CC6 CU QUESTION PAPER 2021

  

       

2021 

HISTORY  —  HONOURS 

Paper  :  CC6 (Rise of Modern West)

Full  Marks  :  65

 Candidates  are  required  to  give  their  answers  in  their  own  words as  far  as  practicable.

1.      Answer the  following questions :                                                                                                1×15

(      a)    Which economist attributed importance to long distance trade for the decline of feudalism?

(b)   Name a country which took an active role in the exploration of the new world.

                           (c)    In which European country did Renaissance first take place?

(d)   Name an Italian political thinker during the Renaissance.

(                            e)    Who was Erasmus?

                               (f)   Who were called the Catholics?

    (g)    Who were the Huguenots?

    (h)   Who was John Knox?

                           (i)   At the initiative of which king the English Reformation took place?

                         (j)   Under which ruler of England did the counter-reformation movement take an intense form?

(k)   In which ocean did commercial activities increase in early modern Europe?

                        (l)   In which country did the Enclosure System develop in agriculture?

    (m)  Which contemporary theoretician gave a reasonable explanation of the Price Revolution?

(n)   With the production of which commodity was the Enclosure movement in England associated?

(o)   Which peace treaty put an end to the Thirty Years’ War?

 

2.      Answer  any  four  questions  (250 words) :       5×4

                (a)    What were the major inspirations behind the discovery of the new world?

(b)   Was Machiavelli a humanist thinker?

                    (c)    What do you mean by Northern Humanism?

(d)   Discuss the peasant revolt in 16th century Germany.

                    (e)    Write on the Radical Reformation Movement.

                    (f)   What do you understand by Commercial Revolution?

(g)    Discuss the rise of absolute monarchy in France.

(h)   How did the Peace Treaty of Westphalia give rise to a new state system in Europe?

 

3.      Answer  any  three  questions  (500 words) :                                                                              10×3

                (a)    Discuss in brief the historiographical debate regarding the decline of feudalism.

(b)   Discuss in brief the impact of Renaissance Humanism on European art and architecture.

                    (c)    Why did the Renaissance began in Italy?

(d)   Evaluate the role of Martin Luther as a religious reformer.

                        (e)    Write an essay on Price Revolution in 16th Century Europe.

                        (f)   What was the impact of the Enclosure System on the English Society and Economy?