MHI-02: MODERN WORLD
 
Note: Attempt any five questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections 'A' and 'B'. You have to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
 
Section – A
1. What are the major ideas of enlightenment on man and society? Explain the arguments of Romantics against the enlightenment. 
2. Discuss different theories of the state. 
3. Define bureaucratization. Analyse the bureaucratization of state in 19th -20th century. 
4. “The transformation of the society -from the agrarian to industrial- created the conditions for the rise of nation and nationalism”. Explain.
5. Write a short note on any two of the following in about 250 words each. 
i) Modernization and problems of mass society
ii) Theory of proto-industrialization
iii) Secular opening in Renaissance
iv) The capitalist entrepreneur
 
Section- B
6. Explain the expansion of Europe in non-European world through migration between 1400- 1800. 
7. Describe the nuclear arms race in the cold war. Examine the international efforts to control the nuclear proliferation. 
8. What are the major features of new political culture, emerged after the French revolution? 
9. Discuss the role of mobilization of military manpower and technology in modern warfare. 
10. Write a short note on any two of the following in about 250 words each:
i) Cultural legacy of French revolution
ii) Debate over unipolarity
iii) Demographic Transition Theory
iv) Importing of new plants and animal species