pyq/2019/history-optional-ii/1

Critically examine the following statements/Answer the following in about 150 words each : (10x5=50)

(a) "Tipu Sultan was trying to build in Mysore a strong centralised and militarised state, with ambitious territorial designs." (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) "Not until independence, when economic development became a conscious and pursued policy, did the Railways begin to realize their potential for assisting in the transformation of the Indian economy." (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) "Two important intellectual criteria which informed the reform movements were rationalism and religious universalism." (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) "... the Kol Insurrection was mainly a war of the tribal inhabitants of Chotanagpur against the non-tribal settlers and service-holders." (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) "The Cripps Mission was plagued throughout, and ultimately torpedoed." (10 marks, 150 words)