History Exam.pdf

B.A. 4th Semester (Honours) Examination, 2022 (CBCS)
Subject: History
Paper: CC-X
History of India (1858-1964)
Time: 3 Hours Full Marks: 60
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
1. Answer any ten of the following questions, each in more than one sentence: 2x10=20
a) When did the Indigo Revolt start in Bengal?
b) Why and when was the Prathana Samaj established?
c) What is meant by the Two Nation Theory?
d) What was the main purpose of the Ilbert Bill?
e) Why was Rakhi Bandhan festival celebrated?
f) Who introduced the Ganapati Utsav and the Shivaji Utsav?
g) Why and when was the Lucknow Pact signed?
h) What is Rawlatt Act?
i) When and where was the Communist Party of India established?
j) Why is the Chauri Chaura incident famous?
k) When and under whom did the Chittagong armoury raid take place?
l) What was Poona Pact?
m) Why was the Lahore Session (1940) of the Muslim League important?
n) What do you mean by Panchsheel?
o) What was the Kamraj Plan?
2. Answer any four of the following questions: 5x4=20
a) What role did Swami Dayananda play as a social reformer?
b) What was Bankim Chandra’s contribution to the development of Indian nationalism?
c) Was the split in the Indian National Congress in 1907 inevitable?
d) What was the role of the Muslim League in Indian politics?
e) Why did the Cripps Mission fail?
f) What role did the opposition parties play in the development of parliamentary democracy in India during Nehru’s tenure?
3. Answer any two of the following questions: 10x2=20
a) Do you think that the peasant movements in the inter-war period strengthened the Indian nationalist movement?
b) Discuss the chief features of the Government of India Act 1935.
c) Was Indian Partition (1947) inevitable?
d) What was India’s relationship with China from 1954 to 1964?