Day: January 10, 2018

For History Optional and GS Paper I “No taxation without representation.” Discuss this statement in the context of American Revolution. What impact it had on Indian Struggle for independence? Note: To get feedback, send you answers to selfstudyhistory@gmail.com. Those enrolled in test series will be given priority with ensured evaluation of answers. Preferably send in pdf […]

“The end of the Cold War and with it, the age of bipolarity, does not make the Non-Aligned Movement, which was said to be conceived to avoid Cold War politics, irrelevant.” Justify this statement. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states which are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. […]

“The government of Van den Bosch made Holland a prosperous country because of heavy exploitation of the natives and resources under the Culture System in Indonesia, but still the system was finally dismantled.” Explain.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Dutch government followed a revenue policy for East Indies starting from 1830 called the Culture System or Cultivation […]

Q. “The Cuban Missile Crisis, though lasted for few days, was extremely tensed and had important results.” Elucidate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day (October, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. […]