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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             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

LT 42

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                      HT 3806 – CONTEMPORARY INDIA

(Also equivalent to HT 4800)

 

 

Date & Time : 27-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A                                 (4 ´ 5 = 20 marks)

 Auswer any FOUR of the following in not exceeding 100 words each.

1. Morarji Desai
2. Article 370
3. Print Media
4. Panchayat Raj
5. Medha Patkar
6. Urban Unemployment

 

                                                            PART B                                 (2 ´ 10 = 20 marks)

 Answer any TWO of the following in not exceeding 200 words each.

7. Explain the emergence of ‘Regional Political Parties’ in India.
8. Discuss the salient features of Twenty – Point programme. Under what circumstances it  was announced?
9. What were the objectives and priorities of the First Five Year Plan?
10. Analyze the relevance of Gandhi’s views to the Modern Society.

PART C                                 (3 ´ 20 = 60 marks)

 Answer any THREE of the following in not exceeding 1200 words each.

11. Write an essay on how the secular fabric of India is disturbed by communal tension.
12. Assess the Foreign Policy of Rajiv Gandhi.
13. Write a note on the programmes initiated by the Government of India to develop rural areas
14. Critically examine the various policies and legislations meant for the progress of Indian Women.
15. Comment on the recognition and performance of sports activities in India.

 

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