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Mains History Paper 1988

IAS Mains History 1988 Paper -I Section A 1. Write short essays of not more than 200 words each on any three of the following: (a) Position of women in the Rigvedic society (b) The intellectual revolution in the Sixth Century B.C. (c) Mauryan court art as an alien grafting (d) The Maukharis paving the […]

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Mains History Paper 1989

IAS Mains History 1989 Paper -I Section A 1. Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you. Also give brief descriptive notes on the places marked on the map: (i) Ahichhatra (ii) Atranjikhera (iii) Ayodhya (iv) Brahmagiri (v) Burzahom (vi) Chamba (vii) Dhauli (viii) Dwarka (ix) Hastinapur (x) Kalibangan (xi) […]

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Mains History Paper 1984

IAS Mains History 1984 Paper -I Section A 1. Write short answers of not more than 200 words each on any three of the following: (a) How do you account for the decline of the major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization? (b) What was the position of Varuna in the Vedic system of Gods? […]

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Mains History Paper 1983

IAS Mains History 1983 Paper-I Section A 1. Mark any fifteen of the following on the map supplied to you and give short descriptive notes on them: (i) Amaravati (ii) Arikamedu (iii) Avanti (iv) Bedsa (v) Belur (vi) Bhrigukachha (vii) Dwarka (viii) Elephanta (ix) Halebid (x) Kanchipuram (xi) Kaushambi (xii) Kurukshetra (xiii) Lothal (xiv) Madurai (xv) […]

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Mains History Paper 1985

  IAS Mains History 1985 Paper -I Section A 1. Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you and give brief descriptive notes on them: (i) Ajanta (ii) Atranjikhera (iii) Ayodhya (iv) Bharhut (v) Dhauli (vi) Ganjam (vii) Gaya (viii) Gwalior (ix) Harappa (x) Junagadh (xi) Kalibangan (xii) Kapilavastu (xiii) Kanyakubja […]

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European Penetration into India: The Early European Settlements; The Portuguese and the Dutch; The English and the French East India Companies; Their struggle for supremacy; Carnatic Wars: Part III

European Penetration into India: The Early European Settlements; The Portuguese and the Dutch; The English and the French East India Companies; Their struggle for supremacy; Carnatic Wars: Part III Situation at the eve of British-French struggle Since the 15th century when Europeans first arrived in India the fight for supremacy between rival factions became a […]

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