HIST/VI/12 (PR Student's Copy
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6th Semester
HISTORY
TWELFTH PAPER
History of Modern China
Pre-revised and Revised
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. The Ching Dynasty lasted from
1644-1912
1271-1368
1368-1644
1554-1897
2. The gentry gained national political influence directly from
intellectual accomplishments
wealth
property
religion
/439 1 Contd.
3. Which Treaty was concluded after the end of the First Opium War?
Treaty of Nanking
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Peking
Treaty of Kanghwa
4. The Cohong consisted of
half-a-dozen to a dozen firms
five to ten firms
eleven to eighteen firms
seven to twelve firms
5. Taiping Revolution was crushed in 1864 by
Manchu rulers
Ming rulers
Tang rulers
Yuan rulers
6. The Muslim Rebellion in Yunnan lasted from
1855-1870
1855-1873
1855-1865
1855-1885
7. The Boxer Rebellion was suppressed by the joint army of
England, Russia and Japan
England, Russia and Germany
England, Germany and Japan
England, Germany and France
8. The May Fourth Movement was
Agrarian Movement
Religious Movement
Cultural and National Movement
Socioeconomic Movement
HIST/VI/12 (PR R)/439 2 Contd.
9. Who is known as the father of Chinese Revolution?
Yuan Shikai
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Li Ta-chao
Mao Zedong
10. Which of the following was the principle of Koumintang Party?
San-Min-Chu-i
Confucianism
Taoism
Daoism
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Answer any five of the following 3×5=15
1. Who were the Manchus?
2. Write the weakness of the examination system of the Chinese Government.
3. Write a short note on Canton System of trade.
4. Who were the Hong merchants?
5. Who were the Hakka?
6. What were the principal causes for the failure of the Reform of 1898?
7. Write a short note on the Civil War among the Warlords.
8. Write a note on the Boxer Protocol.
9. What is meant by the 'Great Leap Forward'?
10. Explain the New Socialist Man.
HIST/VI/12 (PR R)/439 3 Contd.
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The questions are of equal value
1. What were the causes of the downfall of the Manchu Dynasty?
OR
Throw light on the land and taxation systems of China.
2. Review the process of the British attempts to change the Canton System
of trade.
OR
Discuss the political and economic consequences of the Treaty of
Tientsin.
3. Highlight the limitations and repercussions of the Self-Strengthening
Movement.
OR
Critically examine the Reform of 'Hundred Days'.
4. Discuss the origin of the Boxer Rebellion and its consequences.
OR
Discuss in detail the emergence of the Republic under Yuan Shikai.
5. Analyze the factors that led to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War.
What were its effects?
OR
Write a note on the birth of the Communist Party in China.