Day: October 19, 2019

Daily Problem Practice [Medieval India: Day 5]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. Critically analyse Kalhan’s view on History. [15 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 historytestseries2020@gmail.com Name your file as […]

Solution: Daily Problem Practice [Medieval India: Day 5]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. Critically analyse Kalhan’s view on History. [15 Marks] Ans: Kalhan wrote “Rajatarangini” in Sanskrit which is a historical chronicle of early Kashmir. This historical account is considered to be the best and most authentic work of its kind. It covers the entire […]

Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 6]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. Critically examine the reasons for non-existence of Permanent settlement in other parts of India that were annexed by East India Company in 19th century? [15 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled for 2020 Test Series or Daily and Weekly Problem Practice can send their […]

Solution: Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 6]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. Critically examine the reasons for non-existence of Permanent settlement in other parts of India that were annexed by East India Company in 19th century? [15 Marks] Ans:  The extension of the British Empire in Deccan and South India necessitated a new type of […]

Solution: Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 7]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. “The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce. The bones of cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India”. Comment. [10 Marks] Ans: The given statement by the then governor general Bentinck in 1834 tells us about the miserable conditions […]

Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 7]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. “The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce. The bones of cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India”. Comment. [10 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 8]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. Explain the factors responsible for the recurrence of famines in the nineteenth century. What remedial measures were adopted by the British Indian Government? [20 Marks] Ans: The ancient and medieval India did not enjoy absolute immunity from famines. The Arthashastra mentions famine […]

Daily Problem Practice [Modern India: Day 8]: 2020 Mains [History Optional] Q. Explain the factors responsible for the recurrence of famines in the nineteenth century. What remedial measures were adopted by the British Indian Government? [20 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled for 2020 Test Series or Daily and Weekly Problem Practice can send their answers […]