LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010

    HT 3810  – STATE COLONIALISM AND MODERNITY

 

 

 

Date : 29-10-10                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

                                                                          

                                                                 PART – A                                                       (4X5=20 MARKS)

 

ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS IN 100 WORDS EACH:

 

1. Baptist Missionary Society.
2. Postal System in British India.
3. Namasudhra Movement.
4. Palme Dutt.
5. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.

1. Vernacular Press Act.

 

                                                         PART – B                                                 (2X10=20 MARKS)

 

ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS IN 300 WORDS EACH:

 

7. Bring out the contributions of Alexander Duff to Education in India?
8. What were the policies of conquest used by British to gain supremacy in India?

1. Briefly write on the Subaltern Manifesto of Ranajit Guha.
2. Describe the role of education in reforming Indian society.

 

                                                     

                                                       PART – C                                        (3 X 20=60 MARKS)

 

ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS IN 1200 WORDS EACH:

11. Elaborate on the role played by the Warren Hastings in building a strong British Colony in India.

1. Estimate the emergence of various movements which brought National consciousness.
2. Analyze the various schools of thought which emerged with special reference to Marxist and subaltern schools.
3. Briefly describe the social reform movements which brought modernity in Indian society.
4. Examine the role of Farmers’ Movements and analyse their limitations in becoming a nationalist movement.

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