LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI– 60034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION  HISTORY
FOURTH SEMESTER  NOVEMBER 2003
HT 4800/H 1015 CONTEMPORARY INDIA
31.10.2003
Max: 100 Marks
1.00  4.00
PART A
(4  5= 20 Marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 100 words each
01. Tashkent Declaration
02. Devaluation of Currency, 1966
03. Green Revolution
04. Mandal Commission Report
05. Pokran II
06. Dalit Panthers
PART  B
(2  10 = 20 Marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in 300 words each
07. Give an account of the Janata Party’s Rule between 199779.
08. Write a note on the Foreign Policy initiatives of Rajiv Gandhi.
09. To what extent Internal Emergency of 1975 posed a threat to Indian Democracy?
10. Highlight the various employment generation programmes introduced for rural
development between 1970 and 1990.
PART  C
(3  20 = 60 Marks)
Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each
11. Critically evaluate the role of Indira Gandhi as the Prime Minister of India.
12. Discuss the problem of communal and seperatist challenge to Indian Polity with
special emphasis on Punjab crisis.
13. Identify the problem of untouchability in India and point out the efforts
taken by the central and state Governments to establish social Justice.
14. Explain the process of globalisation and its impact on the marginalised groups.
15. Assess the growth of Mass media over the recent years and analyse its
role in the changing cultural scenario.
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