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
- Tashkent Declaration
- Devaluation of Currency, 1966
- Green Revolution
- Mandal Commission Report
- Pokran II
- Dalit Panthers
Part – b (2 ´ 10 = 20 Marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in 300 words each
- Give an account of the Janata Party’s Rule between 1997-
- Write a note on the Foreign Policy initiatives of Rajiv Gandhi.
- To what extent Internal Emergency of 1975 posed a threat to Indian Democracy?
- 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
- Critically evaluate the role of Indira Gandhi as the Prime Minister of India.
- Discuss the problem of communal and seperatist challenge to Indian Polity with special emphasis on Punjab crisis.
- Identify the problem of untouchability in India and point out the efforts
taken by the central and state Governments to establish social Justice.
- Explain the process of globalisation and its impact on the marginalised groups.
- Assess the growth of Mass media over the recent years and analyse its
role in the changing cultural scenario.