MODERN INDIA

Q1. Explain one significant feature of the Pitts India Act.  (2marks)


Q2.Critically analyze the impact of the British policy of the Free trade in India in early 19th century.   (5marks)  

OR

Q. Critically discuss the decline in the power of East India Company in the first half of 19th century.  (5 marks)


Q.4. Give an example of any one major tribal uprising that preceded the revolt of 1857. (2 marks)


Q.9Mention any one major difference between the Moderates and the Militant Nationalists.        (2 Marks)


Q.10 Read the following statement and answer the questions, which follow:
"The British rule in India has brought about moral, material cultural and spiritual ruination of this great country. I regard this rule as a curse. I am out to destroy this system of government".

1. n which context and by whom was the statement quoted above made? (2marks)
2. This statement marked the beginning of a new movement in the struggle for freedom. What is this movement known as and how did it begin. (2marks)
3. Critically examine the place of this movement in the struggle for freedom. (4marks)

OR

Q.Discuss the major development that led to the launching of the ‘Quit India Movement’. Explain the significant features of the Movement and the British attitude towards it.    (8 marks)

Q.13. Explain any one distinctive feature of contemporary world history. (2 marks)


Q14.Discuss the division of Asia among the colonial powers of Europe before the First World War. Explain the status of China in this regard.(5marks)  

OR

Describe the territorial extent of the British Empire in Asia and Africa before the First World War. (5 marks)


Q.16. Explain the term military Fascism in context of Japan.(2 marks)


Q17. Explain any one major reason for the outbreak of Civil War in China during the two world war periods.(2 marks)


Q.19. Explain the reasons for the division of Korea after the Second World War. What were its consequences?(5 marks)


Q.20 Explain any one breakthrough in science in modern times. (2 marks)