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31.ExplaintheBritishpolicyofSubordinateunionofIndianStateswithBritish
May2016(348)
Indiafrom1858onwards?HowdidtheGovernmentofIndiaimplementthis
April2016(288)
policyduringthisperiod?
March2016(322)
32.HollandwasengagedinasystematicexploitationofIndonesiainthe February2016(250)
nineteenthcentury.Elucidate. January2016(221)
33.Ifimperialismisviewedasaphaseofthestruggleforpowerbetween December2015(266)
November2015(374)
States,itsresultmustbejudgedintermsofitsroleinpowerpolitics.
October2015(330)
34.ImperialismandColonialismhavelongemployedasinstrumentsof
September2015(358)
nationalpolicy.
August2015(127)
35.InallthelongannalsofImperialism,thepartitionofAfricaisaremarkable July2015(127)
freak. June2015(259)
36.Mercantilistphilosophywasbaseduponabeliefthatprivate&ampsocial May2015(316)
April2015(299)
interestsarenotnecessarilyinharmony.
37.Newimperialismwasanationalistic,notaneconomicphenomena. March2015(249)
February2015(85)
38.Onegreateffectofthegeographicaldiscoveriesofthe15thcenturywas
January2015(203)
thegrowingbeliefthatAmerica,AsiaandAfricaweretobeused
December2014(191)
extensivelyforthebenefitofEuropeans.
November2014(55)
39.Orientalismproducedaknowledgeofthepasttoservicetheneedsofthe October2014(34)
ColonialStates.Elucidate. September2014(30)
40.Plantationsandmines,jute,banking,insurance,shippingandexport August2014(10)
July2014(35)
importconcernsinIndiawererunthroughasystemofinterlocking
June2014(58)
managingagencies.
May2014(78)
41.PortugalandSpain,thepioneersinworldexploration,werealsofirstinthe
April2014(47)
racetoconqueroverseascountries March2014(90)
42.RabindranathTagoresnationalismwasbasedonaCatholic February2014(169)
internationalism. January2014(146)
December2013(152)
43.TheBritishconquestofSindwasbothapoliticalandmoralsequeltothe
November2013(190)
firstafghanwar.Comment.
October2013(329)
44.TheBritishindustrialpolicyinthenineteenthcenturyruinedtheIndian
September2013(208)
handicrafts. August2013(222)
45.TheBritishRajhadadeeplyracistaspectanditultimatelyexistedto
protectcolonialexploitation. CURRENT AFFAIR
46.TheChristianMissionarypropagandafrom1813onwardswasoften AIR ANALYSIS ARTICLE AUDIO
insensitiveandwounding. BANKING BIOLOGY CLIMATE CHANGE

47.ThecountriesintheMiddleEastbecame,after1919,thesceneofconstant
CURRENT AFFAIRS DEFENCE DIPLOMACY
effervescenceandsomestrikingchanges.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT DTE EC
48.TheCrimeanWarwasthemostuselesswareverwaged.
ECONOMY EDUCATION ENERGY
49.Thediscoveryofthenewworld,coincidingwiththeswiftdiffusionofprinted
ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY EPAPER
books,taughttheEuropeansthatTruthisthedaughternotofauthority,but
oftime. EPW FOOD PROCESSING FRONTLINE
50.Theeducatedmiddleclassinthe19thcenturyoftenfoundthedomainof GIST GNY GOI GS GS-1 GS-2 GS-3
reasontobeoppressive,asitimpliedthehistoricalnecessityofcivilizings GS-4 HEALTH HINDU HINDU EDITORIAL

colonialrule.
IDSA INDIANEXPERSS
51.TheforcesoffreetradeandtheBritishdeterminationtocreateapolitical
INTERNAL SECURITY IR ISRO
andadministrativeenvironmentconductivetotradeandinvestmenthad
KURUKSHETRA MAGAZINE MEA NEWS
shapedtheBritishpolicytowardsIndiainthefirsthalfofthenineteenth
POLITY POLLUTION POWER SECTOR
century.Elucidate.
52.TheGovernmentofIndiafromCanningtoCurzonwasregardedasawhite PRATIYOGITA DARPAN READ ONLINE
mansburdenratherthanasacalltocreativeeffortorthepreparationfora SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SPACE
newera. SPORTS TERRORISM TOURISM

53.TheIndianMiddleClassfirmlybelievedthatBritainhadimposedacolonial
TRANSPORT UPSC VISIONIAS
economyonIndiawhichhadimpoverishedthecountry.
WASTE MANAGEMENT WELFARE
54.TheMontagueDeclaration(20August1917)wasobservedmorecloselyin
WOMEN ISSUES WORLD NEWS YOJANA
therealmofimperialrelationsthananythingelse.
55.Theperiod1919to1945isimportantinthehistoryofEgyptforthe
OPTIONAL
explanationofitsresourcesbyGreatBritainandriseofstrongnationalism.
IR POLITY ECONOMICS HISTORY
Discuss.
GEOGRAPHY POLITICAL SCIENCE
56.Therailways,insteadofservingasthecatalystofanindustrialrevolution
AGRICULTURE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
asinWesternEuropeandtheUSA,actedinIndiaasthecatalystof
completecolonization.Examine. SOCIOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY HINDI
57.TheriseandexpansionofBritishempirewasanaccidentratherthanthe MATHS PHILOSOPHY MEDICAL SCIENCE
resultofadeliberatepolicyanddesign.Criticallyexaminethisstatement. PSYCHOLOGY BIOLOGY COMMERCE

58.ThesimultaneousexpansionofEuropeanpowersoverseasduringthelast
CHEMISTRY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
quarterofthe19thcenturybroughtthemintofrequentcollisionsata
CIVILENGINEERING
remotepointsalloverAfricaandAsia.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MBA
59.ThesponsorsoftheoverseasexpansionofEuropewerenational
monarchies.
60.ThetreatiesmadeattheParisPeaceconferencein191920werereplete
withunstablecompromises,reflectingmorematerialismthanidealism.
Elucidate.
61.TracethestagesinthepartitionofAfricaafter1870.Howdiditaffect
internationalrelations?
62.TracethevariousstagesofEuropeanimperialisminAfricainthe
nineteenthcentury.
63.WhatdoyouunderstandbyImperialism?Howdiditaffectthepeopleof
Asiainthenineteenthcentury?
64.Whatdoyouunderstandbyimperialism?Statebrieflyitsuniquefeaturesin
thecaseofAfrica?
65.WhatwastheculturesystemintheDutchEastIndies(Indonesia)during
the19thcentury?Whywasitdismantled?
