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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End Examination
June, 2016

1.4220
ELECTIVE COURSE POLITICAL SCIENCE
EPS-03 MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note:
Section I -Answer any two questions.

Section II - Answer any four questions.

Section III -Answer any two parts of question no. 13.

SECTION I

Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries 20 marks. 2x20=40

1. Discuss the impact of colonisation on Indian agriculture.

2. Critically analyse the ideas of Bhagat Singh on terrorism.

3. Comment on Iqbal's views on nationalism.

4. What is Bhoodan movement? Discuss J.P.'s contribution to it.

SECTION II

Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each. Each question carries 12 marks. 4x12=48

5. Identify the emerging characteristics of Indian political thought in the early phase of colonialism.

6. Summarise M.N. Roy's views on the State.

7. How did Tilak justify the use of symbols in the National Movement? Explain.

8. Briefly discuss the impact of British policies on tribals.

9. What were the main political ideas of V.D. Savarkar Describe.

10. Write a note on Gandhi's perception of Satyagraha.

11. Focus on the main features of Lohiya's theory of history.

12. Discuss the formation of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP).

SECTION III

13. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each. Each part carries 6 marks. 2x6=12

Ambedkar's views on Conversion

Jawaharlal Nehru on Scientific Temper

Shri Aurobindo's theory of Spiritual Nationalism

Jyotiba Phule's critique of the British Rule