LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS,SOCIOLOGY&ENG.LIT.

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                             HT 4201 – WORLD HISTORY

 

 

Date & Time : 22-04-2006/FORENOON     Dept. No.                                                        Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A                                                    (10 ´ 2 = 20)

Answer any TEN of the following in not more than TEN lines each.

 

1. ‘Divine Comedy’
2. Fall of Constantinople
3. Settler Rule
4. Malacca
5. Anabaptists
6. Slave Trade
7. Pearl Harbour
8. Rasputin
9. ‘New World’
10. Cavour
11. Necker
12. Industrial Revolution

  

PART B                                                   (4 ´ 10 = 40)

Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than ONE page.

13. What was Gutenberg’s contribution to mankind’s progress?
14. Justify Communism as a response to Industrial Capitalism.
15. Why was increased taxation proposed by the British government and opposed    by the colonists in America.
16. What was reborn in ‘Renaissance’?
17. Briefly narrate the causes for the First World War.
18. Was Germany responsible for the Second World War? State the different theories put forth by historians.

 

PART C                                                  (2 ´ 20 = 40)

Answer any TWO of the following in not more than FOUR pages each.

1. Discuss ‘Reformation’ of the 16^th century.
2. ‘The birth of communist Russia was not an overnight wonder.’ Elaborate
3.  Narrate the causes of the French Revolution and critically analyse its results.
4. Justify the term ‘Scramble for Africa’ and was the colonial impact shallow or deep? Evaluate.

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