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BA (IV Semester) Examination
HISTORY
Paper : BHIS–404 (Old Course)
[ World History (1453–1945) ]
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 35%
Time : Three Hours
Note : 1. Answer all questions.
2. The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
Section—I
Answer the following questions : 2×5=10
1. When did Constantinople fall and to whom?
2. What constituted the Third Estate?
3. Mention two leaders of Italian Unification.
4. Name the two power blocks into which the world powers were divided during the First World War.
5. Which two cities of Japan were destroyed by dropping atom bombs during the Second World War?
Section—II
Answer any four questions of the following : 5×4=20
6. Discuss the spread of Lutheranism in Germany.
7. Make an appraisal of the role of philosophers in the French Revolution of 1789.
8. What led to the Congress of Berlin? Did it bring out a final solution to the Eastern Question?
9. Write briefly on the rise of Hitler to power in Germany.
10. What were the factors for the growth of nationalism in Indonesia?
Section—III
Answer any five questions of the following : 10×5=50
11. What led to the growth of Renaissance?
12. Discuss the reforms of Napoleon as the First Consul of France.
13. Assess the contribution of Bismarck in the Unification of Germany.
14. What were the effects of the Russian Revolution of 1917?
15. Analyze the growth of Fascism in Italy.
16. Discuss the nationalist movement in Indo-China.
17. Examine the causes of the Second World War.
