /ardar Dallabhbhai !atel succeed in
a+oiding the e+il conseEuences o the doctrine o
la*ses o *aramountcy 4 in integrating the Indian
/tates-
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5<amine the causes 4 nature o e<tremist in Indian
*olitics in the early *art i the *resent century.
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What 8ere the salient eatures o :andhi)Ir8in
!act-
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Discuss :andhi;s conce*t o ;Basic education;. Ho8
ar 8as it a de*arture rom con+entional system o
education-
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What 8ere the circumstances that led to the *artition
o India in 1,$6-
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What do you understand about ;Drain o 8ealth
during British rule;- 5<amine its eect on Indian
5conomy.
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.he name o =aja=am Mohan =oy stands oremost
in the ield o religious 4 social reorms. 5lucidate.
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What 8ere the reasons that changes :andhiji;s
attitude o res*onsi+e coo*eration to non)
coo*eration in 1,"#- What 8ere its conseEuences-
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.he *olitics o British Indian :o+ernment during
19'9)1,#' 8ere aimed at *re+enting another re+olt
o the masses. 5lucidate.
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Bengal 8as *artitioned in 1,#' not or
administrati+e reasons but or *olitical *ur*oses.
5lucidate.
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What 8as the Masterly Inacti+ity !olicy- Why 8as
it abandoned-
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What 8as the Macdonald @8ard- Ho8 8as it
modiied-
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What 8as .ilak;s contribution to8ards sha*ing the
course o the nationalist mo+ement in India-
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Why has Nehru in his autobiogra*hy been so critical
o liberals-
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What 8as the role o /tate;s *eo*le;s mo+ement in
the integration o Indian states-
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.agore;s em*hasis on internationalism 4 humanism
8as ahead o his times. 5<*lain.
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Do you think the *artition o India 8as ine+itable-
Discuss the attitudes o :andhiC Nehru 4 @Aad
to8ards the crucial Euestion o !artition.
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In 8hat 8ay did the 0i+il Disobedience Mo+ement
aect the dierent *ro+inces o India- Ho8 did it
oster *easant mo+ement in India
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When 8as the system o o*en com*etiti+e
e<amination in the Indian 0i+il /er+ices introduced-
@nalyse the gro8th o the Indian 0i+il /er+ices till
*assing the :o+ernment o Indian @ctC 1,1,.
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Discuss the +arious as*ects o social legislation
introduced by the 5ast India 0om*any in the irst
hal o the 1,th century.
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.race the emergence o Indian nationalism till the
oundation o the Indian National 0ongress.
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Ho8 did the British illustrate Bord 0anning;s *olicy
in treating the Indian !rinces as ;Break8aters in the
storm;-
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@ssess the gro8th 4 de+elo*ment o .echnical
5ducation during the British rule.
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/8ami Di+ekanand might 8ell be called the ather
o Indian nationalism. 5lucidate.
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Ho8 ar 8as :urude+ .agore;s conce*t o religion
8edded to his lo+e o nature-
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Ho8 did the outbreak o World War II aect India;s
*olitical sense- Did the 0ri**s Mission resol+e the
*olitical crisis in India-
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.race the emergence o :andhiji in Indian *olitical
scene till the 0ham*aran /atyagraha o 1,16. What
8as the basic *hiloso*hy o /atyagraha enunciated
by him-
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Discuss the outstanding .ribal u*risings against the
British rule during the 1,th century-
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What is meant by ;un)British; rule in India- Ho8 did
role o Dadabhai Naoroji in e<*osing the e+ils o
British rule in India
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Discuss the British *olicy to8ards .ibet rom the
end o 1,th century to the Diceroyalty o Bord
0urAon.
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What 8ere the contributions o moderates in the
ormati+e stage o the Indian National 0ongress-
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5<*lain the *art *layed by @nnie Besant in the
Home =ule Mo+ement.
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63
In 8hat 8ay did the international e+ents in the late
"#s o the *resent century inluence Nehru;s radical
+ie8s-
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Why did .agore em*hasiAe on the *rimacy o the
social o+er the *olitical order-
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Mahatma :andhi;s successC during 1,13)"#C in
getting the techniEue o non)+iolent satyagraha
acce*ted by the nation as a 8ea*on o struggle
against the British 8as *henomenal. 5lucidate.
