UPSC History 2021

Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum-Answer Booklet. Locational hints for…

(a) Do you agree that ecological factors influenced the flow and ebb of the Harappan Civilization? Comment. (20 marks) (b) Do you consider that the Upanishadic principles embody t…

(a) Will it be proper to consider the megaliths to represent a single, homogeneous or contemporaneous culture? What kind of material life and cultural system is revealed in the me…

(a) "The political and economic needs of rulers, combined with economic and status needs of the merchant class, together provided the receptive cultural milieu in which Buddhism f…

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: (a) Discuss the different stages of Indian feudalism and analyze its impact on Indian political system. (b) Do you consider…

(a) Discuss the transformation of Sikh community from a Nirguna Bhakti sect into a politico-military organization. (15 marks) (b) Give your assessment of Bahlul Lodi's relation wi…

(a) Discuss the importance of Iqta system. How did it help in centralization of administration of the Delhi Sultanate? (15 marks) (b) Why is the reign of the Khaljis known as the…

(a) "The Chola rulers were not only mighty conquerors, efficient administrators but also builders of fine temples." Comment. (15 marks) (b) Discuss with relevant illustrations the…

Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: (a) The introduction of Western education transformed India in unforeseen ways. (10 marks) (b) Tipu Sultan had…

(a) India had been the world leader in the field of hand spun and hand woven yarn and cloth for many centuries. Many nationalist and Marxist critiques considered that the British…

(a) How did English utilitarian thinking impact India in the British era? (20 marks) (b) The same Gandhiji who withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement on the issue of violence at Ch…

(a) Discuss the major constitutional developments in India after 1858 and their impact on society and polity. (20 marks) (b) Discuss the changing nature of Dalit assertion in Indi…

Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: (a) There were many reasons why the industrial revolution first happened in England. (10 marks) (b) Napoleon's…

(a) What was "enlightened" about the Age of Enlightenment? (20 marks) (b) What were the causes and consequences of the revolutionary upsurge of the 1840s in Europe? (20 marks) (c)…

(a) The rise of nationalism across nations shattered the chains which held together the empires of modern Europe. Discuss. (20 marks) (b) In the American civil war, the victory of…

(a) Europe was at war with itself in the first half of the twentieth century with a long cease-fire. Comment. (20 marks) (b) The impact of the end of the Cold War and the emergenc…