LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
HT 5500 - HISTORY OF FREEDOM MOVEMENT
(Also equivalent to HIS 505)
Date & Time : 20-04-2006/AFTERNOON Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
(10  2 = 20 marks)
PART – A
Answer any TEN of the following in TEN lines each.
1. Madras Native Association 1852
2. Indian Arms Act – Lytton
3. Simla Deputation
4. Partition of Bengal
5. Minto-Morley Reforms
6. Lucknow Pact 1916
7. Khilafat Movement
8. Jallianwala Bagh
9. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931
10. Communal Award
11. The August offer, 1940
12. Cabinet Mission plan.
PART– B
(4  10 = 40 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in about ONE page each.
13. Discuss the main factors responsible for the emergence of Indian Nationalism.
14. Evaluate the ideology and programmes of the extremist phase of the Indian
National Congress.
15. Point out the provisions and impact of the Govt. of India Act of 1919.
16. What were the objectives and achievements of the Home Rule Movement?
17. Analyse the circumstances leading to the Quit India Movement of 1942.
18. Point out the provisions of the Indian Independence Act, 1947.
PART – C
(2  20 = 40 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in about FOUR pages each.
19. Describe the necessity to launch the Civil Disobedience Movement by Gandhi
and point out its significance.
20. Trace the origin and growth of communalism in Indian National Movement.
21. Evaluate the different attempts made by the British Government to solve the
Indian Political deadlock between 1940 and 1947.
22. Describe the formation of the Constituent Assembly and analyse the salient
features of the Indian Constitution of 1950.
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