HISTORY

(Three hours)
(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for onl y reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time.)
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Answer Question 1 (Compulsory) from Part I and five questions from Part II, choosing two questions.
from Section A, two questions from Section B and one question from either Section A or B.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

PART I
Answer all questions.

Question no. 1 [20]
a. How did Swadeshi and Boycott hurt the British?
b. Name two organizations that played an important role in the Anti Partition Movement?
c. What is dyarchy?
d. Why did the British introduce Montford act?
e. Why did Gandhi join the Khilafat Movement?
f. Why did Gandhi defy the Salt Law?
g. Why did Gandhi go in for fasting after the Communal Award?
h. Why was the federal structure of the GOI Act 1935 never implemented?
i. What is Individual satyagraha? Why did Gandhi adopt this form of protest?
j. What led to the Direct Action Day of 1946? What was the outcome?
k. What was the principal aim of the Vernacular Press Act?
l. Name two festivals revived by Tilak to rouse Indians?
m. Why did the British revoke the partition of Bengal?
n. What is Communal electorate? Which act gave the Muslims the communal electorate?
o. Name the act which made a beginning towards transferring power to the Indians at the provincial level?
p. What changes to the Viceroys Executive Council were suggested by the Lucknow Pact?
q. What is Lateran Treaty?
r. What is Concordat?
s. Under what pretext did Hitler pass the Enabling Act?
t. What is the main cause of the Lebanon war?

PART II
SECTION A

Question 2.
a. Describe in detail the causes that led to the Surat Split [6]
b. How is the origin of Aggressive Nationalism a result of growing awareness of Indians against the British?
[6]
c. How did the British govt try to woo the Moderates of the Indian National Movement? [4]

Question 3.
a. How and why did Communalism become an important issue in national movement? [6]
b. What role did the Ghadar Party play in Indian National Movement? [6]
c. What was the impact of the Montford Act on the National Movement? [4]


Question 4.
a. How did the Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad Satyagrahas help Gandhi in the development of his ideas on the
method to fight the British? [6]
b. Describe the different phases of the Non Cooperation movement? [6]
c. What was the impact of the Swarajists on national struggle? [4]

Question 5.
a. How did the GOI Act of 1935 affect the provincial govts? [4]
b. How did the 1937 election and the formation of Congress ministries affect Congress relationship with the
Muslim League? [4]
c. Why did the British send the Cripps mission? Why did it fail? [4]
d. When was the INA formed? How did Bose revive the INA? Why did it fail? [4]

Question 6.
a. Describe the problems caused by the partition. [6]
b. What role did Sardar Patel play in the reorganization and integration of States? [6]
c. Describe the background that led to Indias NAM policy? [4]

SECTION B

Question 7.
a. What were the causes of the rise of Italian Fascist Party and Mussolini in Italian politics? [6]
b. Critically analyse the economic policies of Mussolini? [4]
c. How can we say that Fascism and Nazism are both similar as well as dissimilar? [6]

Question 8.
a. Why did Japan join the Anti Comintern Pact? [4]
b. Write a note on Japans militarism and expansion into China. [8]
c. How was Spanish Civil war a precursor of the World War 2? [4]

Question 9.
a. What was the role played by Italy and Mussolini in World War 2? [4]
b. What led the British and the French to follow the policy of appeasement towards Hitler? [4]
c. What is Island Hopping Strategy? Why is Battle of Midway significant? [4]
d. What were the causes of the defeat of Germany in World War 2? [4]

Question 10.
a. What major differences led to the rift between the World War allies? [4]
b. Describe the different phases of the Vietnam War. [4]
c. How did the Benelux Customs Convention develop into the European Union? [4]
d. Give an idea of the structural deficiencies of UN and the major reforms needed to address the issues? [4]

Question 11.
a. How did the World War 1 lead to the Palestine problem? [4]
b. What was the impact of World War 2 on the Middle East? [6]
c. What led to the Camp David Accord? [6]