pyq/2019/history-optional-ii/5

Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each:

(a) "The arguments of the free traders were a curious mixture of economic hard-headedness, social benevolence, cosmopolitan idealism and class prejudice." (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) "There are many ways in which the war of 1914 – 18 was unprecedented, and in human history, entirely novel." (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) "The ineffectiveness of the League of Nations to prevent or to check Japanese aggression against China was the first serious blow to its prestige as an agency for providing security." (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) "Non-alignment came to symbolize the struggle of India and other newly independent nations to retain and strengthen their independence from colonialism and imperialism." (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) How would you explain the nature of pre-Marxian Socialism? (10 marks, 150 words)