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Why 8as Bengal *artitioned in 1,#'- Ho8 did it
lead to the gro8th o e<tremist 4 terrorist schools o
nationalism- Why 8as it annulled 4 8ith 8hat
conseEuences-
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(rom @ugust Fer o Mountbatten !lan 8as a
logical e+olution. Discuss.
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What 8as the Macdonald @8ard- Ho8 dierences
bet8een the a**roaches o .ilak 4 :okhale on
social 4 *olitical issues.
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@nalyse the main dierences bet8een the
a**roaches o .ilak 4 :okhale on social 4 *olitical
issues.
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What 8ere the basic dierences bet8een the
conser+ati+e 4 the liberal schools o administrators
in the latter hal o the 1,th century-
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.he Minto)Morley =eorms did not 4 could not
*ro+ide an ans8er to Indian *roblems. 5<*lain.
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.he Buckno8 !act o 1,13 8as signed 8ithout
regard or its conseEuences. 5lucidate.
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5<*lain =abindranath .agore;s !lan o +illage
construction.
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.he Diceroyalties o Bord Bitton 4 Bord =i*on
ormed an im*ortant landmark in the history o the
Indian National Mo+ement. 5<amine the truth o the
sentence.
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Ho8 ar 8as the /8adeshi Mo+ement linked 8ith
Boycott- @nalyse the nature o mass *artici*ation in
the mo+ement.
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@nalyse Nehru;s +ie8s on inde*endence 4
Dominion /tatus. Ho8 ar 8ere these relected in
the *olicy enunciated by the Bahore 0ongress-
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Why did Mahatma :andhi launch 0i+il
Disobedience Mo+ement- @nalyse the intensity o
the mo+ement in dierent *arts o India.
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.he rail8ays did in India 8hat they did else8hereC
they hastened the transition rom handicrat to
mechanical industry by transorming the trans*ort
situation. Discuss.
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Write a short history o local sel)go+ernment till the
reorms o 1,1,.
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Ho8 ar the labour legislation o the British
:o+ernment 8ere meant to ameliorate the condition
o the 8orking class-
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What 8ere the contributions o the @rya /amaj to
social 4 religious mo+ement in India-
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Discuss .agore;s conce*t on education. Ho8 ar 8as
it a de*arture rom con+entional system o
education-
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Narrate the last *hase o the India;s reedom
mo+ement s*ecially rom the beginning o 1,$6 till
the attainment o inde*endence.
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Discuss the gro8th o re+olutionary terrorism 8ith
s*ecial reerence to its ramiications in MaharashtraC
Bengal 4 !unjab till the 1st decade o the "#th
century.
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What 8as Harijan Mo+ement- Why 4 8ith 8hat
eect did :andhi launch indi+idual /atyagraha-
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I am con+inced that the only key to the solution o
the 8orld;s *roblems 4 o India;s *roblems lies in
socialismGI see mo 8ay o ending the *o+ertyC the
+ast unem*loymentC the degradation 4 subjection o
Indian *eo*le e<ce*t through socialism;. In 8hat did
Nehru succeed in achie+ing the objecti+e through
national *lanning-
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.race the gro8th 4 de+elo*ment o 7ni+ersity
5ducation till 1,1,.
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Dr. @mbedkar;s +ersatile career 8ent through
+arious *hases. /tate briely the +arious acets o his
lie.
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Ho8 ar 8as =abindranath .agore a *oet o
mankind-
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Discuss the role o .heoso*hical /ociety in the
history o religious mo+ement in India.
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/tate the +arious regulations im*osed by the British
:o+ernment to curtail the reedom o *ress.
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.race the origin o the /8araj !arty. What 8as the
maniesto o the /8araj !arty- What 8ere the
/8arjists; demands 4 reactions o the British-
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What 8as the attitude o the Indian National
0ongress to8ards the "n World War- What 8as the
@ugust Fer- What 8ere the actors that led the
British to change its negati+e *olicy 4 send 0ri**s
to India-
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What 8as :andhi;s conce*t o /ocialism- Ho8 did
it dier rom Mar<ian socialism-
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What 8ere the main eatures o the @ct o 1,&'-
What 8as Nehru;s reaction to the @ct- Why did he
contest the elections o 1,&6 4 8ith 8hat eect-
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.race the *rogress o the 8omen;s education rom
early days o the British rule to the year 1,$6.
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Ho8 did Bala Baj*at =ai 4 Bal :angadhar .ilak
cham*ion the cause o militant nationalism in India-
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I @urobindo 8as the high *riestC =abindranathC 8as
the great *oet o /8adeshi Mo+ement;. 5lucidate.
