LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI– 60034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION  –     HISTORY

FOURTH  SEMESTER  – NOVEMBER 2003

HT 4800/H 1015  contemporary india                

31.10.2003                                                                                        Max: 100 Marks

1.00 – 4.00

 

PART –A                              (4 ´ 5= 20 Marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 100 words each

1. Tashkent Declaration
2. Devaluation of Currency, 1966
3. Green Revolution
4. Mandal Commission Report
5. Pokran II
6. Dalit Panthers

 

Part – b                              (2 ´ 10 = 20 Marks)

Answer any TWO of the following in 300 words each

7. Give an account of the Janata Party’s Rule between 1997-
8. Write a note on the Foreign Policy initiatives of Rajiv Gandhi.
9. To what extent Internal Emergency of 1975 posed a threat to Indian Democracy?
10. Highlight the various employment generation programmes introduced for rural development between 1970 and 1990.

 

PART – C                             (3 ´ 20 = 60 Marks)

 

Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each

 

11. Critically evaluate the role of Indira Gandhi as the Prime Minister of India.
12. Discuss the problem of communal and seperatist challenge to Indian Polity with special emphasis on Punjab crisis.
13. Identify the problem of untouchability in India and point out the efforts

taken by the central and state Governments to establish social Justice.

 

14. Explain the process of globalisation and its impact on the marginalised groups.

 

15. Assess the growth of Mass media over the recent years and analyse its

role in the changing cultural scenario.

 

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