LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                    HT 2800 – HIST. OF LABOUR & PEASANT MOVEMENT

 

 

Date & Time : 19-04-2006/FORENOON     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART –A                   (4 x 5 = 20 marks)

 

Answer any FOUR of the following in not exceeding 100 words each

 

 

1. Agrarian Change
2. Zamindari System
3. Bardoli Satyagraha
4. N M Lokhande
5. May Day
6. The First Factories Act

 

PART – B                  (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

 

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

 

7. Examine the causes and issues that led to the formation of First International.
8. Comment on the characteristics of the Trade Union Act of 1926.
9. Give reasons for the Commercialisation of Agriculture.
10. Discuss the causes for the Mappila Uprising.

 

PART – C                  (3 x 20 = 60 marks)

 

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

 

11. Discuss the various theories of Economic History.
12. Describe the causes, course and results of Telengana Movement.
13. Give an account of the Indigo Uprising.
14. “All India Trade Union Congress played a crucial role in the History of the

Trade Union Movement” – Discuss.

15. Critically examine the World Economic Crisis of 1929 and its impact on India.

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

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SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

HT 2800 – HIST. OF LABOUR & PEASANT MOVEMENT

 

 

 

Date : 17/04/2008            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART-A                                              (4×5=20 Marks)

 

Answer any FOUR of the following in about 100 words each:

 

• Doctrine of Trusteeship
• Frist Factory Act, 1881.
• Chartist Movement
• May Day
• IOL Conventions and Indian response
• National Commission of Labour 1969

 

PART- B                                           (2x 10=20 Marks)

Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 200 words each

 

• Critically analyse the Labour Organization up to 1948.
• Describe the emergence of Labour Movement up to 1947.
• How did Marxian Theory of Industrial Democracy influence Indian Labour Movement
• Write an note on Gandhi’s theory or Arbitration and the formation of Permanent Arbitration Board

 

                                                                PART-C                                           (3×20=60 Marks)

 

 

Answer any THREE of the following in about 1200 words each.

 

• Write an essay on the Railway strikes in India.
• Discuss the Trade Union Act of 1926.
• Write the background of Labour Movement in India.
• Describe Hoxie and Tennenham’s theory and evaluate its impact on Trade Unions
• “With the second session of Jharia, the foundation of AITUC was completed”- Discuss.

 

 

 

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