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:i+e a critical account o =amkrishna Mission 8ith
s*ecial reerence to role *layed by /8ami
Di+ekanand.
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When 4 8hy did the re+olt o the ratings o the
=oyal Indian Na+y take *lace- Why did they
sus*end the mo+ement- What 8ere the attitudes o
:andhi 4 !atel to8ards the mo+ement-
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Why did :andhiji launch the non)+iolentC non)
coo*eration mo+ement on the ?hilaat Euestion-
Ho8 8ere other issues joined to it later on- Discuss
the constructi+e *rogramme o the non)coo*eration
mo+ement.
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What 8as the 0abinet Mission !lan- Ho8 8as the
grou*ing clause; undamental to it- What 8as its
im*act on the attitude o the congress 4 the Beague-
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.he recruitment o Indians to 0i+il /er+ices 8as the
most im*ortant Euestion in the last Euarter o the
1,th century. 5<*lain.
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Ho8 8as Nehru inluenced by socialist ideas- Ho8
did the socialist thinking o Nehru 4 other leaders
inluence the 0ongress beore 1,$"-
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Ho8 did !atel succeed in a+oiding the e+il
conseEuences o the doctrine o la*se o
*aramountcy 4 in integrating Indian /tates-
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@nalyse briely the contribution o religious reorm
mo+ements to the gro8th o e<tremist nationalist
mo+ement.
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.he trial o the IN@ oicers did more harm than
good to the British =ule in India;. 5<*lain.
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.agore;s humanism is a blending o his aith in god
4 man. 0omment.
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Describe the main eatures o the !anchayati =aj
Bill. Does itC in your o*inionC modiy its ederal
character-
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What 8ere the moti+es that led to the *artition o
Bengal- What 8ere its conseEuences- Why 8as it
annulled-
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@nalyse Mahatma :andhi;s main demands
*resented to Ir8in. Ho8 did /alt emerge as the
central issue or launching the /atyagraha-
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What 8as the :andhi)Ir8in !act- Why 8as it
signed and 8hat 8ere its conseEuences-
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Discuss :andhi;s conce*t o Basic 5ducation. Ho8
did .agore dier rom it-
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Describe Nehru;s attitude to8ards =ussia in the *re)
1,$6 *eriod.
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:i+e an account o legislati+e measures *assed
during 19'3)1,'3 or the u*lit o 8omen. Why 8as
a ne8 @ct *rohibiting /ati *assed recently-
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Discuss the major social reorm mo+ements o the
"nd hal o the 1,th century. In 8hat 8ay did they
contribute to the rise 4 gro8th o Indian National
Mo+ement-
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Des*ite the act that Muslims 4 Hindu ought
together against the British in the re+olt o 19'6C a
se*aratist mo+ement started soon aterC resulting into
the *artition o India;. In the light o the statementC
re+ie8 briely the origin 4 de+elo*ment o Muslim
/e*aratist Mo+ement culminating into the creation
o !akistan in 1,$6.
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=elation bet8een =eligion 4 !olitics has been a
subject o contro+ersy since long. What are the
+ie8s o Mahatma :andhi 4 Nehru on this issue-
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What 8ere the attitudes o the Moderates 4
5<tremist to8ards the (reedom Mo+ement in India-
What led to their sho8)do8n in /urat 11,#62-
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What 8ere the eects o non)+iolentC non)
coo*eration mo+ement in India- When 8as the
mo+ement sus*ended 4 8hy-
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What 8ere basic dierences bet8een Nehru;s
internationalism 4 .agore;s internationalism- Why
.agore 8as called a /*iritual @mbassador-
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Discuss briely the basic aims 8ith 8hich the Indian
National 0ongress 8as ounded. When 4 under
8hat circumstances did it decide to ha+e com*lete
inde*endence rom British =ule as its goal-
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Both :andhi 4 Nehru 8ere interested in India;s
economic de+elo*mentC but there 8ere some basic
dierences in their a**roach to this *roblem. !oint
out clearly those basic dierences.
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5<*lain briely the nature 4 acti+ities o either
.heoso*hical /ociety o India or /er+ants o India
/ociety.
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.he 1,th century is generally called a *eriod o
Indian =enaissance. Which 8ere the major s*ecial
reorm mo+ements o this *eriod 4 8hat changes
they bring about-
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What 8as 0ri**s Mission- Why did its ailure result
into Quit India Mo+ement- Mention briely the
major de+elo*ments ater this mo+ement leading to
the inde*endence in 1,$6.
