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SEMESTER -6th (HONOURS) CBCS EXAMINATIONS,2025
SUGGESTION
PAPER-
CC 13
1. What were the main features of Bismarck's foreign policy?
2. Discuss the reasons for the success of the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.
3. How would you explain the rise of fascism in Italy.
4. Why did Mussolini invade Abyssinia?
5. Why were the Axis powers defeated in World War II?
6. What were the objectives of the League of Nations?
7. State the background to the formation of the Triple Entente.
8. Determine Germany's responsibility for organizing World War I.
9. Analyze the impact of the economic depression on Europe.
10. Briefly discuss the debates regarding the origins of World War II.
11. What are the main differences between the foreign policies of Bismarck and William II?
12. Analyze the significance of the Balkan Wars in European politics.
13. Indicate the reasons for the rise of Nazism in Germany.
14. Under what circumstances was the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact signed in 1939?
15. Was the Munich Agreement the ultimate example of the West's appeasement policy towards Hitler?
16. Discuss the Disarmament Conference of 1932.
17. Write an article on Hitler's foreign policy.
18. Review the achievements of Stalin.
19. Discuss the significance of the Locarno Pact.
20. Can the Spanish Civil War be called a 'rehearsal for World War II'?
21. What is Kulturkampf? Determine the extent of Bismarck's success in this.
22. Analyze the reparations problem of Germany - to what extent was this problem resolved?
23. Discuss the achievements of the Weimar Republic.
PAPER
-CC 14
1. How was SEATO formed? Write its importance in the politics of Southeast Asia.
2. Do you support the view that the origin of the Cold War lay in the Yalta Conference?
3. What was the impact of the Cold War on the Third World?
4. Evaluate the role of IMF in the economy of the Third World.
5. What role did the Berlin Blockade play in the division of Germany?
6. Analyze the reasons for the increase in terrorist activities in the world today.
7. Give a brief account of the end of British colonial rule after World War II in Africa.
8. What were the causes of the Korean War? What was the role of the United Nations in this war?
9. Critically analyze the role of Yasser Arafat in solving the Palestine problem.
10. Discuss the impact of globalization on the Third World.
11. What do you understand by the Non-Aligned Movement? Was this movement an alternative to the politics of alliances?
12. Explain the origin of SAARC.
13. Evaluate the role of America as the world's policeman.
14. What is the Truman Policy? Did this policy start the Cold War?
15. How was the Hungarian problem resolved?
16. How did economic liberalism affect the Indian economy?
17. Discuss the background to the formation of OPEC. What role did it play in the international arena?
18. Discuss the Afghanistan problem. How did this problem intensify the US-Soviet conflict?
19. How did the Iraq-Iran conflict affect international relations?
20. What is meant by the term "Dantat"? Discuss the characteristics of "Dantat" politics.
21. Discuss the rise of Communist China in international politics.
22. What is meant by the Third World? What were its characteristics?
23. Review the role of the Internet in the information technology revolution.
24. Evaluate Gorbachev's new policy.
25. Write a short essay on "Cross-border terrorism" in India.
26. Briefly analyze how the world was divided into two separate camps after World War II.
PAPER-DSE
3
1. Discuss the characteristics of the Nazrana system in China.
2. Why is the Treaty of Nanking called the Treaty of the New Era?
3. To what extent did John Hay's Open Door Policy of 1899 reflect American commercial interests?
4. Discuss the causes of the Russo-Japanese War.
5. Analyze the role of Dr. Sun Yat-sen as a nationalist leader in China.
6. Why did the Taiping Rebellion fail?
7. Discuss the reasons for the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
8. What was the economic situation of pre-modern China?
9. Do you think that the Taiping Rebellion was a combination of anti-Manchu nationalism and modern Western ideas?
10. Do you agree that the United States adopted the 'Open Door Policy' in China for its commercial interests?
11. Was the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 inevitable?/Why did Japan invade China in 1894?
12. Explain the main terms of the Treaty of Portsmouth.
13. Do you support the view that opium was the sole cause of the Anglo-Chinese War of 1839-42?
14. Discuss the main features of the Qing reforms.
15. Under what circumstances was the Anglo-Japanese Treaty signed in 1902?
16. Discuss the rise of Japan in East Asian politics.
17. Write a brief note on the traditional social system of China.
18. Was the Tung-chi Restoration really a restoration?
19. Why did Japan join the First World War?
20. Discuss the process of industrialization of Japan during the Meiji era.
21. Discuss the nature of the gentry's control over the economy of pre-modern China.
22. Discuss whether Japan's twenty-one demands on China were primarily economic.
23. Discuss the significance of the Chinese Revolution of 1911.
24. Do you agree that the Meiji Restoration was a complete break with the past?
25. What was the nature of financial imperialism in China between 1895 and 1913?
26. Write a brief note on the role of the daimyo in the history of Japan during the pre-restoration period.
PAPER-DSE 4
1. Mention the reasons for Chiang Kai-shek's failure.
2. Did the Washington Conference solve the problems of East Asia?
3. Evaluate the achievements of the Nationalist government that was formed in Nanking, China.
4. What was the role of the United Nations in the Manchurian crisis of 1931?
5. Examine the role of zaibatsu in Japan's economic development.
6. Why did Japan participate in World War II?
7. What was the role of political parties in Japanese politics?
8. Discuss the reasons for the success of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949.
9. Can the changes that took place in the US administration in Japan after World War II be called revolutionary?
10. Explain the role of the Long March in the development of communism in China.
11. How would you explain the rise and development of warlords in China.
12. Explain the impact of World War II on Japanese history.
13. Evaluate the role of the People's Republic of China in world politics from 1949-58.
14. Do you think that "Japanese imperialism was more circumstantial than voluntary"?
15. Did Chiang Kai-shek achieve the national goals set by Sun Yat-sen?
16. Discuss the background to the rise of Japanese militarism in the 1930s. / Can militarism be called fascism?
17. How different was the Japanese constitution of 1947 from the Meiji constitution of 1889?
18. What was the policy of the United States in China from 1945-1949?
19. How did World War I affect East Asia?
20. Discuss the development of Chinese industry under the leadership of Mao Zedong.
21. Analyze the background to the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party.
22. Discuss the reasons for Japan's defeat in the First Pacific War.
23. Why did Japan pursue imperialist policies? What were the results?
24. Was Japan a fascist state in the 1930s?
25. Discuss the cultural impact of the May Fourth Movement in China.
