WBCS MAIN ( OPTIONAL MODERN INDIAN HISTORY ) : EARLY PHRASE OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE

  1. The growth of British power in the eighteenth century. 40
  1. Write a short note on the Charter Act of 1833.  20
  2. Briefly discuss the issue of Indian Entrepreneurship (1905 — 1947) 40
  1. Analyse the impact of colonial rule on Indian agrarian economy with special reference to the Permanent Settlement in Bengal and Ryotwari Settlement in Madras.     20    
  2. Define and explain economic nationalism in India with reference to a few concrete issues in the late nineteenth and early twentieth-centuries. 20
  3. Write a critical note on the De-industrialization in India with special reference to its causation, course and over all impact on the economy. 40
  1. Analyse the circumstances leading to the grant of 'Diwani' to the East India Company in 1765. What was the significance of the evant ?   20
  2. Briefly discuss the history of Western Education.    20
  3. Briefly dicuss the issue of Indian Entrepreneurship (1905-47).  20
  1. Write a note on Dual System of Administration of Bengal. How did it affect the political economy of early colonial Bengal ?  20
  2. Define economic nationalism in colonial India with reference to a few concrete issues in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 20
  1. Critically discuss how the railways brought certain changes in the economy of British India. Did it lead to any structural change in the economy ?     25+15=40
  1. Was the notion of de-industrialization during British rule a myth? 20
  2. Analyse the origins and impact of the Permanent Settlement in Bengal. 20+20
  3. Analyse the historical backdrop to the battle of Plassey. What was its impact? 20
  1. Analyse the reasons for the introduction of the Permanent Settlement in Bengal in the light of the debate amongst the scholars. 20
  2. Identify the basic features of India's foreign policy in the Nehru-era. Examine India's relations with her neighbors during this time. 40
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