66.WriteacritiqueonthepartitionofAfricafrom1870to1914,withparticular
referencetoGermanysimperialdesignsintheContinent.
67.Describethesteps,givingexamples,bywhichtheimperialistcountries
tookovermostofAfrica.
68.WhywereAsianandAfricancountriessoeasilydominatedbytheWestern
powers?
69.HowdidnationalismhelptomakeimperialismpopularinEurope?
70.DescribetheemergenceoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaasanimperialist
powerGiveexamples
71.Explainthemeaningofthefollowingterms,withexamples:Sphereof
influence,exploitation,extraterritorialrights,protectorate,MonroeDoctrine,
Dollardiplomacy.
72.PreparemapsofAsiaandAfricashowingthecoloniesandspheresof
influenceofthevariousimperialistpowersbeforetheFirstWorldWar
73.WriteanessayonSlaveryandSlaveTradeandtheStrugglefortheir
Abolition
74.Howdidtheempiresofthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturiesdifferfrom
theempiresofancienttimesforexample,thoseoftheMauryas,the
RomansandofAlexander?
75.Discussthedifferencesbetweentheimperialistexpansionduringthe
sixteenthtotheeighteenthcenturiesand1870to1914
76.Nameanddiscusssomeofthebigproblemsfacedbynewlyindependent
countriesWhyaretheirproblemsalsotheproblemsofallcountries?
77.DiscussthelongtermimpactofimperialistcontrolonthecountriesofAsia,
AfricaandSouthAmerica
78.TheEasternQuestionhasalwaysbeenaninternationalquestion.
Elucidate.
IndustrialRevolution
1.ExplainwhytheIndustrialRevolutionledtotheemergenceofimperialism
2.AnalysethedifferentwaysinwhichindustrializationtookplaceinEurope.
3.CriticallydiscusstheprocessofindustrializationinBritain,Franceand
Germany.
4.HowdidindustrialrevolutionimpactthefamilysysteminEurope?
5.HowdidtheindustrialisationofRussiatakeplaceintheperiodpriortothe
RussianRevolution?
6.HowwasRussiaindustrializedduringthe19thcentury?Examine.
7.GiveacriticalaccountoftheAgriculturalRevolutioninWesternEuropein
thesixteenthandseventeenthcenturies.Howdiditaffectthesocialand
economiclifeofthepeople?
8.TheIndustrialRevolutionbroughtaboutgreatchangesinthesocialand
economiclifeofEurope.Explain.
9.TheIndustrialRevolutionChangedEnglandincharacterandculture.
10.TheIndustrialRevolutionputmobilityintheplaceofstability.
11.Theperiod1500to1700inEuropehasbeencalledtheheydayofthe
CommercialRevolution.ExplainthecausesthatledtothisRevolution
examineitsimpactonsociety.
12.TheprocessofindustrializationinsomeothercountriesofEuropewas
differentfromthatinEngland.
13.WhatwastheextentofindustrializationinwesternEuropebytheendof
thenineteenthcentury?
14.WhoeversaysIndustrialRevolution,sayscotton.Comment.
15.IdentifythemainfeaturesofindustrialdevelopmentinIndiafrom1914to
1947withspecialreferencetotheemergenceofaclassoffactorylaborers.
16.Whatconditionsaremostfavourableoressentialforindustrialization?
17.GiveexamplestoshowthattheIndustrialRevolutionwithitsdemandfor
rawmaterialsandmarketsmadenationsmoredependentononeanother.
18.Describetheconditionswhichprevailedinindustrialcitiesandfactoriesas
theIndustrialRevolutionspread.Howtheseconditionswereslowly
improved?
19.TheIndustrialRevolutionwasamixedblessing.
20.Whydoesindustrializationaffectfarming,transportation,communication,
tradeandhowdoesitresultintheneedformoreeducation?
21.Howdoesindustrializationhelpinraisingthelevelorthestandardofliving?
22.Wouldyousaythatindustrializationwasanaturalstepinmansprogress?
Whyorwhynot?
Socialism,Communism,Capitalism,Revolutions
1.TheideologyofSubhashChandraBosewasacombinationofnationalism,
fascismandcommunism.
2.Whatwerethefeaturesofthelowermiddleclassesandtheworking
classesinEuropeinthe18thcentury?
3.Analyzethechangesinsocialstructureasaresultofmodernizationinthe
westernworld.
4.CritiquesofCapitalistEconomy
5.ExplaintheviewsofRousseau,KarlMarxandMahatmaGandhionthe
natureofState.
6.HowdidanationstatesystemdevelopamongthecountriesofEuropein
the19thcentury?
7.Howdidthenationstatesdevelopin19thcenturyEurope?
8.Howwasthesocialistpatternofindustrializationdifferentfromthecapitalist
one?
9.LiberalTheoryoftheState
10.MakeacomparisonbetweentheCapitalistandtheSocialistpatternsof
industrialization.
11.Marxondemographicchange
12.TransitionfromFeudalismtoCapitalism
13.Define:Warcommunism,WelfareState,Comintern
14.Whatdoyouunderstandbythestate?WhatistheMarxistunderstanding
ofthestate?
15.Whatdoyouunderstandbythestate?Writeanoteonthemajortheoriesof
thestate.
16.Whatiscapitalistindustrialization?Writeanoteonthevarioustheoriesfor
theemergenceofcapitalism.WriteanoteontheEuropeanpenetrationof
theNewworld.
17.Whatisnationalism?Writeanoteonitsemergenceinmodernworld.
18.Writeanoteoncommercialcapitalism.
19.Writeanoteonthesocialistcritiqueofcapitalisteconomy.
20.CommentontheformationoftheNationStateinBritain.Howwasthe
Britishnationalidentityfostered?
21.Defineanddiscussthecharacteristicsofindustrialcapitalism.
22.Defineclasssociety.Distinguishbetweenpremodernandmodernclass
society.
23.AnalysethefactorsthathelpedthegrowthofnationalisminEastern
Europe.
24.WriteanoteontheChartistmovement.
25.ReviewthebackgroundoftheChartistMovement.Despiteitsfailurehow
hadtheirdemandsbeenmetinthesucceedingyears?
26.TherootsofChartismarepartlypoliticalandpartlyeconomic.Elaborate.
27.DiscusssomefeaturesofthesocialistEuropeinthepostwarworld.
28.DiscussthedevelopmentofnewsocialclassesinEurope.
29.DiscussthepoliticaltransitioninBritainbetween17801850.
30.Discussthepositionofthepeasantrywiththedevelopmentofcapitalismin
Europe.
31.DiscusstheprocessthroughwhichBritainmadeatransitiontoamodern
polity.
