1. Discuss the various measures taken to increase agricultural productivity Britain during 18th and 19th century. How did the Agricultural Revolution contribute to the First Industrial Revolution? Explain.

2. Explain the three versions of 'Dependency Thesis'. What are the basic limitations of it Discuss.

3. Explain 'War Communism' as an economic system in Russia. Was it able to solve the economic problems of Bolsheviks in the 20th century? Discuss.

4. Explain the various forms of state intervention during the early industrialisation in Japan. What were the reasons for this state initiative?

5. What factors helped Britain to become the first industrial nation of the world Explain.

6. What are the policy options of industrialisation before less developed countries according to Rosenstein-Rodan? Explain,

7. Discuss the 'main features of the 'New Economic Policy' launched in Russia in 1921.

8. What is the suggestion made by Nurkse for resource mobilisation in the poor backward countries? Explain.

9. Describe the structure of Japanese village system on the eve of the Meiji Restoration.

10. Explain "Take-off Stage" in Rostow's analysis of stages of development.

11. Write short notes on any three of the following in about 100 words each;

Marxian analysis of the stages of development

Rice Riots in Japan in 1918

World Depression and its impact on Japan

Working of Gold Standard

Multinational Corporations

12. Define any five of the following;

Devaluation

Cartel

Glavki

Metropolis and Periphery

Mercantilism

Three-field system

Dualism

Serfdom