Gauhati University Question Papers
HISTORY (May-June’ 2015)
(6.1 General)
(HISTORY OF INDIA)
Full Marks: 80
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Answer either in
English or Assamese
The figures in the
margin indicate full marks for the questions
1.
Answer the following questions: 1x10=10
a)
By which Act the East India Company’s rule in
India was brought to its end?
b)
Who was the last Mughal emperor?
c)
Name the Viceroy who for the first time
introduced the census system in India.
d)
Name the Viceroy who passed an Act for the
protection of ancient monuments in India.
e)
Who did publish the book, Satyartha Prakash?
f)
Name the ‘samaj’ with which Maharshi
Debendranath Tagore was associated.
g)
Who was the author of the novel, Ananda Math?
h)
When was the Indian National Congress founded?
i)
In which Session the Indian National Congress
was splitted into two groups – moderates and extremists?
j)
Who was the representative of the Indian
National Congress in the Second Round Table Conference?
2.
Give short answers: 2x5=10
a)
Mention two changes introduced in the army after
the Revolt of 1857.
b)
Mention two provisions of the Factories Act
passed in 1881.
c)
Mention two notable steps taken by Raja Rammohan
Roy towards political awakening among the Indians.
d)
Name two leaders of the Home Rule Movement of
1916.
e)
Name the political party and their Prime
Minister who came to power in England in 1945.
3.
Give short answers (any four): 5x4=20
a)
What was the policy of the British Government
towards the Indian States after the Revolt of 1857?
b)
Write a short note on the Vernacular Press Act.
c)
Write shortly about Jinnah’s demand for creation
of Pakistan.
d)
What were the results of Partition of Bengal of
1905?
e)
What was Rowlatt Act?
Or
Why did Gandhi start Khilafat Movement?
4.
Answer any four questions: 10x4=40
a) What
was Queen Victoria’s Proclamation? Were all the promises made in the
Proclamation carried out?
b) What
was the Ilbert Bill? Why did it raise huge uproar in India and England, and how
did it benefit the Indians?
c) Discuss
briefly the factors responsible for the birth of Indian Nationalism.
d) What
led to the Dandi March? Discuss its results.
e) Give
a brief idea of the economic reforms introduced by Lord Curzon in India.
f) Write
short notes on (any two)
1) Arya
Samaj.
2) The
Swaraj Party.
3) INA.
4) Cabinet
Mission.
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