32.DiscusstheroleofbureaucracyinthefoundationoftheModernStatein
Europe.
33.DiscusstheroleofthebureaucracyintheformationofmodernEuropean
states.
34.WhatwasthenatureofindustrialcapitalismasitdevelopedinFrance?
35.WhatledtotheeconomiccrisisinEuropein1929?
36.Whatwasthenatureoftheliberaldemocraticregimesthatdeveloped
duringtheperiodaftertheFirstWorldWar?
37.Whatwastheprocessthroughwhichamodernclasssocietyemergedin
Europe?
38.WhydidtheFirstSocialistRevolutiontakeplaceinRussia?
39.WriteanoteonmodernstateandpolityasitdevelopedinEurope.
40.WriteanoteonthedevelopmentofindustrialcapitalisminEngland.
41.Writeanoteontheemergenceofnewsocialgroupsin19thcentury
Europe.
42.DiscussthesignificanceofIndustrialCapitalisminEurope.
43.DoctrineofFreeTrade
44.HowdidIndustrialCapitalismdevelopinEngland?
45.HowdidthelandedclassesinEnglandrespondtothechangesinthe
economy?
46.HowdidtheOttomanEmpirebreakdownandmakewayforthe
emergenceofanationstatesystem?
47.Revolutionsof1848
48.TheWorkingClass
49.WastheBritishstateabletodevelopanotionoflibertybetween1780
1850?
50.Whatarethecharacteristicfeaturesofnationalismasitdevelopedin
Europe?
51.Whatarethemainfeaturesofindustrialcapitalism?
52.Whatarethemainfeaturesofthemodernstateandpolity?
53.Whatdoyouunderstandbyclasssociety?Discuss.
54.Whatdoyouunderstandbynationalism?Howdidnationalismdevelopin
Europe?
55.Whatisclasssociety?Discussthetransitiontothemodernclasssociety.
56.WriteshortnoteaboutReformActof1832inBritain
57.Whatissocialism?WhydidthefirstsocialistrevolutionoccurinRussia?
58.WhatledtotheRevolutionsof1848inEurope?Whatwereits
consequences?
59.WhatwasthedemographicpatterninEuropeinthe18thand19th
centuries?
60.AccountforthegrowthofLiberalisminBritaininthenineteenthcentury.
Howfardiditinfluencethecontemporarysocialandeconomicissuesin
thecountry?
61.DiscussthenatureoftheleadershipandprogrammeoftheCongress
Socialistparty.
62.EffectofBritishliberalismonthesocialoreconomiclifeofthepeopleof
England.
63.FrancewasmorefertilethanBritaininproducingnewSocialisttheories
andmovements,thoughtheyborelessconcreteresultsinFrancethanin
Britain.
64.MarxianCommunismisprimarilytheoffspringofGermanHegelianismand
FrenchSocialism.
65.MostoftheEuropeanRevolutionsof1848werenationalistaswellas
popularinsurrectionagainstforeignruleandrepressivepolicyof
Metternich.
66.PresidentFranklinRooseveltsNewDealhadthewishtostartthepolitical
economyinafresh,morepromisingdirection.Doyouagree?
67.Protestantismcontributedsubstantiallytotheriseofcapitalism.
68.RousseauspoliticalphilosophycontainstheseedsofSocialism,
AbsolutismandDemocracy.
69.TheBillofRights(1688)setthesealonParliamentarysupremacyin
England.
70.ThecapitalismwhichgavetheEuropeanempirestheirapparentsolidarity
andpermanencealsohastenedtheirdownfall.
71.Thecharacteristicmotiveofthisperiod(18301871)wasnotsomuch
LiberalismasNationalism.
72.TheCommunistinternationalandtheLeagueofNationsbothannounced
theendoftheBalanceofPower.
73.Theemergenceofleftwinggroupinthe(Indian)congressradicalizedits
socialeconomicagenda.
74.Theperpetuationoftheeconomicmalaisewasthemaincauseofthe
politicalinstabilityofEuropeduringthenexttwodecades(191939).
Explain.
75.Thepromptingsoftheheartaremoretobetrustedthanthelogicofthe
mind.Rousseau.
76.TracethegrowthofcapitalisminBritainintheseventeenthandeighteenth
centuries.WhywasFrance,ascomparedtoBritain,lateindevelopingthe
capitalistspiritandtheinstitutionalframeworkofcapitalism?
77.TracethegrowthofCapitalisminEnglandintheseventeenthand
eighteenthcenturies.HowdiditaffecttheWageSysteminthecountry?
78.TracetheriseandgrowthoftheNewEuropeanSocietyintheinterwar
period.
79.Explainthemeaningofthefollowingterms:IndustrialRevolution,capital,
capitalism,socialism,protectivetariff,laissezfaire.
80.Whatarethemainfeatureswhichdistinguishcapitalismfromfeudalism?
81.Howdidthegrowthoftradeunionshelptoputonendtotheideaoflaissez
faire?
82.Studytheweaknessesanddisadvantagesofproducinggoodsand
servicesunderthecapitalistsystemofproduction.Whatarethe
advantagesthatasocialistsystemcanhaveoverasocietybasedon
capitalism?
83.Explainthefollowingterms:ThirdEstate,Bourgeoisie,Proletariat,Junkers,
ParisCommune,MeansofProduction,Socialism,UtopianSocialists.
84.Twomarkers:Jefferson,Washington,ThomasPaine,LouisXVI,Voltaire,
Rousseau,Montesquieu,Napoleon,SimonBolivar,Mazzini,Garibaldi,
Cavour,Bismarck,Babeuf,KarlMarx,RosaLuxemburg.
85.WhenwastheFirstInternationalformed?Whatwereitsmaincontributions
tothegrowthofthesocialistmovement?
86.WhenwastheSecondInternationalformed?Forwhichothergreateventis
thatyearimportant?WhatwerethemainaimsoftheSecondInternational?
87.Explaintheconsequencesoftheeconomiccrisisof192933.
88.What,inyourview,ledtothecollapseoftheSovietUnionandofthe
communistgovernmentsthereandmothercountriesofEurope?Doyou
thinkthiscollapsemeansthatideasofsocialismarenolongerrelevant?
Discuss.
89.DiscusstheSecretsocietymovementinEurope.
90.CriticallyexaminetheNewDealofFranklinD.Roosevelt.Didhewantto
introduceasortofsocialism?
France
1.FrenchpoliticalwritersoftheeighteenthcenturywereinfluencedbyLocke
andalsobythecuriouscontrast.Whichtheyperceivedbetweenthe
governmentofhiscountryandtheirown.
