BHIE-141 · June 2025 · English

IGNOU BHIE-141 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper

HISTORY OF CHINA : c 1840 - 1978

Structured previous year question paper for BHIE-141, June 2025 session.

Max marks: 100 · Questions: 9 · Sections: 2

Verified: 22 Aug 2026

B. A. (GENERAL)/B. A. (HONOURS)

HISTORY (BAG/BAHIH)

Term-End Examination

June, 2025

BHIE-141 : HISTORY OF CHINA (C. 1840—1978)

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note: Answer any five questions in about

400 words each. Attempt at least two

questions from each Section. All questions

carry equal marks.

Section-I

Q1.Describe the main features of traditional China's foreign relations.

Q2.Review the restoration and strengthening movement and its results.

Q3.“The Taiping Movement was characterized by its triple content : national, religious and social.” Comment.

Q4.Write short notes on the following in about

(a) The Boxer Protocol

(b) The Treaty Ports

Section-II

Q5.Discuss the political and economic structures of the new regime of 1948.

Q6.What was the Reform Movement of 1898 ?

Q7.Discuss the main thinkers of this movement.

Q8.Explain the rise of modern nationalism in China and its major features.

Q9.Write short notes on the following in about

(a) Social and Political resistance to Japan

(b) Socialist Education Movement 1840-1978