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Question 1

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The Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) represented the final major British attempt to achieve a constitutional settlement in India that maintained unity while addressing the demands of the Muslim League. Which feature of the Plan was most central to its attempt to satisfy the League’s aspiration for regional autonomy without outright partition?

Answer

The Cabinet Mission Plan’s core constitutional proposal was the compulsory grouping of provinces into three sections: A (Hindu majority), B (North-West Muslim majority), and C (Bengal/Assam Muslim majority). These sections would have the power to create group constitutions, granting significant regional autonomy to Muslim majority areas (B and C) while keeping the overall structure of India united. This compromise was initially accepted by the Muslim League because it provided a pathway for the creation of large, autonomous Muslim units.

Question 2

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The geopolitical landscape following World War II was largely dictated by agreements made among the ‘Big Three’ leaders. Which conference, held in February 1945, is most directly criticized by historians as having prematurely formalized Soviet dominance over Eastern European spheres of influence, thus setting the stage for the Cold War?

Answer

The Yalta Conference (February 1945) brought together Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. While ostensibly aimed at coordinating the final defeat of Nazi Germany and planning the post-war structure, the agreements concerning the future of Poland and the division of Germany effectively confirmed Soviet military control over Eastern Europe. Critics argue that Roosevelt and Churchill conceded too much to Stalin at Yalta, legitimizing the spheres of influence that would become the Iron Curtain. Potsdam (A) dealt with immediate post-war administration and punitive measures, but Yalta established the initial framework for division.

Question 3

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The rise of modern political theory often marks a clear distinction between the concept of a royal ‘subject’ and a sovereign ‘citizen.’ Which major revolution is primarily credited with formalizing this intellectual shift, by dismantling feudal legal structures and establishing inherent, universal political rights explicitly in the form of ‘Man and Citizen’?

Answer

The French Revolution (1789) is centrally associated with this shift. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) explicitly replaced the system of feudal privilege and royal subjecthood with the concept of citizenship based on natural rights, sovereignty residing in the nation, and equality before the law. While the American Revolution established rights, the French Revolution provided the most radical and universalist codification of the citizen against the European Ancien Régime.

Question 4

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The transition from the High to the Late Middle Ages witnessed the rapid acceleration of the decline of classical feudalism in Western Europe. Which of the following factors represents the most significant structural shock contributing to this profound systemic change?

Answer

The Black Death (1347–1351) caused a massive demographic collapse, killing an estimated one-third to one-half of the population. This created severe labor shortages. The scarcity of workers destroyed the economic foundation of serfdom and the manorial system, forcing landowners to offer wages, improved tenure, or outright freedom to retain necessary labor. This economic shift fundamentally broke the relationship between lord and serf that defined classical feudalism.

Question 5

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The concept of “The End of History” gained significant prominence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the apparent triumph of liberal democracy. This influential thesis posited that the ideological struggle that characterized Modern History had essentially concluded. Which political theorist is primarily credited with popularizing this argument?

Answer

Francis Fukuyama, in his 1992 book *The End of History and the Last Man*, argued that the end of the Cold War marked the culmination of humanity's ideological evolution, specifically the comprehensive defeat of Communism by Western liberal democracy. He proposed that this represented the 'end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.'

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