2.HowdidNapoleonBonapartehealthewoundsofFranceinflictedbythe
Revolutionandcorrecttheerrorsperpetratedbyitsleaders?
3.HowdidNapoleonfusetheFrenchoftheancientregimewiththeFranceof
thepostrevolutionaryear?
4.HowdidNepoleonBonapartfusetheoldFrancewiththenew?
5.IfmonarchicalmisroleignitedtheFrenchrevolution,loftyideasboth
inspiredandsustainedit.
6.NapoleonwasthechildoftheRevolution,butinmanywayshereversed
theaimsandprinciplesofthemovementfromwhichhesprang
7.NoeventasencompassingastheFrenchRevolutionoccursinan
intellectualvacuum.
8.TheconnectionbetweenthephilosophersandtheoutbreakoftheFrench
Revolution(1789)issomewhatremoteandindirect.
9.TheFrenchRevolution(1789)reallyachievedfarlessthanwhatitintended
toeffect.Doyouagree?
10.TheFrenchRevolution(1789)soughttoremoveboththereligiousand
secularpropsoftheexistingsocialorder.Elucidate.
11.TheFrenchRevolutionattackedprivilegesandnotproperty.
12.Themostimportantsinglefactorintheyearsfollowing1919wasthe
Frenchdemandforsecurity.
13.TheNapoleonicEmpirewasdoomedbecauseofitsinherentandself
defeatingcontradictions.Elucidate.
14.Thewritingsofthephilosophershadatremendousinfluenceontheminds
ofthepeopleandcreatedarevolutionaryawakeningintheirmindsand
formedtheintellectualcreedoftheFrenchRevolution
15.TowhatextentdidNapoleonseconomicwarwithEnglandbecomehis
undoing?
16.WhatweretheidealsoftheFrenchRevolutionof1789?Howfarisit
correcttosaythatitoverthrewmercantilismandthesurvivingrelicsof
feudalismandcontributedtothepoliticalsupremacyofthemiddleclass?
17.WhatwerethemainideasbehindtheFrenchRevolution?
18.Explainwhythefollowingdocumentswererevolutionarywhentheywere
written:DeclarationofIndependence,DeclarationoftheRightsofMan
andCitizen,CommunistManifesto,
19.ExplaintheimpactoftheFrenchRevolutionontheSpanishcoloniesin
America.
20.CulturalLegacyoftheFrenchRevolution
21.WhatisthelegacyoftheFrenchRevolutionforthemodernworld?
22.WhatwastheimpactoftheFrenchRevolutiononthesocialandpolitical
lifeofFrance?
23.DiscusssomeaspectsofagricultureinFranceduringthe18thcentury.
24.WriteanoteonBonapartism.WhatledtothefailureoftheSecondEmpire
inFrance?
25.Writeanoteontheprocessthroughwhichamodernstatedevelopedin
France.
26.DiscussthefactorsleadingtotheFrenchevolutionof1789.
27.DiscusstheimpactoftheFrenchRevolutiononpoliticalsystemsin
Europe.
28.Explainhowrepressionwascombinedwithmobilisationofpopularsupport
underBonapartism.
29.ExplaintheroleofmassesinoverthrowingtheAncientRegimeinFrance.
30.LandedclassesinFrance
31.2markerseach:TheBourgeoisie,TheGirondins
32.TheJacobinRepublicandTerror
33.WhatarethesalientfeaturesofmodernpoliticsasitdevelopedinEurope
aftertheFrenchRevolution?
34.WhatledtothedownfalloftheAncientRegimeinFrance?
America
1.CriticallyexaminethenatureoftheAmericanWarofIndependence.
2.WhatwerethedistinguishingfeaturesofAmericansocietybeforethe
Americanrevolution?Howdidtheyaffectthesubsequentrevolutionary
process?
3.DiscussthecharacteristicsofprerevolutionaryAmericansociety.
4.DiscusstheimportantfactorsresponsiblefortheAmericanRevolution.
WhatweretheeffectsoftheRevolution?
5.HowdidthepeculiarityofbeinganewsocietyaffecttheAmerican
Revolution?
6.TheAmericanRevolution
7.Thenotionofliberty
8.AtthenewsoftheDeclarationofIndependencecrowdsgatheredtocheer,
firegunsandcannonandringchurchbellsinPhiladelphia.Bostonand
otherplaces,butthereweremanypeopleinAmericawhodidnotrejoice.
9.NoTaxationwithoutrepresentation.
10.TheAmericanRevolutionwasanaturalandevenexpectedeventinthe
historyofcolonialpeoplewhohadcomeofage.
11.TheAmericanRevolutionwasessentiallyaseconomicconflictbetween
AmericancapitalismasBritishmercantilism.
12.TheAmericanWarofIndependencedeprivedGreatBritainofoneempire,
butitstrengthenedthefoundationsofanother.
13.TheAmericanwarofIndependencetransformedEuropeansaswellas
America.
14.TheGreatDepression(192834)wasattendedbymomentous
consequencesintheeconomicaswellasinthepoliticalsphere.
15.Tosomeextent,theAmericanWarofIndependenceinspiredtheFrench
Revolution
16.WhatwerethefactorsthatworkedinthedraftingoftheAmerican
Constitution?DoyouagreeetheUSconstitutionbeinganEconomic
Document?
17.HowfarisitcorrecttosaythateveryfeatureoftheAmericanConstitution
wasultimatelyofEnglishOrigin?
18.ExplainbrieflytheconditionsthatbroughtabouttheAmericanandFrench
revolutions.
19.WriteanoteonPeopleRevoltwhenConditionsbecomeUnbearable,
usingtheeitherFrench,RussianorAmericanrevolutionsasevidence.
20.ExaminetheissuesinvolvedintheAmericanCivilWar.Wasitacontest
betweentwoseparatenations?
Russia
1.WhatwerethemainfeaturesofindustrialisationinRussia?
2.Bolsheviks
3.WhatisthesignificanceoftheRussianRevolutioninthemodernworld?
4.WhatledtotheRussianRevolutionof1917?Whatwasitslegacy?
5.WriteanoteontheOctoberRevolutioninRussia.
6.WriteanoteonthesignificanceofRussianRevolutionfor20thcentury
politics.
7.CollectivizationofAgricultureinUSSR.
8.AccountfortheoverthrowoftheTsaristregimeinRussia.
9.AnalyzethecausesoftheRussianRevolutionsof1917.Whywasthe
secondRevolutionsignificantinmorethanoneway?
10.ExaminethecausesoftheRussianRevolutionof1917andindicateits
significanceinworldhistory.
