1. Trace the role of militant and revolutionary movements in Indian national movement. [200words, 15marks] [2020]
2. National movement in India was anti-imperialist and increasingly radical in its socio-economic and political programmes. Discuss. [250words, 20marks] [2019]
3. The Revolt of 1857 was a 'sepoy mutiny' or 'first war of independence'. Discuss. [150words, 10marks] [2018]
4. The success of Mahatma Gandhi lay in transforming both political and non political movements into a unified nationalist movement. Discuss. [150words, 10marks] [2017]
5. Differentiate moderate nationalism from extremist / militant nationalism in terms of their objectives and means. [200words, 15marks] [2017]
6. Comment on Satyagraha as a strategy in the Indian national movement. [150words, 10marks] [2015]
7. Explain how the peasant movement promoted nationalist ideas during the struggle for Indian independence. [200words, 15marks] [2014]
8. Discuss efficacy of Satyagraha as moral resistance to colonial rule. [150words, 12marks] [2019]
9. Discuss the significance of the Civil Disobedience Movement. [150words, 15marks] [2011]
10. Discuss Indian nationalism as depicted in S.N. Banerjee’s ‘A Nation in the Making’. [150words, 15marks] [2010]
11. "Swaraj is the culmination of Swadeshi and Sarvodaya”. Comment. [200words, 20marks] [2008]
12. Critically examine the role and contribution of India's bureaucracy in nation building. [60marks] [2006]
13. Explain the federal scheme under the Government of India Act 1935. Why could this scheme not be implemented? [60marks] [2005]
14. Comment: Surat Split (1907). [200words, 20marks] [2004]
15. Comment: The Government of India Act, 1919. [200words, 20marks] [2004]
16. Highlight Mahatma Gandhi's role in the Indian National Movement. [60marks] [2004]
17. Comment: Simon Commission. [200words, 20marks] [2003]
18. Discuss Gandhi's concept of Truth and Non-violence. Why was he opposed to modern civilisation? [200words, 20marks] [2003]
19. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru comes before us as a great nationalist, Internationalist and Humanist. Discuss. [60marks] [2003]
20. Write a short note on Dyarchy under Montague-Chelmsford Reforms. [200words, 20marks] [2002]
21. Examine the salient features of the Indian Independence Act 1947 relating to the transfer of power. What specific provisions did this Act make for the lapse of paramountcy. [60marks] [2002]
22. Discuss the ideas of Gokhale and Tilak and their impact on the Indian struggle for freedom. [200words, 20marks] [1999]
23. Raja Ram Mohan Roy as a social reformer. Comment. [200words, 20marks] [1998]
24. Discuss Jinnah's two-nation theory. [200words, 20marks] [1997]
25. Comment: Swadeshi movement. [200words, 20marks] [1996]
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