UPSC History 2023

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) "The Neolithic Age represents a revolution due to significant changes that took place during this period." Examine. (20 marks) (b) The Indus-Saraswati cultural zone exhibited…

(a) How far the Sangam literature acts as a window into the social and cultural traditions of ancient South India? (20 marks) (b) Analyze the contours of imperial ideology as exhi…

(a) Analyze the tenets, spread and impact of the Bhakti Movement. (20 marks) (b) How far temple architecture under the Cholas became more refined and grandiose as compared to the…

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: (a) Discuss the various proponents of Indian feudalism. (10 marks) (b) Examine the defects in Alberuni's assessment of the…

(a) Discuss the role of Nur Jahan in the Mughal court politics during the reign of Jahangir. (20 marks) (b) Why did Balban prefer 'consolidation' over 'expansion' of the Delhi Sul…

(a) The Marathas posed a significant threat to the integrity of the Mughal Empire. Discuss. (20 marks) (b) "Haidar Ali was born to build an empire, and Tipu Sultan to lose one." C…

(a) Mughal architecture was syncretic in character. Comment. (20 marks) (b) The economy of India was not stagnant in the eighteenth century. Discuss. (15 marks) (c) Discuss the na…

Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: (a) "Colonialism had a twisted logic of its own for commercialization. It emerges on analysis to have been oft…

(a) The Carnatic Wars, the Anglo-Mysore Wars and the Anglo-Maratha Wars had virtually eliminated the French from the contest of supremacy in South India. Discuss. (20 marks) (b) W…

(a) Do you agree that 'the decline of traditional Indian artisan production was a fact, sad but inevitable'? Discuss. (20 marks) (b) The historical significance of tribal and peas…

(a) The universalist perspective of socio-religious reform movements was not a 'purely philosophic concern; it strongly influenced the political and social outlook of the time'. E…

Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: (a) "The American War of Independence finally ended in 1783 when Britain acknowledged the independence of the…

(a) The philosophers and thinkers may have laid the foundation of the French Revolution, but it was precipitated by social and economic reasons. Explain. (20 marks) (b) Marxian so…

(a) The impact of industrial revolution on the middle class world view is reflected in the views of Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and Jeremy Bentham. Comment. (20 marks) (b) Discuss…

(a) "UNO was the necessity of the time when the World War II ended." Critically examine its achievements and shortcomings. (20 marks) (b) The historical causes for the rise of ant…