IAS Papers : IAS main History Paper II 2004

PAPER – II
Time Allowed: Three Hours
Maximum Marks: 300
Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of
the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section.
SECTION A        (MODERN INDIA)
1. Comment on any THREE of the following statements in about 200 words each:
20 x 3 = 60
(a) ‘The Treaty of Salbai (1782) was neither honourable to the iaspapers.info/category/english" title='Read more about English'>English nor
advantageous to their interests.’
(b) ‘The object of the Act (Regulating) was good, butsystem that it established was imperfect.’
(c) ‘Permanent Settlement disappointed manyexpectations and introduced there results that were not anticipated.’
(d) ‘We are therefore unable to advise the British Government that the power which at present resides in British hands should be handed over to two entirely separate sovereign States.’
2. Discuss the causes that led to the ‘economic drain’ in Bengal following the Battle of Plassey.                                                                      60
3. Examine the impact of British rule on Indian Society in the 19th Century.         60
4. Analyse Indian foreign policy of Non-alignment between 1947 and 1964.             60
SECTION B       (WORLD HISTORY)
5. Comment on any THREE of the following statements in about 200 words each:
20 x 3 = 60
(a) ‘Rousseau’s political philosophy contains the seedsof Socialism, Absolutism and Democracy.’
(b) ‘Napoleon was the child of the Revolution, but inmany ways he reversed the aims and principles of the movement from which he sprang’
(c) ‘To Bismarck the conclusion of the Treaty of May 20, 1882, was the
culmination of this system.’
(d) ‘The most important single factor ……. in the yearsfollowing 1919 was the French demand for security.
6. Review the background of the Chartist Movement. Despite its failure how had their demands been met in the succeeding years?                                  60
7. What were the weaknesses and difficulties of the Weimer Republic? How did Hitler succeed in establishing his dictatorship?                                 60
8. Analyse the factors for the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union during 1985-1991.