11.InRussia,Leninwasthefatherofsocialism,organizeroftherevolutionand
thefounderofthenewRussiansociety.Examinethestatement.
12.LeninsroleintheRussianRevolutionof1917
13.TheimpactoftheFrenchRevolution(1789)wasinitiallyconfinedthe
Europe,but,thatoftheRussiaRevolution(1917)wasglobal.Critically
review.
14.TheRussianRevolution(1917)wasaneconomicexplosionhastenedby
thestupiditiesoftheautocraticGovernments
15.TheRussianRevolutionof1917wasasinglerevolutionwhichdeveloped
twophases.Elucidate.
16.WhatwerethecausesforthesuccessofBolshevikRevolutionof1917?
Discussitssignificanceinthehistoryoftheworld.
17.StalinistRussiawasadespoticregime.Criticallyexaminethisview.
18.Explainthefollowingterms:Bolsheviks,Mensheviks,Soviet,February
Revolution,OctoberRevolution,BloodySunday,CommunistInternational
19.DescribethesocialandeconomicconditionsinRussiabeforethe
Revolutionof1917.HowdidRussiasparticipationintheFirstWorldWar
helpcreateconditionsforthefalloftheRussianautocracy,
20.WhatwerethemainobjectivesoftheRussianrevolutionaries?
21.DescribetheimmediateconsequencesoftheOctoberRevolutionon
RussiasparticipationintheFirstWorldWar,theownershipofland,and
positionofthenonRussiannationalitiesoftheRussianempire.
22.ExplaintheattitudeoftheUSSR.towardsthemovementsfor
independenceinAsia.
23.DiscusstheimpactoftheRussianRevolutionontheworld.
24.DiscusstheviewthattheRussianRevolutionwasbroughtaboutbyasmall
groupofrevolutionarieswithoutthesupportofthemasses.
China
1.WhatwerethebasiccharacteristicsoftraditionalChineseeconomy?What
wastheattitudeofChinesebourgeoisietowardsthe1911Revolution?
2.ExaminethemainfeaturesoftheMayFourthMovement.
3.By1861,Chinamaybesaidtohavebeenfullythoughgrudginglyopened
totheWesterner.
4.CriticallyanalysisthecauseandtheresultsoftheChineserevolutionof
1940
5.DiscussthecircumstancesleadingtotheChineseRevolutionof1949and
analyseitssignificance.
6.DiscusstheinternalproblemofChinaaftertheFirstWorldWarand
accountfortheestablishmentofCommunistruleintheChinain1949
7.Dividedintospheresofinfluencebyforeignpowers,Chinainthe19th
centurypresentedasorryspectacle.HowdidChinareacttoit?
8.Examinethecircumstancesinchinaintheyears194549.Whatdidthe
UnitedStatesdotoresolvetheconflictbetweentheNationalistsandthe
Communiststhere?
9.HowdidtheTreatyPortSysteminChinadevelopbetween1840and
1860?WhatwasitsinferenceonChineseattitudetoforeigners?
10.ImportanceoftheOpiumWarinthehistoryofChina.Giveacritical
accountoftheprogressofmerchantalisminthe17thcentury.Howfarisit
correcttosaythatitpavedthewayfortheIndustrialRevolution?
11.ReviewthepoliticalcircumstancesinChinaintheyears194549leadingto
theestablishmentoftheCommunistruleintheland.HowdidtheUnited
StatesseektoresolvetheconflictbetweentheNationalistsandthe
communistsintheperiod?
12.TheTreatyofNankingisthebasicactintheimposingbutunstable
structureofinternationalrelationswhichgovernedChinaforahundred
years.
13.WiththeproclamationinNankingofaChineseRepublicwithSunYatSen
asthePresidentin1911,theoldChinawiltedrapidly.
14.Theyears1840to1860confrontedtheChingdynastyandthepeopleof
Chinawithunprecedentedcrisesduetoimperialistdesignsofwestern
powers.Discusscritically.
15.TowhatextentdidtheWesternpowersbringChinaundertheirdomination
withoutannexation?
16.TracethedistinctphasesoftheSinoJapaneseWar.Assessitspolitical
economicandculturalimpactonChina,bothoccupiedandfree.
17.Whyistheperiodfrom1842to1900consideredashalfacenturyof
humiliationsinthehistoryofChina?WhatwasthereactionofChina?
18.Alllongmarchesbeginwithsmallsteps.
19.AnalysethefactorsresponsibleforthevictoryoftheCommunistsinthe
civilwarinChinaduring194549.
20.AnalysethenatureandimpactofTaipingRebellion.
21.Analysethevariousfactorsresponsiblefortheearlynineteenthcentury
crisisinChina.
22.BoxerRebellion
23.Cantonsystem
24.CommunistPartyofChina
25.CriticallyanalysethefactorsresponsibleforBoxerRebellion.Whatwasits
significance?
26.DescribethemaincharacteristicsoftraditionalChineseeconomy.
27.DiscusstheagrarianprogrammeoftheTaipings.Whydidtheuprisingfail?
28.DiscusstheChineseresponsetoWesternimperialisminthe1840s.
29.DiscussthecontributionofSunYatSenintheChineseliberation
movement.
30.DiscusstheemergenceofnationalisminChina.Explainitsimportant
features.
31.DiscussthefactorsthathinderedthegrowthofcapitalisminChina.
32.DiscussthefactorswhichledtotheBoxerUprising.ExplaintheBoxer
Protocol.
33.DiscusstheimpactofOpiumWarsonChina.
34.DiscusstherelationshipbetweenreligionandpeasantrevoltsinChina.
35.DiscusstheroleofMaoTseTungintheChineseRevolution.
36.TheannouncementofthecreationofthePeoplesRepublicofChinaon
October1,1959byMaoZedongendedthecivilwarbetweentheChinese
CommunistParty(CCP)andtheNationalistParty(KMT).Elaborate.
37.Discusstheroleofstudentsandintellectualsinthedevelopmentofnew
cultureaftertherevolutionof1911.
38.WhatledtotheemergenceoftheNewCulturemovementinChinaafter
therevolutionof1911?Whatwastheroleofintellectualsinthis
movement?
39.DiscusstheroleofSunYatSenintheantiimperialiststruggleinChina.
40.DiscusstheroleofthecommunistpartyinthesuccessoftheRevolutionof
1949inChina.
41.DiscussthesignificanceoftheBoxerprotocol.
42.DiscussthesignificanceoftheMayfourthmovementinChina.
43.DiscussthesociopoliticalreasonsbehindtheemergenceofMarxismin
China.
