NALANDA OPEN UNIVERSITY QUESTION, 2011, M.A[History] Part-II, Paper-XII (Socio-Economic and cultural History of Modern India)

NALANDA OPEN UNIVERSITY QUESTION, 2011, M.A[History] Part-II, Paper-XII (Socio-Economic and cultural History of Modern India)

                                                 SET-I

                                                                               2011
                                                                         Full marks: 80
                                                                         Time: 3 hours
                                       Answer any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.


1. Examine the social policy of East India company and its effects on India society.

2. What were the causes of the rise of the socio-religions Reforms Movements in india in the 19th century and what impact these movements had on Indian society?

3. Throw light on role on the christian missionaries in propagation and spread of christianity in india and discuss the contributions that they made to the Indian society.

4. Underline the measures undertaken to reform the status of Hindu women in modern india.

5. Write an essay on the history of the movements of the backward and depressed castes in northern India in the modern time and delineate the role on Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar in it.

6. Examine merits and demerits of Permanent Settlement.

7. Write an essay on concurrency reforms in modern india.

8. Examine the causes and effects of the famine that visited India in the 19th century.

9. Write note on any Two of the following:-
    (a) Arya samaj
    (b) Periyar Ramaswami
    (c) Effects of second world war on indian economy

10. Write note on any two of the following:-
      (a) Educational policy of lord Macaley
      (b) Brahma samaj
      (c) Contribution of the railway to national integration of india