LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034.
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – APPLIED HISTORY
second SEMESTER – APRIL 2003
HT 2800 / H 815 – HISTORY OF LABOUR AND PEASANT MOVEMENTS
10.04.2003
1.00 – 4.00 Max : 100 Marks
PART – A (4´ 5=20 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 100 words each.
- Write a note on B.P. Wadia and the Madras Labour Union.
- Briefly evaluate the achievements of the INTUC.
- Describe the role of Women in Trade Unionism.
- What were the causes of the Tebhaga Movement.
- Bring out the weaknesses of the Eka Movement.
- The peasants of the Champaran were led by the intelligentsia. Explain.
PART – B (2´ 10=20 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in not more than 300 words each.
- Meerat trial was a costly affair for the British. Elaborate.
- Trace the developments in the Trade Union Movement between 1935 and 1939.
- Explain the role of the Communist Party in the insurrection of Telengana.
- The Congress assumed the mask of ‘working for the masses’ in Oudh during 1920-22 and 1930-
PART – C (3´20=60 marks)
Answer any THREE of the following in not more than 1200 words each.
- The period between 1875 and 1918 is termed as the ‘Social Welfare Period’ in the Trade Union Movement. Discuss.
- Describe the growth of the Trade Union Movement in India from 1924 to 1934.
- The Mappila Uprising was a rebellion which was initially directed against landlordism and imperialism but later assumed a Communal Colour. Do you agree. Discuss in detail.
- The Indigo riots are Considered as the first Non-co-operation Movement in Modern Indian History. Elaborate.
- Trace the causes course and results of the Maratha (Deecan)uprising of 1875.
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