44.ExaminetheattitudeofChinesebourgeoisietowardsthe1911Revolution.
45.ExaminethemainfeaturesoftheMayFourthMovement.
46.ExplaintheunequaltreatiessignedaftertheOpiumWars.
47.Manchukuo
48.OpenDoorPolicy
49.TheWuchangRebellion.
50.WhatledtotheTaipingUprising?Whydiditfail?
51.WhatwastheChineseresponsetoWesternimperialisminthe1840s?
52.WhatwastheimpactoftheOpiumtradeonChineseeconomy?
53.WhatwastheimpactofWarlordismonChinesesociety?
54.WhatwastheLongMarch?Diditachieveitsgoals?
55.WhatwasthenatureofChineseresponsetowesternimperialisminthe
secondhalfofthenineteenthcentury.DiscussthegrowthofJapanese
industrialeconomybetweenthetwoWorldWars.
56.WhatwasthesignificanceoftheMayFourthMovementinChina.
57.WhatweremainreasonsforthefailureoftheTaipingRebellion?
58.WhatwerethecausesoftheOpiumWars?HowdidtheyaffectChinas
relationswiththeWesternpowers?
59.WhatweretheinitiativestakenbytheMeijigovernmenttoestablisha
centralizedpoliticalsystem
60.WhatwerethemainfeaturesoftheselfstrengtheningmovementinChina?
Examine.
61.WhatweretheTwentyOneDemands?DiscussthereactionofChinaon
thesedemands.
62.WriteanoteonthesignificanceoftheChineseRevolutionof1949.
63.WriteanessayonSunYatSenandtheriseofNationalisminChina.
64.Kuomintang
Japan
1.HowdidJapandevelopbetween1868and1894?DidtheRestorationof
Meijimarkasharpbreakwiththepast?
2.HowdidtheJapaneseoccupationofSouthEastAsiancountriesduringthe
SecondWorldWargiveaboosttonationalizeintheregions?Explainwith
examples.
3.ShowhowthepresenceofaweakandhelplessChinanextdoorbrought
abouttheriseofmilitarismandcollapseofdemocracyinJapan.
4.TheAngloJapaneseTreaty(1962)marksamilestoneinthedevelopment
ofJapanasanAsiaticpower.
5.Theyears18531894witnessedthetransformationofJapan.Explain.
6.TracethegrowthofmilitarisminJapanintheinterwaryears.What
internationalreactiondiditprovoke?
7.Describetheimperialistexpansionofjapanupto1914
8.MilitarisminJapan
9.AnalysethemainfactorsresponsibleforthedeclineoftheTokugawa
Shogunate.
10.AnalysethesignificanceofAngloJapanesealliance.
11.AngloFrenchrivalryinJapan
12.DiscussthecausesoftheRussoJapaneseWar.Whatwasitsimpacton
thenationalisminAsiancountries?
13.DiscusstheeconomicpoliciesoftheMeijigovernment.
14.DiscussthefactorswhichledtothedeclineoftheTokugawashogunatein
Japan.
15.DiscussthemainfeaturesofMeijiconstitution.
16.DiscussthemajorcharacteristicsoftheMeijipoliticalsystem.
17.DiscussthenatureofJapaneseimperialismuptotheSecondWorldWar.
18.DiscussthepoliticalandeconomicimplicationsoftheAlliedoccupationof
Japan.
19.Discussthepoliticalandeconomicreformswhichcontributedtowardsthe
modernisationofJapan.
20.DiscussthestagesofJapansemergenceasanimperialistpowerduring
18941912.
21.ExplainthedevelopmentsintheeconomyofJapanpriortoWorldWarII.
22.ExplainthevariousideologiesbehindtheexpansionistpolicyofJapan.
23.OutlinethestagesofJapansemergenceasanimperialistpowerduring
theperiod18941912.
24.WhatwastheimpactoftheRussoJapaneseWar?
25.WhatwasthepoliticalimplicationoftheAlliedForcesoccupationofJapan
aftertheSecondWorldWar?
26.WhatwerethemaineconomicreformscarriedoutinJapanaftertheFirst
WorldWar?
27.Whatwerethepoliticalandeconomicreformswhichcontributedtowards
themodernizationofJapan?
28.WhatweretheprimaryissuesintheeconomicdevelopmentofJapan
between18681885?
29.WhatwerethevariousideologiesbehindtheexpansionistpolicyofJapan?
30.WhatwastheroleofpoliticalpartiesinJapanbetweenthetwoWorld
Wars?
31.DiscussthesignificanceoftheAngloJapanesealliance.
32.AccountfortheriseofmilitarisminJapanbetweenthetwoWorldWars.
Howdiditaffectthepeaceoftheworld?
33.WriteaNoteonZaibatsu
Germany
1.WriteanoteonZolleverein(CustomsUnion)
2.DidtheWeimarRepublicrepresentliberaldemocraticexperimentin
Germany?Howsuccessfulwasthisexperiment?
3.DiscussBismarcksroleinGermanunification.
4.DiscussthechangesbroughtbyNaziruleinGermany.
5.DiscusstheroleofBismarckinunificationofGermany.
6.WriteanoteontheemergenceofNationalisminGermany?
7.DiscusstheemergenceofNationalisminGermany.
8.DiscusstheGermanNationalIdea.
9.ExplaintheemergenceofthetwoGermaniesinpostwarEurope
10.Gestapo
11.StateandSocietyinNaziGermany
12.BesmirchcreatedanewGermanywiththepolicyofbloodandiron.
13.BismarckunitedGermanynotbymajorityofvotesandspeechesbutbya
policyofBloodandiron.Inthelightofthisstatementassessthe
contributionofBismarcktotheunificationofGermany.
14.ComparisonofthefascistregimeinItalywiththeNationalSocialistregime
ofGermanyisalmostinevitable.Thesimilaritiesareobvious,butthereis
onepointofdifferencewhichisworthmentioning.
15.CriticallyexaminethemainfeaturesoftheforeignpolicyofNaziGermany.
16.WhatweretheweaknessesanddifficultiesoftheWeimerRepublic?How
didHitlersucceedinestablishinghisdictatorship?
17.HitlerdidnotreallywantaworldWar.Hisintentionwasonlyashortwar
withPoland.
18.Hitlerwasacreatureflungtothetopbythetidesofrevolutionarychange,
ortheembodimentofthecollectiveunconsciousnessofapeopleobsessed
withviolenceanddeath.
19.HowdidthepolicyofappeasementescalatetheproblemofNazi
aggrandizement?
20.IsolationofFranceconstitutedthekeystoneofBismarcksforeignpolicy.
