Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2010-1st Year B.A English - / and Communication SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - Question Paper

B.A. DEGREE exam
JUNE 2010.
First Year
English/English and Communication
SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Time : three hours Maximum marks : 75
I.Explain any 3 of the subsequent in about 50 words every : (3 x five = 15)
1.Britain under the Anglo-Saxons.
2.Men of ''Nobility'' in the Elizabethan society.
3.Bring out the 3 major causes for colonial expansion.
4.What is Restoration?
5.What are the political causes for the French revolution?
6.Emergence of ''Kitchen-Sink Drama''.
II.Answer any 3 of the subsequent in about 200 words every : (3 x 10 = 30)
7.What is meant by the term ''Reformation''?
8.Rise and spread of Puritanism.
9.Write an essay on the plague and the great fire of London.
10.Bring out the significance of the coffee house during Queen Anne 's period.
11.List the factors that contributed to the industrial revolution.
12.Impact of the French Revolution on England.
III.Answer any 2 of the subsequent in about 300 words every : (2 x 15 = 30)
13.Define the ''Renaissance'' and trace its origin.
14.Dissolution of monasteries.
15.Agrarian Revolution.
16.Give a brief account of the beginnings of modern education.
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