World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Explain how American imperialism in Philippines differed with European imperialism in Indonesia and Indo-China.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Critically examine the Dutch colonial policy in Indonesia.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution What do you understand by Imperialism? State briefly its unique features in the case of Africa.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Discuss the emergence of neo-imperialism in the late nineteenth century.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “In all the long annals of Imperialism, the partition of Africa is a remarkable freak.” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “New imperialism was a nationalistic, not an economic phenomena.” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “Colonies are like fruits which cling to the tree only till they ripen.” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Trace the various stages of European imperialism in Africa in the nineteenth century.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution To what extent did the Western powers bring China under their domination without annexation?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution The simultaneous expansion of European powers overseas during the last quarter of the 19th century brought them into frequent collisions at remote points all over Africa and Asia.” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Portugal and Spain, the pioneers in world exploration, were also first in the race to conquer overseas countries. Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution One great effect of the geographical discoveries of the 15th century was ‘the growing belief that America, Asia and Africa were to be used extensively for the benefit of Europeans.’ Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Trace the stages in the partition of Africa after 1870. How did it affect international relations?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Divided into spheres of influence by foreign powers, China in the 19th century presented a sorry spectacle. How did China react to it?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Show how the presence of a weak and helpless China next door brought about the rise of militarism and collapse of democracy in Japan.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Write a critique on the partition of Africa from 1870 to 1914, with particular reference to Germany’s imperial designs in the Continent.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Why is the period from 1842 to 1900 considered as half a century of humiliations in the history of China? What was the reaction of China?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution ‘By 1861, China may be said to have been fully though grudgingly opened to the Westerner.’ Comment in about 200 words.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Discuss the Self-strengthening movement in China.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Critically examine the culture system in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) during the nineteenth century. Why was it dismantled?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “Nationalism in the 19th century was a driving force for both integration and disintegration.” Illustrate with examples from Europe and other parts of the world.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution The unification of Germany was as much a product of coal and iron as it was of blood and iron.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Discuss the different stages of the unification of Italy from 1848 to the occupation of Rome in 1870.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution The rise of nationalism across nations shattered the chains which held together the empires of modem Europe. Discuss.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “From Bismarck’s ‘Blood and Iron’ speech and his forceful actions to achieve German unification, Bismarck came to be known as the Iron Chancellor.” Critically examine.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Do you subscribe to the view that the Greek War of Independence was mired in contrasts of the best and the worst episodes? How did it affect the Concert of Europe.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution How was Italy transformed from a ‘geographical expression’ to a nation-state?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Examine the role of Bismarck in state building in Germany.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Critically examine: At the end of the Battle of Sedan (1870), “Europe lost a mistress and gained a master.”
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution What determinant factors, along with diplomatic, shaped the process of German Unification?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The Berlin Congress (1878) failed to unlock the Eastern Question. Though there was no major war in Europe for nearly three decades after the Treaty of Berlin, it contained the seeds of many future wars.” Critically evaluate.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Critically examine: “Mazzini’s conception of Italian nationality was not exclusive and his dominant ideal was the recreation of moral unity of mankind.”
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The language of narrow nationalism held at Frankfurt destroyed the German Revolution; as the fatal idea of aggrandisement of the House of Savoy destroyed the Italian Revolution.” Discuss.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Was German unification achieved more by ‘coal and iron’ than by ‘blood and iron’?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The Eastern Question has always been an international question.” Elucidate.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution ‘They have stopped me from making Italy by diplomacy from the North, I will make it by revolution from the South.’
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution ‘To Bismarck the conclusion of the Treaty of May 20, 1882, was the culmination of this system.’ Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution ‘Bismarck united Germany not by majority of votes and speeches but by a policy of “blood and iron”. In the light of this statement assess the contribution of Bismarck to the unification of Germany.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “Napoleon kindled the national sentiment, but German unity was achieved by Bismarck.” Discuss.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “Bismarck created a new Germany with the policy of ‘blood and iron’.” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The Crimean War was the most useless war ever waged.” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution The political unification of Germany was accomplished solely by Bismarck. Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Lord Beaconsfield after his return from the Congress of Berlin (1878) boasted: “I have brought peace with honour” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution Isolation of France constituted the keystone of Bismarck’s foreign policy. Elucidate.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution “The unification of Italy completed the destruction of the European order.” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution The unification of Italy and that of Germany constituted a contrast in respect of the ways they were affected and the impact they left on later international politics. Elucidate.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution At the end of the battle of Sedan (1870), “Europe lost a mistress and gained a master.” Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution What were the obstacles to Italian unification till 1852? How and with what methods was the unification of Italy achieved?
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution ‘Nominally the new Turkey was republican and democratic.’ Comment.
World History PYQs Solution History Opt. PYQs Solution ‘The comparion between Cavour’s and Bismark’s achievements reveals ‘striking points of resemblance and no less striking points of dissimilarity.’ Comment in about 200 words.
