Previous year questions

"Any single explanation for the outbreak of the First World War likely to be too simple. An amalgam of factors intellectual, social, economic as well as political and diplomatic contributed to this horrifying conflict of monumental propositions." -- Explain.

How did Napoleon fuse the French of the ancient regime with the France of the Post-Revolutionary era?

"The despotic rulers of Europe were influenced by the philosophy of Enlightenment and begun to follow a benevolent policy towards their subjects." Critically examine.

"The connection between the philosophers' ideas and the outbreak of the French Revolution (1789) is somewhat remote and indirect." Critically evaluate.

"Compared to their English counterpart, the French East India Company enjoyed little discretionary power and had to always look up to Paris for all major decisions. This partly explains the failure of the French in India." Evaluate Critically.

"The railways, instead of serving as the catalyst of an industrial revolution as in Western Europe and the USA, acted in India as 'the catalyst of complete colonization'."- Examine.

"The impact of the French Revolution (1789) was initially confined the Europe, but, that of the Russia Revolution (1917) was global." -- Critically review.

Was German unification achieved more by 'coal and iron' than by 'blood and iron'?

The Arab nationalism had a peculiar character. It stood for nation independence for separate Arab States as well as for the unity of all Arabs irrespective of their state boundaries." -- Examine.

"The Chipko became famous as the first major environmental movement in post-colonial India and gave to the understanding that environment issues are often women's issues because they suffer most from its deterioration." -- Explain.