Elucidate.
21.ItisoneoftheironiesofhistorythatNapoleonwasthecreatorofmodern
Germany.
22.Napoleonkindledthenationalsentiment,butGermanunitywasachieved
byBismarck.Discuss.
23.ThepoliticalunificationofGermanywasaccomplishedsolelybyBismarck
24.TheUnificationofGermanywastheonethingBismarckwasdeterminedto
prevent.
25.TherewasanelementofsysteminHitlersforeignpolicyHisoutlookwas
continental.
26.WasGermanunificationachievedmorebycoalandironthanbybloodand
iron?
Italy
1.CommentbrieflyontheculturalbackgroundofItaliannationalism.
2.Discussthemainfeaturesoftherevolutionsof1848.
3.DiscusstheemergenceofNationalisminItaly.
4.HowdoyouexplaintheriseoffascisminEurope?.
5.ItalianNationalism
6.Whatarethegeneralfeaturesoffascism?
7.WhatisFascism?DiscussthefoundationofFasciststateinItaly.
8.WhatledtotheriseoffascisminItaly?Discussthenatureofthefascist
state.
9.CorporateStatewasMussolinisanswertosociopoliticalproblemsofhis
country.Elucidate.
10.ExtremenationalismoftheFascistVarietyhasvariousfacesinvarious
countries,butithaseverywherecertaincommoncharacteristics.
11.TherootsoftheriseofFascismlayinPeaceTreaties.
12.TheunificationofItalyandthatofGermanyconstitutedacontrastin
respectofthewaystheywereaffectedandimpacttheyleftonlater
internationalpolitics.Elucidate.
13.TheunificationofItalycompletedthedestructionoftheEuropeanorder.
14.TracethecourseofthemovementforItalianUnificationfrom1848with
specialreferencetothecontributionofMazzini.
15.TracethevariousstagesthatledtotheUnificationofItalybetween1848
and1870.
16.WhatweretheobstaclestoItalianunificationtill1852?Howandwithwhat
methodswastheunificationofItalyachieved?
17.DescribethedifferentstagesintheunificationofGermanyandItaly.
18.WhatwerethemainfeaturesofthefascistandNazimovements?
19.DescribetheconsequencesofthevictoryoffascismonItalyandGermany.
20.WhatwerethemainaimsoftheforeignpoliciesofItaly,Germanyand
Japan?
21.WhatweretheviewsofJawaharlalNehruandtheIndianNational
Congressonfascism?
WorldWars
1.HowdidthetwoWorldWarsaffectpoliticsinthe20thcentury?
2.WhatweretheconsequencesoftheadventofNuclearWeaponsinWW2?
3.ChemicalWarfare
4.WriteanoteonthenatureofthetwoWorldWars.
5.Discusstheimplicationsoffirstworldwaronhumansociety.
6.Discusstheimplicationsofsecondworldwaronhumansociety.
7.HowdidthetwoWorldWarsaffectthepoliticsandeconomyofEurope?
8.Whataremainfeaturesofmodernwarfare?
9.AnalyzetheprovisionsoftheTreatyofVersaillesof1919andexaminethe
validityofGermanysobjectionstothetreaty.
10.AnysingleexplanationfortheoutbreakoftheFirstWorldWarlikelytobe
toosimple.Anamalgamoffactorsintellectual,social,economicaswellas
politicalanddiplomaticcontributedtothishorrifyingconflictofmonumental
propositions.Explain.
11.Inthelongrun,theLocarnoTreaty(December1925)wasdescriptiveboth
oftheTreatyofVersaillesandoftheCovenant.
12.InthepostSecondWorldWarscenariofriendsinwardidnotremain
friendsinpeace.Examinethetruthofthisviewintheperiodofyourstudy.
13.ShowhowtheSpanishCivilWarapreludetoWorldWarII.
14.TheManchuriancrisisdecidedthefateoftheleagueofNations.
15.ThepeaceofVersailleslackedmoralvalidityfromthestart.
16.TheTreatyofVersailleswasmerelyanarmisticefortwentyyears.
17.TheWars(FirstWorldWars)mostpermanentcontributiontothespiritor
thepostWaryearswasdisillusion.
18.ThustheLeaguesoughttoachievetoprofoundestofallpsychological
revolutionstotransformthewarmentalityofmanintoapeacementality.
19.TreatyofVersaillescontainedtheseedsoffutureconflicts.
20.UntilDecember1941thebattlefieldoftheSecondWorldWarwas
exclusivelyEuropeanandAtlanticthereafteritbecamealsoAsiaticand
Pacific.
21.WhatledtotheformationoftheBerlinRomeTokyoaxis?Indicateits
impactoninternationalpolitics.
22.ExplainthebasicreasonsfortheconflictsbetweenEuropeannationsfrom
thelatenineteenthcenturytotheearlyyearsofthetwentiethcentury.
23.WhatwerethecountriescomprisingtheTripleAllianceandtheTriple
Entente?Whatwerethemainaimsofthesegroupings?
24.WhatismeantbythePanSlavmovement?Whydiditaddtotheconflict
betweenRussiaandAustria?
25.ExplainthereasonsfortheentryoftheUnitedStatesintheFirstWorld
War.
26.Whythewarthatbrokeoutin1914iscalledtheFirstWorldWar?
27.ExplaintheconsequencesoftheFirstWorldWaronGermany,Austria,
HungaryandTurkey
28.WhatwerethepurposesforwhichtheLeagueofNationswasestablished?
29.WhydidRussiawithdrawfromthewarafterthe1917Revolution?
30.Onamapoftheworld,showtheareasinAsiaandAfricawhichcaused
conflictsamongvariousEuropeancountriesAlsoshowtheEuropean
countrieswhichemergedasindependentstatesaftertheFirstWorldWar.
31.Howwastheworldredividedamongthevictoriouspowers?Preparea
maptoshowtheterritorieswhichweretakenoverfromthedefeated
countriesbythevictoriouscountries.
32.HowfarwereimperialistrivalriesthebasiccauseoftheFirstWorldWar?
33.Doyouthinkthepeacetreatieslaidthefoundationsofajustandstable
peace?Discuss.
34.Howisitthatanotherwiseminorincidentledtotheoutbreakofaworld
war?Discuss.
35.WhatismeantbythetermAxisPowers
36.Describethemaineventsbetween1936and1939whichcreated
conditionsforanotherworldwar
37.WhatdidtheWesternpowersdotocountertheaggressiveactsofJapan,
ItalyandGermanybetween1931and1938?
