LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
HT 2807 – EUROPE IN TRANSITION AFTER THE WORLD WAR – II
Date & Time : 24-04-2006/FORENOON Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A (4 X 5 = 20 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in about 100 Words each.
- Fall of the Berlin Wall
- De-Stalinisation policy of Khrushev.
- Perestroika
- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- SALT-2
- Alcide De Gasperi
PART – B (2 x 10 = 20 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in about 200 Words each.
- Write a note on the emergence of political pluralism in Poland.
- Examine the foreign policy of the French Government after World War II.
- What were the measures adopted for the economic reconstruction of
Europe in the Post-War period ?
- Examine the Foreign Policy adopted by Margaret Thatcher of England.
PART – C (3 x 20 = 60 marks)
Answer any THREE of the following in about 1200 words each.
- Discuss the process of democratisation in Germany and its impact.
- Critically analyse the causes responsible for the division of Europe into
two blocks and point out the efforts taken to manage the crisis.
- Estimate the efforts taken by Mikhail Gorbachev in transforming and
revitalizing Soviet Union.
- Enumerate the Disarmament efforts in Europe since 1945.
- Critically review the origin, development and outcome of the European
Economic Community.