Dibrugarh University| B.A - (CBCS)| HISTORY - (GEHS - 4.2)| Question Paper - (June/ July) - 2022| 4th Semester
4 SEM TDC GEHS (CBCS) 4.1/ 4.2
2022
(June/ July)
HISTORY
(Generic Elective)
Paper: GE - 4.2
(History of Europe: 1453-1815)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions
1. Answer the following questions in on word or in one sentence each: 1x8=8
(a) Who was the author of the book, The Praise of Folly?
(b) Who was the founder of 'Society of Jesus'?
(c) When was the 'Peace of Augsburg' signed?
(d) "I am the State" Who made this statement?
(e) Who first coined the term 'mercantilism'?
(f) Name the leader of the colonies who led the army in the American
War of Independence.
(g) When was the Battle of Waterloo fought?
(h) Who represented England in the Congress of Vienna?
2. Write short notes on (any three):
4x3=12
(a) Humanism
(b) Commercial Revolution
(c) Catherine II
(d) Feudalism
(e) Continental System of Napoleon
3. Determine the causes and results of the
Reformation Movement. 8+4=12
Or
Discuss the causes and results of the 'Thirty Years' War'. 12
4. Briefly describe the colonial expansion
of the Portuguese. 12
Or
Analyze the causes of the 'Glorious Revolution'. 12
5. Write a note on the progress in the
field of science in the 16th and 17th centuries. 12
Or
Discuss the reforms of Joseph II. 12
6. Analyze the causes of the American War
of Independence 12
Or
What do you mean by Industrial Revolution? Describe the causes of
the Industrial Revolution.
7. Discuss the causes of the downfall of
Napoleon. 12
Or
Critically examine the principles of the Vienna Settlement of 1815.
12
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