NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including question No.8 which is Compulsory; All questions carry
equal marks.
1. Examine the effects of the First World War on the economy of Europe.
1939. To what extent were the hopes of the Russian People fulfilled?
3. What were the causes of the failure of the British Government to solve the economic crisis after the
First World War?
5. Discuss the circumstances under which Hitler seized the power of Germany. What were the causes of
his failure in Second World War.
6. What is Cold War? Give an account of its effects on the relations of the two super powers.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only the correct answers in the Answer Book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
(1) The treaty signed between the Allied forces and Austria was:
(a) The Treaty of Versailles (b) The treaty of St.Germain (c) The Treaty of Neuilly.
(2) Who was appointed as Chairman of Revolutionary War Council by Lenin in 1918.
(a} British Commander (b) Italian War Minister (c) French Foreign Minister
(9) Great Game, now forever discredited". These words were spoken at Paris Conference by:
(11) The ship ‘Athenia’ sunk by German Torpedo. in. 1939 belonged to:
(a) AnItalian War Operation (b) French war tactics (c) . German War technique
(13) The Bold Proposal that Britain and France should become ~.one country was put-forward in 1940 by:
(a) International Court of Justice (b) United International Court of Justice (c) Permanent International
Court of Justice
(16) The author of the book "Europe in the Twentieth Century" is:
(17) "Russian Peoples.’ worst misfortune was his (Lenin’s) birth; their next worse- his death" This was
stated by:
(a) 7th December 1941 (b) 17th December 1941 (c) 27th December 194I
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