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Honours Part-II Examination 2017 UGB_UG_Question_Paper-IV_History_Honours_Part-II_Examination_2017 P-II (1+1+1) 11/17 (N) 2017 HISTORY (Honours) Paper Code : IV-A [New Syllabus] Full Marks : 20 Time : Thirty Minutes Important Instructions for OMR Sheet 1. Write / Fill your correct Subject Name, Subject Code & Paper Code in the space provided on the top of the OMR sheet (Subject Codes are given on the back of the OMR sheet & Paper Code in the Question Paper.) 2. Write / Fill your Roll number, Registration number, Regn. Session, Exam Date and Exam Session in the space provided on the OMR Sheet. 3. Each item has four alternative responses marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to darken the circle as indicated below on the correct response against each item. 4. Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given inside the Paper Booklet only. If you mark at any place other than in the circle in the OMR Sheet, it will not be evaluated. 5. If you write your Name, Phone Number or put any mark on any part of the OMR Sheet, except for the space allotted for the relevant entries, which may disclose your identity, or use abusive language or employ any other unfair means, you will render yourself liable to disqualification. 6. You have to return the OMR Sheet to "the invigilators at the end of the examination compulsorily and must not carry it with you outside the Examination Hall. 7. Use only Blue/Black Ball point pen. Use of any mobile phone, calculator or log table etc. in examination hall, is prohibited. 3/105·2800 Digitized by Librarian, Malda College Library, Malda on 25th January, 2018, Page - 1 of 7. UGB_UG_Question_Paper-IV_History_Honours_Part-II_Examination_2017 Answer all the questions in OMR sheet. Choose the correct answer. Each question carries 1 mark. I. The 'Grant of Dewani' was sanctioned in (A) 1765 AD (B) 1768 AD (C) 1760 AD (D) 1764 AD 2. Mir Qasim formed an alliance with (A) Shuja-ud-daula and Alamgir II (B) Shuja-ud-daula and Bahadur Shah 11 (C) Shuja-ud-daula and Shah Alam II (D) None 3. Treaty of Barrein was signed in (A) 1702 AD (B) 1802 AD (C) 1805 AD (D) 1807 AD 4. Who annexed Punjab within the British Empire ? (A) Comwallis (B) Wellesley (C) Dalhousie (0) Bentinck 5. Who introduced Permanent Settlement? (A) Wellesley (B) Dalhousie (C) Bentinck (D) Comwallis Turn Over 3/105 - 2800 (.3 ) Digitized by Librarian, Malda College Library, Malda on 25th January, 2018, Page - 2 of 7. UGB_UG_Question_Paper-IV_History_Honours_Part-II_Examination_2017 6. Who was mainly responsible for the introduction of the Ryotwari system in Madras ? (A) Macartney (8) John Lawrence (C) Elphinstone (0) Thomas Munro 7. Who set up Asiatic Society? (A) Hastings (8) John Shore (C) Sir William Jones (D) None 8. Hindu College was established in - . (A) 1817 AD (8) 1820 AD (C) 1821 AD (0) 1800 AD 9. Who talked about Economic Drain theory for the first time? (A) Shyamiji Krishna Verma (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) G. K. Gokhle (D) M. A. Jinnah 10. Where was Brahmo Samaj first established? (A) Bengal (8) Punjab (C) Bombay (0) Madras 3/1 05 - 2800 ( 4 ) Digitized by Librarian, Malda College Library, Malda on 25th January, 2018, Page - 3 of 7. --~----------------------------------- UGB_UG_Question_Paper-IV_History_Honours_Part-II_Examination_2017 11. First University of India was established in- (A) Bombay University (B) Madras University (C) Calcutta University (D) None 12. First Newspaper in Bengali language was established in- (A) 1718 AD (8) 1818 AD (C) 1717 AD (D) 1817 AD 13. In what language did Rammohan write his 'Gift to Monotheist's? (A) Sanskrit (8) Bengali (C) Persian (D) Hindi 14. First Jute Mill of India was set up in (A) 1855 AD (8) 1856 AD (C) 1765 AD (D) 1865 AD 15. Car Tagore Company was set up by (A) Rabindranath Tagore (8) Oebendranath Tagore (C) Rathindranath Tagore (D) Owarakanath Tagore Turn Over 3/105 - 2800 (5 ) Digitized by Librarian, Malda College Library, Malda on 25th January, 2018, Page - 4 of 7. • UGB_UG_Question_Paper-IV_History_Honours_Part-II_Examination_2017 16. The man who led the Mutiny in Bihar was (A) Tantia Topi (B) Nana Saheb (C) Arnar Singh (0) Kunwar Singh 17. Who was not associated with the Revolt of ]857 ? (A) Banda Bahadur (8) Laxmi Bai (C) Tantia Topi (D) Nana Saheb. 18. Who declared the Revolt of ]857 as the 'first war of independence' ? (A) S. N. Sen (B) R. C. Majumdar (C) Sumit Sarkar (D) V. D. Savarkar ]9. Where did the Sepoys break out in open revolt on May 10, ] 857 ? (A) Meerut (8) Amritsar (C) Kanpur (D) Jhanshi 20. The last Governor General of India was- (A) Bentinck (8) Canning (C) Hastings (0) Dalhousie 3/105 - 2800 ( 6 ) Digitized by Librarian, Malda College Library, Malda on 25th January, 2018, Page - 5 of 7. UGB_UG_Question_Paper-IV_History_Honours_Part-II_Examination_2017 r-n (1+1+1) H 117 (N) 2017 HISTORY (Honours) Paper Code : IV-B [New Syllabus] Full Marks : 80 Time : Three Hours Thirty Minutes The figures in the margin indicate full marks. Category - I Answer any two questions within 750 words: 20x2=40 1. 'Haider was born to create an empire, Tipu to lose one' - Justify, 20 2. Give a critical account of debate on de-industrialization in India. What is your . opinion in this regard ? 15+5 3. Evaluate the Contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy in the making of modem India What were his limitations? 12+8 4. Account for the out break of the great upheaval in 1857. What was its character ? 10+10 Category - 11 Answer any two questions within 350 words: IOx2=20 5. How did the English East India Company obtain the Dewani ? What were its Political and Economic implication ? 4+6 6. Was Ranjit Singh able to realize his ideal of Pan-Sikhism ? . 10 7. What were the limitation of Bengal Renaissance of the 19th century? 10 8. Trace the rise and growth of Press in India 10 Turn Over 3/105 - 2800 ( 7 ) Digitized by Librarian, Malda College Library, Malda on 25th January, 2018, Page - 6 of 7. UGB_UG_Question_Paper-IV_History_Honours_Part-II_Examination_2017 Category - ID Write short notes on any four within 100 words : 5x4=20 9. Black Hole Tragedy. 10. Dastak. 11. Treaty of Salbai. 12. Subsidiary alliance. 13. Mahalwary Settlement. 14. Forced Commercialization. 15. Chuar Rebellian. 16. Sati. 3i105-2800 ( 8 ) Digitized by Librarian, Malda College Library, Malda on 25th January, 2018, Page - 7 of 7..
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