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Answer the following in about 150 words each :

(a) Comment on the French ambition of building a territorial empire in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) After the Battle of Plassey, how did India transit from the medieval to the modern age? (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Do you agree with the view that the growth of vernacular literature in the 19th and the 20th centuries paved the way for social reform and cultural revival in India? (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) “The Mutiny of 1857 was much more than a Mutiny of Sepoys and much less than a National Rebellion.” Comment. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Explain “Constructive Swadeshi” characterised by atmashakti (self-reliance), which propelled the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal. (10 marks, 150 words)