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History:IASMains:1986
PaperI
SECTIONA
1.Write
short
essays
of
not
more
than
200
words
on
any
three
of
the
following:
(a)DemocraticelementshithepoliticalsystemoftheearlyVedicperiod.
(b)TheroleofguildsintheeconomiclifeofIndiafromc.200B:C.toc.A.0.300
(c)Thesignificanceofthepolicyomatrimonialalliancesfortheexpansionandconsolidationof
theGuptaempire.
(d)ThecontributionsofthePallavastoIndianarchitecture.
2.OncircumstantialevidenceIndrastandsconvicted.Explain,anddiscussbrieflydifferentviews
aboutasuddenendoftheIndusValleycivilization.Howwouldyouexplainthepresenceofthose
elementsinIndiancultureandcivilizationwhicharefoundtohaveexistedintheIndusValley
period?
3.DiscusscriticallytherelativeimportanceofthedifferentsourceforthehistoryoftheMauryan
period.
4.HarshaisdescribedasthelordofthewholeofnorthIndia.Determinetheextentofhisempireand
discusshispoliticalrelationswithSasanka,BhaskaravarmanandPulakesinII.
SECTIONB
5.Marksanyfifteenofthefollowingplacesonthemapsuppliedtoyou.Alsogivebriefdescriptive
notesonplacesmarkedonthemap:
(i)Agra(ii)Ahmadnagar
(iii)Anhilware(iv)Attock
(v)Bidar(vi)Cambay
(vii)Champaner(viii)
Chittor
(ix)Chunar(x)Daultabad
(xi)Dvarasamudra(xii) Gaurs
(xiii)Gwalior(xiv)Jaunpur
(xv)Kalinjar(xvi)Koil
(xvii)Madura(xviii)Mandu
(xix)Panipat(xx)Rameshwaram
(xxi)Ranthambhor(xxii)Sarhind
(xxiii)Sasaram(xxiv) Sailkot
(xxv)Surat(xxvi)Tanjore
(xxvii)Thatta(xxviii)Ujjain
(xxix)Vijayanagara(xxx)Warangal
6.TheperiodofDelhiSultanswitnessedtheemergenceofIndoPersiancultureDiscussthestatement
withreferencetodevelopmentsmthefieldsoflanguage,literature,artandsociallife.
7.BringoutthesignificanceofthereignofSherShahinthehistoryofIndia.
8.AccountfortheriseoftheMarathasasapoliticalpower.Howdidtheyinfluencethecourseof
history?
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PaperII
SECTIONA
(ModernIndia)
1.Commentonanythreeofthefollowingstatementsinabout200wordseach:
(a)Uponthewhole,then,IconcludethatthetreatyofBasseinwaswise,justandapolitic
measure.
(b)RammohunthuspresentsamostinstructiveandinspiringstudyfortheNewIndiaofwhich
heisthetypeandpioneer.
(c)TherootsofMoplahdiscontentwereclearlyagrarian....
(d)ItissometimesaskedbyRulingChiefs,aswellasbythepublicinIndiaandinEuropewhat
ourpolicytowardsNativeStatesis.Icantellyouthatthebasisofthepolicywaslaidin
QueenVictoriasProclamation
of1858andrepeatedintheCoronationmessageofHis
MajestytheKingEmperor.
2.Bring
out
the
pattern
of
commercialization
of
agriculture
in
the
19th
century.
Was
it
aforced
process
forthevastmajorityofpoorerpeasants?
3.DiscussthebasicfeaturesofthejudicialadministrationundertheEastIndiaCompany.Didthe
BritishintroducethemodernconceptoftheruleoflawinIndia?
4.AccountfortheriseandgrowthofLeftwingwithintheCongress.DidJawaharlalNehrubelieveina
socialisticapproachtoIndianandworldproblemsandifsowhy?
SECTIONB
(WorldHistory)
5.Commentonanythreeofthefollowingstatementsinabout200wordseach:
(a)The
novelty
in
sixteenth
century
mercantilism
its
extension
from
city
to
nation
and
the
transferofitschiefagencyfromlocalguilttonationalmonarch.
(b)NapoleonwasthechildoftheRevolution,butinmanywayshereversedtheaimsand
principlesofthemovementfromwhichhesprang.......
(c)IfIcouldsavetheUnionwithoutfreeinganyslave,Iwoulddoit;andifIcouldsaveitby
freeingalltheslaves,Iwoulddoit;andifIcouldsaveitbyfreeingsomeandleavingothers
alone,Iwouldalsodothat.
(d)UnderMustafaKemalsdictatorship;Turkeywasrapidlynatonalized.
6.Whatismeantbytherediscoveryofancientcivilization?ShowhowtheNewLearningwasa
majorelementinthebeginningofModernEurope.
7.DiscusstheSelfstrengtheningmovementinChina.
8.WhatledtotheformationoftheBerlinRomeTokyoaxis?Indicateitsimpactoninternational
politics.
