LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2008
HT 3501 - HISTORY OF EUROPE - I (1789-1870)
Date : 29-04-08
Time : 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
AK 11
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer any TEN of the following in not exceeding TEN lines each.
(10 x 2 = 20 marks)
1. Montesquieu
2. Voltaire
3. Marie Antoinette
4. Girondists
5. Rousseau
6. St. Helena
7. Josephine Beauharnes.
8. Battle of Waterloo
9. Young Italy
10. Policy of blood and Iron
11. Storming of the Bastille
12. Hundred days rule of Napoleon
PART – B
Answer any FOUR of the following in not exceeding ONE PAGE each
(4 x 10 = 40 marks)
13. Highlight the contribution of philosophers to the French Revolution.
14. Discuss the conditions in France on the eve of the French Revolution.
15. Analyze the working of the Quadruple Alliance.
16. What were the reasons for the Belgian War of Independence?
17. Critically analyze the reasons for the failure of the concert of Europe.
18. Analyze the contribution of Garibaldi to the unification of Italy.
PART – C
Answer any TWO of the following in not exceeding FOUR PAGES each
(2 x 20 = 40 marks)
19. Discuss the role played by the Congress of Vienna in maintaining the balance of Power in Europe.
20. Highlight the reasons for the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.
21. What were the causes and results of the Revolution of 1830 and 1848.
22. Trace the circumstances leading to the unification of Germany.
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