Day: December 16, 2020

History Optional Online Course cum Test Series- 2022 SYLLABUS AND SOURCES FOR TEST SERIES- 2021

History Optional Online Course cum Test Series- 2021 [Batch IV] SYLLABUS AND SOURCES FOR TEST SERIES- 2021

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2021 [Modern India: Week 3] Q.1 Explain how the arrival of British was responsible for the emergence of socio-religious reform movements in India? [10 Marks] Ans: From early 19th century India witnessed a series of socio-religious reform movement in various part of the country which was oriented towards restructuring […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2021 [Modern India: Week 3] Q.1 Explain how the arrival of British was responsible for the emergence of socio-religious reform movements in India? [10 Marks] Q.2 “Young Bengal left little distinctive or permanent impression on the plane of religion and philosophy.” Critically examine. [10 Marks] Q.3 “The Widow Remarriage Movement […]

SECTION A [ANCIENT INDIA] Q.1 Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum-Answer Booklet. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim. [50 Marks] (i) Paleolithic site (ii) Paleolithic […]

SECTION B [MEDIEVAL INDIA] Q.5 Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: 10×5=50 Q.5 (a) Critically evaluate the Muslim Nobility during the period of Tughlaq dynasty. [10 Marks] Q.5 (b) Describe in details about the foreign travellers’ accounts which gave information of Vijayanagar kingdom. [10 Marks] Q.5 (c) How did international trade support […]

SECTION B [WORLD HISTORY] Q.5 Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: 10×5=50 (a) “The principles of Enlightenment were in some ways a continuation of the discoveries and theories of the Scientific Revolution.” [10 Marks] (b) “The causes of the French Revolution of 1789 included both long term and structural factors, as […]

SECTION A [MODERN INDIA] Q.1 Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: 10×5=50 (a) “Maharaja Ranjit Singh died in 1839. His death was the signal for an outburst of anarchy all over the Punjab.” [10 Marks] (b) “In the initial stages, when Indian nationalism was immature, just sprouting, it found expression in […]

The Moderates and Extremists: Part II Ideology: The Moderate leaders explained their political outlook as a combination of liberalism and moderation. Believers in the spirit of liberalism, they worked to procure for Indians freedom from race and creed prejudices, equality between man and man, equality before law, extension of civil liberties, extension of representative institutions […]

The Moderates and Extremists: Part III Official attitude towards the Congress: Despite its moderate methods and its emphasis on loyalty to the British Crown the Indian National Congress failed to evoke sympathetic response from the Government. In the beginning, however, the official attitude was of outward neutrality. It was in this spirit that Lord Dufferin […]