NALANDA OPEN UNIVERSITY QUESTION, 2011, M.A.[History], Part-II, Paper-XI, (Political History of Modern India)

NALANDA OPEN UNIVERSITY QUESTION, 2011, M.A.[History], Part-II, Paper-XI, (Political History of Modern India)

                                                  SET- I

                                 
                                                                       Full marks: 80
                                                                       Time: 3 hours
                                      Answer any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
             
1. Examine political condition of India in the 18th century.

2. Describe the career and achievements of Shivaji.

3. Examine the nature of Anglo- French rivarly in South India and effects of Carnatic wars.

4. Examine the nature of dual system of administration in Bengal and its demerits.

5. Examine critically the subsidiary Alliance of Lord Wellesely.

6. Write an essay on the career, conquests and administrative arrangement of Hayder Ali.

7. Discuss the effects of the Doctrine of Lapse of Lord Dalhousie.

8. Examine Anglo-Afghan relations in the 19th century.

9. Write an essay on the judicial system established by the British rulers during the colonial rule.

10.  Write note on any two of the followings:-
       (a) Causes of the rise of the Marathas
       (b) Establishment of early European settlements in India.
       (c) Battle of  Buxer 
       (d) Ranjit Singh