Category: Selfstudyhistory.com

Q. Critically assess the argument that colonial economic policies facilitated the influx of British manufactured goods into India and thereby contributed to the decline of indigenous handicraft industries. [20 Marks] Ans: Indian handicraft industries, at the beginning of British rule in the mid-eighteenth century used to supply about a quarter of all manufactured goods produced […]

Q. Critically assess the argument that colonial economic policies facilitated the influx of British manufactured goods into India and thereby contributed to the decline of indigenous handicraft industries. [20 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use any app) on selfstudyhistory@gmail.com Name your file […]

Q. Critically examine the statement that the most significant feature of the Indian Councils Act of 1892 was the introduction of the principle of election, even though the term ‘election’ was deliberately omitted from the Act. [10 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can […]

Q. Critically examine the statement that the most significant feature of the Indian Councils Act of 1892 was the introduction of the principle of election, even though the term ‘election’ was deliberately omitted from the Act. [10 Marks] Ans: The Indian Councils Act, 1892 was enacted in response to growing political consciousness in India and […]

Q. Discuss critically the salient features of Mikhail Gorbachev’s domestic reforms. [10 Marks] Ans: In the mid-1980s, the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the liberalizing reforms of perestroika (“reorganization”) and glasnost (“openness”) and ended Soviet involvement in Afghanistan.©selfstudyhistory.com Gorbachev reforms: By the time the comparatively youthful […]

Q. Discuss critically the salient features of Mikhail Gorbachev’s domestic reforms. [10 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use any app) on selfstudyhistory@gmail.com Name your file as your name and day. For example, if your name is Ashok Kumar and you are sending […]

Q. Examine how far economic integration through the European Economic Community’s free-trade principles facilitated the emergence of the European Union. [20 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use any app) on selfstudyhistory@gmail.com Name your file as your name and day. For example, if […]

Q. Examine how far economic integration through the European Economic Community’s free-trade principles facilitated the emergence of the European Union. [20 Marks] Ans: The devastation of World War II exposed the dangers of aggressive nationalism and economic protectionism. European leaders concluded that: Lasting peace required economic interdependence. National rivalries could be minimized through shared economic […]

Q. Examine how the economic crisis and political instability of the Weimar Republic led Germany’s ruling elites to support the transfer of power to a totalitarian regime by 1932. [20 Marks] Ans: After Germany lost the First World War, the German Emperor Kaiser fled and a new democratic government of Germany was declared in February […]

Q. Examine how the economic crisis and political instability of the Weimar Republic led Germany’s ruling elites to support the transfer of power to a totalitarian regime by 1932. [20 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use any app) on selfstudyhistory@gmail.com Name your […]