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First Semester M.A Degree Examination, November 2011
History
Paper- HIS3 C 03 History of Contemporary World

Instructions : 1) Section A: Objective Questions. Each carries one Weightage
2) Section B.Short Answer Questions. Answer any six in about 100 words. Each carries one
Weightage
3) Section C- Short Essays Questions. Answer any seven Questions in about 200 words.
Each carries two Weightage.
4) Section D Essays Questions. Answer any two questions in about 1000 words. Each carries
four Weightage.

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Section A : Objective questions
I 1. Three Emperors League was formed
a) 1860 b) 1866 c) 1873 d) 1878
2. Tripple Alliance was concluded among
a) Germany-Austria-Italy b) Germany-Italy-France c) Germany-Austria-France d) Germany-Austria-
England
3.Name the country which did not join the league of Nations
a) Germany b) USA c) England d) France
4) Atlantic Charter was declared by
a) Roosvelt and Stalin b) Churchil and Stalin c) De Gaul and Roosvelt d) Roosvelt and Churchil

II 1. Which of the following was accepted by UNO as the continuation of League of Nations
a)UNESCO b) WHO c) FAO d) ILO
2. Cold war was closely associated with
a) Joseph Stalin and John Foster Dullas b) Churchil and Marshall c) Stalin and Mao d) Roosevelt and
Nehru
3. Which among the following was not a military alliance
a) CENTO b) NAM c) SEATO d) NATO
4. Yassar Arafat was associated with
a) Zionism b) Hamas c) Fatah d) Intifade Movement
(Weightage: 2x1=2)

Section B : Short Answer Questions. Answer any six of the following
III 3. Dollar Diplomacy 4.Extra-territorial rights
5. Comintern 6. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
7.”History will absolve me” 8.Suez canal crisis
9. Honest broker in the partition of Africa 10. Glasnost (Weightage : 6x1=6)

Section C : Short Essay Questions. Answer any seven of the following
IV 11. Describe the emergence of United States of America as a Imperialist power
12. Discuss the causes and results of Balkan Wars How far were the Balkan wars responsible for the
out break of First World War
13. Write a note on the causes of the failure of League of Nations.
14. Describe in brief the policies, ideologies, and works of Adolf Hitler
15. Briefly sketch the consequences of world war II
16. What is meant by Cold war? What were the factors which gave rise to it?
17. Explain the consequences of economic crisis of 1929-1933
18. Write a note on the events leading to the formation of European Union
19. Explain the events leading to the signing of Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
(Weightage : 7x2=14)

Section D : Essay Questions. Answer any two of the following
V 20.Examine the political developments which resulted in the establishment of the Peoples republic of
China
21 Discuss the factors which contributed to the De-colonisation process after the Second World war
22. Critically evaluate the prospects of international peace in the post-cold war scenario
23. Trace the developments that led to the collapse of Soviet Union
(Weightage: 2x4=8)