SECTION A <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q1. Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a) \u201cThe current practice of categorisation of \u2018Early Modern\nIndia\u2019 is based on a shift from the old imperialist periodization of \u2018Muslim\nIndia\u2019 \u2013 \u2018British India\u2019 to the more secularist one of \u2018Medieval India\u2019 \u2013\n\u2018Modern India\u2019, which puts Indian history in a universalist chronological\nstructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
b) \u201cCompared to their English counterpart, the French \u2018East\nIndia Company enjoyed little discretionary power and had to always look up to\nParis for all major decisions. This partly explains the failure of the French\nin India.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
c) \u201cThe peasant movements of the second half of the\nnineteenth century lacked a positive conception which would unite the people in\na common struggle on a wide regional and all-India plane and help develop\nlong-term political developments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
d) \u201cPlantations and mines, jute, banking, insurance, shipping\nand export-import concerns in India were run through a system of interlocking\nmanaging agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
e) \u201cNehru\u2019s policy of Non-Alignment came to symbolised the\nstruggle of India and other newly independent nations to retain and strengthen\ntheir independence from colonialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q2. a) \u201cThe forces of free trade and the British\ndetermination to create a political and administrative environment conductive\nto trade and investment had shaped the British policy towards India in the\nfirst half of the nineteenth century\u201d. \u2013 Elucidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
b) \u201cThe contact of the new Indian middle class with the West\nproved to be a catalyst. The social and religious movements launched by\nRammohan or Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar have to be understood in this context.\u201d \u2013\nElucidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q3. a)\u201cThe railways, instead of serving as the catalyst of\nan industrial revolution as in Western Europe and the USA, acted in India as\n\u2018the catalyst of complete colonization\u2019.\u201d- Examine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
b) \u201cThe Santhal hool began in July 1855. The core of the\nmovement was economic, the basic cause of the uprising was agrarian\ndiscontent.\u201d \u2013 Elucidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q4. a)\u201cNehru favored the policy of integrating the tribal\npeople in Indian society, of making them as integral part of the Indian nation\neven while maintaining their distinct identity and culture.\u201d -Elaborate with\nspecial reference to Northeastern India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
b) \u201cThe Chipko became famous as the first major\nenvironmental movement in post-colonial India and gave to the understanding\nthat environment issues are often women\u2019s issues because they suffer most from\nits deterioration.\u201d \u2013 Explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(SECTION \u2013 B)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Q5. Critically examine the following statements in about 150\nwords each:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) \u201cThe despotic rulers of Europe were influenced by the\nphilosophy of Enlightenment and begun to follow a benevolent policy towards\ntheir subjects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) \u201cThe American Revolution was essentially as economic\nconflict between American capitalism as British mercantilism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) \u201cThe connection between the philosophers\u2019 iseas and the\noutbreak of the French Revolution (1789) is somewhat remote and indirect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n d) \u201cThe process of industrialisation in some other countries\nof Europe was different from that in England.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n e) \u201cWith the Cold War over and the Soviet Union gone, the\nface of international diplomacy has undergone a metamorphosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q6. a) \u201cThe impact of the French Revolution (1789) was\ninitially confined the Europe, but, that of the Russia Revolution (1917) was\nglobal.\u201d \u2013 Critically review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) \u201cAny single explanation for the outbreak of the First\nWorld War likely to be too simple. An amalgam of factors intellectual, social,\neconomic as well as political and diplomatic contributed to this horrifying\nconflict of monumental propositions.\u201d \u2013 Explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q7. a) How did Napoleon fuse the French of the ancient\nregime with the France of the post-revolutionary ear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) Was German unification achieved more by \u2018coal and iron\u2019\nthan by \u2018blood and iron\u2019 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q8. a)\u201cThe announcement of the creation of the Peoples\u2019\nRepublic of China on October1, 1959 by Mao Zedong ended the civil war between\nthe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party (KMT).\u201d \u2013\nElaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n b) \u201cThe Arab nationalism had a peculiar character. It stood\nfor nation independence for separate Arab States as well as for the unity of\nall Arabs irrespective of their state boundaries.\u201d \u2013 Examine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SECTION A Q1. Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each:- a) \u201cThe current practice of categorisation of \u2018Early Modern India\u2019 is based on a shift from the old imperialist periodization of \u2018Muslim India\u2019 \u2013 \u2018British India\u2019 to the more secularist one of \u2018Medieval India\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Modern India\u2019, which puts Indian history in… Continue reading UPSC Mains Optional History Paper 2 (2012)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50011","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}