pyq/2020/history-optional-ii/5

Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: (10 marks, 150 words each)

(a) "The principles of Enlightenment were in some ways a continuation of the discoveries and theories of the Scientific Revolution." (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) "The causes of the French Revolution of 1789 included both long term and structural factors, as well as more immediate events." (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) "Industrial Revolution had far reaching social and political consequences with the advent of assembly line factories, urbanization and rise of the urban working class." (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) "The multitude of newly independent countries came to be known as the 'Third World', belonging neither to the First World of capitalist democracies, nor the Communist Second World." (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) "The British were slated to withdraw from Palestine in May 1948, and both sides prepared for that day. Violence between Arabs and Jews, already endemic, escalated." (10 marks, 150 words)