Day: October 18, 2019

Solution: Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 4]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. ”The Seven years of Lord William Bentinck’s administration gave a period of respite from an almost continuous policy of wars and annexations”. Elaborate. [20 Marks] Ans: William Bentinck (1828-35) was the First Governor General of India. His seven years rule provided a break […]

Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 4]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. ”The Seven years of Lord William Bentinck’s administration gave a period of respite from an almost continuous policy of wars and annexations”. Elaborate. [20 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled for 2020 Test Series or Daily and Weekly Problem Practice can send their answers […]

Solution: Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 1]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. “India was not lost by the French because Dupleix was recalled from India or Bussy was re­called from Hyderabad, or because La Bourbonnais left the coast at critical moments. It was through the short-sighted, ill-managed Eu­ropean policy of French Monarchy that France […]

Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 1]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. Q. “India was not lost by the French because Dupleix was recalled from India or Bussy was re­called from Hyderabad, or because La Bourbonnais left the coast at critical moments. It was through the short-sighted, ill-managed Eu­ropean policy of French Monarchy that France […]

Solution: Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 2]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. “The Subsidiary Alliance System was the Trojan-horse-tactics in Empire building.” Explain. [10 Marks] Ans: The subsidiary alliance as imposed by English Governor General Lord Wellesley (though first devised by French Governor General Dupleix in India) on the native rulers was one of the […]

Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 2]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. “The Subsidiary Alliance System was the Trojan-horse-tactics in Empire building.” Explain. [10 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled for 2020 Test Series or Daily and Weekly Problem Practice can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use camscanner) on […]

Solution: Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 3]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. “English utilitarianism had profound impact on British agrarian policy in India as well as Indian Society in 19th century.” Comment. [10 Marks] Ans: English utilitarianism had a tremendous impact on agrarian policy in India: The utilitarian’s, as Eric Stokes has suggested, had a […]

Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 3]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. “English utilitarianism had profound impact on British agrarian policy in India as well as Indian Society in 19th century.” Comment. [10 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled for 2020 Test Series or Daily and Weekly Problem Practice can send their answers for evaluation in […]