LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

AK 35

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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