Modern India - Exam Paper 2009 - Indian History, Exams of Indian History

Download Modern India - Exam Paper 2009 - Indian History and more Exams Indian History in PDF only on Docsity! IAS History - 2009 (Main) (Paper - II) SECTION – A ( Modern India ) 1. Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each : 20×3=60 a). “ Though the Permanent Settlement had serious defects , it gave tranquility to the countryside and stability to the government”. b). “ The Arya Samaj may quite logically be pronounced as the outcomes of conditions imported into India by the west.” ( Lala Lajpat Rai) c). “Please remember, in granting separate electorates we are sowing the dragons’s teeth and harvest will be bitter.” ( Morley) d). “ The annexation of Awadh shook the loyalty of the Sepoy’s , as it was for them an ultimate proof of untrustworthiness of the British.” 2.a). Why was Mysore considered a threat by the British to their possessions and mercantile interests in the south ? Do You think that Tipu Sultan’s posturing became his undoing? 30 b). How did the East India Company became the dejure power in India? 30 3. a). How did social legislation in the nineteenth century improve the condition of women in India? 30 b). Analyze the social composition of the early Congress leadership. 30 4. a). Discuss as to why the congress accepted the partition of India in 1947. 30 b). Do you think that Quit India movement was a Spontaneous Revolution ? 30 SECTION B : ( World History ) 5. Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each : 20×3=60 a). “ The capitalism which gave the European empires their