Mains Self Study 2017: Test – 4
September 17, 2016
Answer ALL the following questions in about 200 Words. (10 x 12.5 = 125 Marks)
1. Discuss the causes that led to the French Revolution. Do you think such causes exist in today’s India to give birth to a Revolution? Comment.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Chapter 1 – 2
2. How did the French Revolution affect everyday life of people in France? Examine.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Pages 22 – 23
3. Describe the legacy of the French Revolution for the peoples of the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Pages 24
4. By mid nineteenth century Europe, socialism was a well known body of ideas that attracted widespread attention. Discuss these ideas that defined socialism in mid nineteenth century Europe and examine how different are these ideas compared to today’s socialism in Europe.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Pages 28 – 30
5. Analyse the global influence of Russian Revolution and the USSR.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Pages 46
6. Critically discuss how did Stalinism and collectivisation affect the Soviet Union and the World.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Pages 44
7. Describe the features of Nazi ideology. Do you think such ideology is relevant today? Critically comment.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Pages 61
8. In your opinion, why did world fail to prevent Holocaust? Even these days genocides are taking place in various parts of the world. Again, why the world is failing to prevent them? Critically examine.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Pages 71
9. How did colonialism impact shifting cultivation in the colonies? Examine.
Source: NCERT Class IX History, India and Contemporary World – I, Pages 88
10. In what way is Indian secularism different from that of other democratic countries? Discuss.
Source: NCERT Class VIII, Social and Political Life – II, Chapter 2.
11. What is the rationale behind the enactment of Consumer Protection Act 1986? Discuss the mechanisms available to ensure rights of consumers in India.
Source: NCERT Class X, Economics, Chapter 5
12. In what respects is the criterion used by the UNDP for measuring development different from the one used by the World Bank? Also examine limitations of these criterion.
Source: NCERT Class X, Economics, Chapter 1
13. Distinguish between open unemployment and disguised unemployment. Do you think India has failed to address the issue of unemployment adequately? Critically comment.
Source: NCERT Class X, Economics, Chapter 2
14. Analyse the role of credit for development. Also examine why we need to expand formal sources of credit in India.
Source: NCERT Class X, Economics, Chapter 3
15. How has liberalisation of trade and investment policies helped the globalisation process? Do you think the process of globalization would continue to influence India in coming years? Substantiate.
Source: NCERT Class X, Economics, Chapter 4
