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Q. “The British were slated to withdraw from Palestine in May 1948, and both sides prepared for that day. Violence between Arabs and Jews, already endemic, escalated.” Critically examine. [UPSC, 2020]

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Q. “The British were slated to withdraw from Palestine in May 1948, and both sides prepared for that day. Violence between Arabs and Jews, already endemic, escalated.” Critically examine. [UPSC, 2020]  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement […]

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Q. Do you agree with the popular view that Mauryas established a unitary and highly centralized if not monolithic state system? [UPSC, 2018]

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Q. Do you agree with the popular view that Mauryas established a unitary and highly centralized if not monolithic state system? [UPSC, 2018] ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: In order to understand the nature and structure of the Maurya empire, the best course is to juxtapose details drawn from the three major sources (Indica, Arthashastra and Ashoka’s inscriptions) […]

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Q. “The multiple of newly independent countries came to be known as the ‘Third World’, belonging neither to the First World of capitalist democracies, nor the Communist Second World.” Critically examine. [UPSC, 2020]

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Q. “The multiple of newly independent countries came to be known as the ‘Third World’, belonging neither to the First World of capitalist democracies, nor the Communist Second World.” Critically examine. [UPSC, 2020] ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: French demographer and historian Alfred Sauvy, in 1952, coined the term Third World, referring to countries that were unaligned with […]

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