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M.A. HISTORY
Term-End Examination

June, 2005

MHI-02: MODERN WORLD

Time: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100
(Weightage 75%)

1. Do you agree with the view that the Renaissance created the conditions for the creation of modern world ? (20)

2. Modern World is characterised by a new type of social structure. What are the salient features of the new social structure ? (20)

3. Define "Bureaucratization". What are the different forms of bureaucratizatlon as witnessed in the modern world ? (20)

4. Write a detailed note on Commercial Capitalism. (20)

5. What do you understand by 'Decolonization'? Write a note on the process of decolonization in the context of Britain and France. (20)

6. How did the two World Wars and the Cold War affect the nation-state system in the 20th century ? (20)

7. What is 'Total War'? Why does modern warfare take the form of total war ? (20)

8. Describe European expansion in the New World during 1400 - 1800. (20)

9. What were the central ideas that constituted Enlightenment ? (20)

10. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 300 words each : (10+10)
(i) Under-development
(ii) Romantic critique of the Enlightenment
(iii) The Unipolar World
(iv) The Nation
(v) Theories of Demographic Change