38.Explaintheterms:PhoneyWar,SecondFront,theBattleofBritain
39.DoyouthinkWesternpolicyofappeasementofthefascistpowersbrought
abouttheSecondWorldWar?Why?Orwhynot?
40.Whatwasthebasicreasonforthepolicyofappeasement?
41.DoyouthinktheUnitedStateswasjustifiedinusingtheatombomb
againstJapan?
42.WhydidtheSovietUnionsigntheNonAggressionPactwithGermany?
Whatdidshegainfromit?Discuss
43.WhatweretheimmediateconsequencesoftheSecondWorldWarin
Europe?
44.ForatiredandtimidgenerationMetternichwasthenecessaryman.
45.TheBrusselsTreatyof17March,1948pavedthewayfortheformationof
NATO.
46.TheinternationalsituationthatconfrontedthepeacemakersinPariswasin
thebrutalrealitiesofhistory,theresultofatemporaryredistributionofthe
balanceofpowerintheworld.
47.TherewasnotonlyadifferenceofprinciplesatParis(PeaceConference)
butaclashofpersonalities.
48.WhatdoyouunderstandbythenotionofTotalWar?Howdiditaffect
militarystrategy?
Decolonization,Nationalism,RedrawingBoundariesPost
WW2
1.WriteanoteontheissueofTheKoreanQuestion
2.Explainthevariousapproachestowardsdecolonization.
3.WhatisDecolonization?WritewithreferencetoDecolonizationinIndia.
4.WriteanoteonDecolonizationgivingreferencetoFrenchandBritish
decolonization.
5.Writeanessayonthenatureofinternationalrelationsduringthepost
WorldWarperiod.
6.WhatwasthenatureofpoliticsandeconomyinEuropeaftertheSecond
WorldWar?
7.Discusscriticallytheemergenceofthemoderndemocraticpolity.
8.DiscussthenatureofpoliticsinpostwarEurope.
9.WhatwasthenatureofpoliticsandeconomyinEuropeaftertheSecond
WorldWar?
10.Writeanoteontheemergenceoftheunipolarworld
11.ExplaintheprocessofeconomicreconstructioninpastworldwarEurope.
12.Whatwerethekindofchallengesfacedbytheliberaldemocraticpolitiesin
theinitialyearsofthe20thcentury?
13.theEuropeannationsinemphasizingtheirsolidarity,theirEuropeans
indealingwithAsiancountriesinevitablygaverisetoafeelingof
Asianness.
14.ArabnationalismandoiltheseweretheprincipalFactorsincomplicating
therelationsofMiddleEasterncountrieswiththeoutsideworld.
15.AsianNationalismisjustaproductofWesternimpactontheAsian
intelligentsiainthelastdecadesofthenineteenthcentury.
16.BothfreedomandpartitionweretheworkofIndianmiddleclasses.
17.DiscusstheaimsoftheestablishmentoftheArabLeagueandassessit
roleinsafeguardingtheinterestsoftheArabnations.
18.Europefacedpeacein1945politicallydisorganizedandeconomically
crippled.Elaborate.
19.ExplainthecircumstancesleadingtotheemergenceofThirdWorldand
analyzeitsimpactonworldaffairs.
20.GiveabriefaccountofthestruggleagainstApartheidinSouthAfrica.
21.NascentnationalisminIndoChinadevelopedwithinbothanAsiananda
Europeancontextwithbutscantyreferenceineithercasetotraditionalist
considerations.
22.NominallythenewTurkeywasrepublicananddemocratic.
23.OneofthelastStrongholdsofoilimperialismandEuropeancolonialismit
(MiddleEast)cultivatesafierynationalismasaweaponagainstforeign
oppression
24.OneofthemostimportantconsequencesoftheSecondWorldWarwas
divisionofEurope,easternandwestern.
25.TheArabnationalismhadapeculiarcharacter.Itstoodfornation
independenceforseparateArabStatesaswellasfortheunityofallArabs
irrespectiveoftheirstateboundaries.Examine.
26.TheCollapseofBerlinWallin1989broughtnewideasofcooperationin
Europe.
27.Thedecolonizationledtothebreakupofempires.
28.TracethegrowthofArabnationalismafterthe,FirstWorldWar.Howfar
wasitareactiontooilimperialism?
29.TurkishrenaissanceguidedbyKemalPasharevolutionizedtheTurkishlife
amanylevels.Amplify.
30.UnderMustafaKemalsdictatorshipTurkeywasrapidlynationalized.
31.WhydidVietnamgothroughthirtyyearsofwaraftertheSecondWorld
War?
32.WouldyouarguethattheNonAlignedMovementplayedacrucialrolein
dismantlingthecolonialism?
33.Writeacriticalnoteontheprocessofdecolonizationacceleratedbythe
secondWorldWar.
34.IdentifythemainstrandsintheEgyptiannationalistmovementinthefirst
halfofthepresentcenturyandexplaintheroleplayedinitbyZaghlul
Pasha.
35.IdentifythemainstrandsintheNationalistMovementinIndonesiabetween
thetwoWorldWars.HowdidJapaneseoccupationoflandinfluencethe
courseoftheMovement?
36.DescribethegrowthofnationalmovementsinAsiaaftertheFirstWorld
War.NametheAsiancountrieswhichwontheirindependencebetween
1919and1939
37.TracethehistoryofthefreedommovementsinAsiancountries.
38.WhatwerethemainaimsoftheforeignpolicyoftheUnitedStates?What
wasthereasonforthemilitaryinterventionoftheUnitedStatesin
Vietnam?Whatwereitsconsequences?
39.WhatwastheimpactofthePortugueserevolutionof1974onthe
PortuguesecoloniesinAfrica?
40.Whatismeantbynonalignment?Whydidmostofthenewlyindependent
countriesfollowthispolicy?
41.TracethehistoryofthefreedommovementsinAfrica
42.DescribethechangeswhichhavetakenplaceinSouthAfricaafter1989
43.TracethedevelopmentsthatledtothecollapseoftheSovietUnion.
44.DescribethemainchangeswhichhaveoccurredinGermanyandthe
countriesofSouthernEuropesince1989
45.Discussthefactorswhichledtotheweakeningofimperialismafterthe
SecondWorldWar
46.SomecountriesofAsiahadbecomemembersofmilitaryalliances.Doyou
thinkithelpedinstrengtheningtheirindependence?Why?Orwhynot?
Giveargumentswithexamples
47.DiscusstheimpactoftheemergenceofAsianandAfricancountriesas
independentnationsontheworld.
48.DoyouthinkthepostColdWarworldisasaferplacetoliveinandthereis
nodangerofanycountrydominatingoverothercountriesunlikethe
Colonialtimes?

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