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!oint out clearly the contributions o :andhi 4
.agore to the social 4 cultural lie o India.
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5<*lain briely ho8 the ideas 4 e<*eriments o the
/o+iet :o+ernment in 7//= inluenced *oet
.agoreC :andhi 4 Nehru.
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.he economic *olicies ollo8ed by the British led to
the transormation o India;s economy into a
colonial economy. .hey disru*ted the traditional
structure o the Indian 5conomy. 5<*lain ho8 this
ha**ened 8ith s*ecial reerence to agricultureC rural
em*loyment 4 de+elo*ment o our industries.
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5<*lain briely :andhi;s +ie8s on religion 4 its
relation to *olitics. Were these +ie8s shared by
Nehru-
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What are the main actors 8hich led e+entually to
the *artition o India in 1,$6- .o 8hat e<tent 8as
Nehru justiied in 8riting in 1,$3 as ollo8s );it
1communalism2 is our aultC o course 4 8e must
suer or our ailings. But I cannot e<cuse or
orgi+e the British authorities or the deliberate *art
they ha+e *layed in creating disru*tion in India;.
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What 8as the role o :andhiji in eradication o
untouchability 4 to 8hat e<tent did he inluence the
ramers o the 0onstitution 4 go+ernment *olicy in
this regard- What urther ste*s should be taken to
8i*e out untouchability-
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Ho8 the integration o !rincely /tates into
inde*endent India 8as achie+ed- What im*ortant
orcesHactors hel*ed the uniication o India-
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.he "nd hal o the 1,th century 8itnessed in India a
strong 8a+e o reormation in the s*heres o religion
4 society. What *art 8as *layed in this directly or
indirectly by =aja=am Mohan =oyC ?eshab 0handra
/en 4 >ustice M.:.=anade-
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1$, What 8ere the main reasons or the decision o the
British :o+ernment to lea+e India ater transerring
*o8er to the *eo*le o ;British India; 4 the ;=uler;s
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o Indian /tates-
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Describe the main contribution o >ai !rakash
Narayan to the Indian society 4 *olitics.
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We may di+ide the syllabus in ollo8ing *arts I
1. =e+olt o 19'6 4 its ater)eects
". 0ultural @8akening
&. Indian National 0ongress 1199')1,#'2
$. !artition o Bengal
'. ModeratesC 5<tremistsC =e+olutionaries
3. :andhi 5ra
6. 0onstitutional @cti+itiesC non coo*eration 4 0i+il disobedience
9. .o8ards !artition
,. @ter inde*endence
.he recent trend suggests 1this is just my readingC there is no certainty about 7!/0 as to
8hat 8ould ha**en in uture2I
More 4 more em*hasis on later *art o reedom struggle 11,#')1,$62. .he
:aAetteer o India 1Dol. II2 becomes a must.
Weightage to +arious 0ommitteesH0ommissionsH!lans I reactions o +arious
*olitical elements to these *lans. @gain here the gaAetteer is hel*ul.
Besser 4 lesser im*ortance to .agore. Fbser+e ho8 Euestions on .agore 8ere
e<tremely reEuent in earlier *a*ers 1almost 1 e+ery *a*er2. 5+en Euestions
regarding NehruC his socialistic *hiloso*hy seem to be inding lesser 4 lesser
8eightageC ho8e+er they ha+enJt e<actly disa**eared.
:andhiC NehruJs thoughts on +arious as*ectsC their *resent day rele+ance remain
im*ortant. (or this *ur*oseC small 1also ine<*ensi+e2 books on :andhi C NehruC
@mbedkar 4 their thoughts on +arious as*ects like educationC economy etc.
*ublished by :o+ernmentJs *ublication di+ision might be useul.
Integration o *rincely states 4 8ork o Dallabhbhai !atel also ind some 1not
much2 reEuency. /o do Euestions as to entry o communalism.
!artition o BengalC reasons 4 the atermath remains +ery im*ortant.
Fdd Euestion seems to a**ear as regards to cultural a8akening.
Not much im*ortance to early armed u*rising or making o 0onstitution in recent
*a*ers.
Di+ision o marks I
o Fne Euestion o &# marks out o t8o 1"'# 8ords2
o .8o Euestions o 1' marks out o three 11'# 8ords2