Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) 2007 B.A History OF CHINA AND JAPAN - Question Paper

1. Write a note on the traditional political system in China. 20
2. discuss the unequal treaties signed after the Opium Wars. 20
3. What were main reasons for the failure of the Taiping
Rebellion ? 20
4. Mention the measures and steps taken by the Meiji
Government in the field of education. What was the attitude
of Conservatives towards those reforms ? 20
EH l-6 one P.T.O.
5. Critically analyse the factors responsible for Boxer
Rebellion. What was its significance ? 20
6. What were the Twenty 1 Demands ? explain the
reaction of China on these demands. 20
7 . Write an essay on Sun Yat Sen and the rise of Nationalism
in China. 20
8. discuss the developments in the economy of Japan prior
to World War II. 20
9. explain the role of Mao Tse Tung in the Chinese
Revolution. 20
lO. Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent in about
300 words every : 10+70
(i) Korean ques.
(ii) Long March
(iii) Militarism in Japan
(iv) Japanese reaction to Allied Occupation

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