Topics for Broad Questions

1. The Battle of Palashi (background, reasons, events, conspiracies, results, defeat of

Siraj-ud-Doula, reasons behind Siraj-ud-Doula’s defeat, the impact of the battle etc.)

2. The Language Movement (debate on the state language issue of Pakistan, first phase
of the movement, role of Tamaddun Majlish, the demand for Bangla language in the
first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, Jinnah’s speech in favour of Urdu and the
reaction in the East Bengal, second phase of the language movement, 21 February,
economic aspects of the language Movement, results and importance of the Language
Movement etc.)

Topics for Short Questions

1. The dual system of government and Bengal as a ‘cash cow’ to the colonial rulers
2. The Partition of Bengal (1905) and it’s annulment in 1911
3. The Bengal Pact (1923)
4. The Two-Nation Theory and the Lahore Resolution (1940).