Hist Qns for the year:

1. The failure of all attempts to solve the issue of Kashmir has been mainly
due to Insian opposition to any agreement. How far do you agree with this
view for the period 1948-2000?
2. Were the causes for the rise of religious fundamentalism in the last thirty
years of the twentieth century more religious than political?
3. Examine the impact of the growth of religious fundamentalism, in the
period 197 to 2000, on regional security.
4. The most important reason for the growth of the global economy from
1945-1973 was the rapid recovery of Western Europe after the Second
World War. How far do you agree?
5. With what justification has the period 1947-74 been described as the
golden age of capitalism?
6. To what extent were the oil crises of 1973 and 1979 the major problem
facing the international economy during the 1970s and the 1980s?

1. What were the most important economic challenges facing newly

independent countries in southeast Asia after 1945
2. How did SEA governments respond to economic challenges in the period of
early independence
3. Assess the effects of government intervention in the economies of
independent Southeast Asia
4. How effective have SEA governments been in promoting economic
development in SEA since independence
5. Why did the economic miracle take place in some independent Southeast
Asian countries but not others?
6. Evaluate the causes of the Asian financial Crisis of 1997

Term Paper? Have government interventions in the economies of Southeast Asia

been a force for stability or instability? 1500 Words, 23 Feb.