Marks
51. Either [a)
Describe the extension of British power in India from Wellesley to Dalhousie.
(A sketch map would help.) (20)
Or (6)
What were the causes of the Indian Mutiny ? (15)
How do you account for the failure of the Mutiny ? (5)
52. Write short notes on two of the following:—
the Athenian Age in Edinburgh; the Naval Mutinies of 1797; the Berlin
Decree (1806); Peterloo; Mehemet Ali; David Livingstone; Florence
Nightingale; “ the Crofters War ”; Lord Lister. (20)
SECTION VI (1890-PRESENT DAY)
53. Marconi; Watson-Watt; Rutherford; Edison; Baird; Fleming; the Wright
Brothers.
Give a brief account of three of these and show the importance of the
achievements with which they are associated. (20)
54. (a) Outline the course of events that led to the passing of the Parliament Act
of 1911. (10)
{b) What changes did it effect in parliament ? (8)
(c) State briefly any important change that has been made since in the Act. (2)
55. Describe the achievements of the Labour Government of 1945-51 in:—
(a) National Insurance; {b) National Health Insurance, and (c) The nationali¬
sation of industries. (20)
56. Give an account of two of the following:—
Joseph Chamberlain and Tariff Reform; King Edward VII; the Sinn Fein
movement 1916-21; the Representation of the People Act (1918); Ramsay
MacDonald; the General Strike of 1926; the Scottish Home Rule Movement
in the twentieth century. (20)
57. Either (a)
Sketch the career of Gandhi, showing his importance in Indian history. (20)
Or {b)
Trace the course of events in the twentieth century leading to the independence
of India in 1947, showing why partition came about. (20)
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