Test Papers / Previous Question Papers of IGNOU EHI6 History of China and Japan 1840-1949 June 2002

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End Examination

June, 2002

ELECTIVE COURSE : HISTORY

EHI-6 : HISTORY OF CHINA AND JAPAN 1840-1949

Time: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100
(Weightage 70%)

1. Discuss the impact of the Opium Wars on China. (20)

2. Analyse the main factors responsible for the decline of the Tokugawa Shogunate. (20)

3. Discuss the main feactures of the Meiji Constitution. (20)

4. Discuss the causes of the Taiping Revolt. (20)

5. What was the significance of the May 4th Movement of 1919 in China ? (20)

6. Discuss Japan's Policy of expansion in the period between the two World Wars with special reference to China. (20)

7. What was the role of the Communist Party in the success of the Revolution of 1949 in China ? (20)

8. What were the features of the new cultural movements after the Rovolution of 1911 in China ? (20)

9. Write an essay on the economic modernisation of Japan in th Meiji Era. (20)

10. Write short notes (300 words each ) on any two of the follwoing : (10+10)

(i) Political parties in Japan
(ii) Zaibatsu
(iii) Hundred Days Reform
(iv) Boxer Uprising