2012
HISTORY – GENERAL
Third Paper
Full Marks – 100
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable
[Other than 1+1+1 – 09 – B.A General Candidates]
The figures in the margin indicate full marks
GROUP – A
1. Answer the following questions : 2x10
(a) Name two artists from the age of Renaissance.
(b) Which two scientific inventions encouraged navigators in the Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
(c) Name two taxes that were prevalent in France before the French Revolution.
(d) What were the terms of the concordat of 1801?
(e) When was the Frankfurt parliament formed? What was its purpose?
(f) Why was the National workshop formed in France after the revolution of 1848?
(g) When and between whom was the Triple Alliance formed?
(h) What is the significance of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in the history of Russia?
(i) Who wrote ‘Mein Kampf’? What was its importance?
(j) When was the Nazi-Soviet Non aggression pact signed? What was its immediate impact?