LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

LT 43

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                            HT 3950 – HISTORY OF ASIA

(Also equivalent to HT 1807)

 

 

Date & Time : 03-05-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M.   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART-A                                 (4 ´ 5 = 20 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following in 100 words each

1. National Liberation Front
2. Amboyna Massacre
3. Anti-Facist People’s Freedom League
4. Geneva Conference
5. The Ethical Programme
6. .Jose Rizal

PART-B                     (2 ´ 10 = 20 marks)

Answer any TWO of the following in 200 words each

1. Explain the salient features of the Dutch administration in East Indies.
2. Sketch the role of Ho-chi-minh in the Vietnamese nationalist movements.
3. Examine the nature and significance of the Boxer rebellion.
4. What led to the confrontation of china and Japan over Korea in 1894.

PART-C                     (3 ´ 20 = 60 marks)                                     

Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each                         

1. Describe the causes responsible for nationalism in Indonesia archipelago and narrate     the course of the movement.
2. ‘European expansion in Asia passed through three phases –Explain
3. How did colonialism contribute to the rise of the national movement in Burma?
4. Narrate the impact of American presence in Philippines
5. Give an account of the Israel –Palestine conflict.

 

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