W.B.C.S. EXAMINATION - 2013
Optional Paper
HISTORY - PAPER II
Time Allowed -3 Hours Full Marks-100
Group-A
Answer any three questions
1. Would you argue that the Battle or Plassey was the outcome of a conspiracy ? If so, how did this take shape ? 20
2. Write an essay on the historiographincal debates on 1857. 20
3. Identify the major trends in the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal. 20
4. Would it be an oversimplification to present the civil Disobedience Movement as an unqualified advance in every respect over Non Co operation Movement ? 20
5. Trace the development of Muslim separatist politics since 1906 till the ultimate fulfillment of the Pakistan Movement. 20
Group-B
Answer any two questions
6. What were the main features Bismarck's foreign policy ? How did Kaiser Wilhelm II depart from them ? 10 + 10
7. Discuss the aims and principles of Hiter's foreign policy. Was it characterized by an element of aggression ? 20
8. Examine the debate on the origins of the Cold War. 20
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