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Q. Critically evaluate history of the Eighteenth century India with reference to culture and economy. [UPSC, 2020]

Q. Critically evaluate history of the Eighteenth century India with reference to culture and economy. [UPSC, 2020] Ans: The first half of the eighteenth century saw the decline of the mighty Mughals, who had been the envy of their contemporaries for almost two centuries and second half of the 18th century saw rise of the […]

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भारतीय राष्ट्रीय आन्दोलन में मितवादियों की भूमिका का मूल्यांकन कीजिये। Assess the role the moderates in Indian national Movement. [UPPSC-1998]

Q. भारतीय राष्ट्रीय आन्दोलन में मितवादियों की भूमिका का मूल्यांकन कीजिये। Assess the role the moderates in Indian national Movement. [UPPSC-1998] Ans: The early phase of the politics of Congress is called the moderate phase. Moderate leaders of early phase of Congress believed in the Constitutional way of agitation. They took rexourse to making appeal, […]

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Q. असहयोग आन्दोलन के सकारात्मक एवं नकारात्मक पहलुओं का मूल्यांकन कीजिए। Evaluate the positive and negative programmes of Non Cooperation movement. [UPPSC-2002]

Q. असहयोग आन्दोलन के सकारात्मक एवं नकारात्मक पहलुओं का मूल्यांकन कीजिए। Evaluate the positive and negative programmes of Non Cooperation movement. [UPPSC-2002] Ans: The Non-cooperation (1921-22) was the first nationwide mass agitation against colonial rule launched by Gandhiji The movement was launched on 1 August, 1920 from the Central Khilafat Committee platform. Later in September-1920, […]

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भारत में ईस्ट इण्डिया कम्पनी के शासन काल में भू-राजस्व व्यवस्था के विकास का संक्षिप्त विवरण दीजिये। Trace the growth of the land revenue system in India under the rule of the East India Company. [UPPSC-2001]

Q. भारत में ईस्ट इण्डिया कम्पनी के शासन काल में भू-राजस्व व्यवस्था के विकास का संक्षिप्त विवरण दीजिये। Trace the growth of the land revenue system in India under the rule of the East India Company. [UPPSC-2001] Ans: Since the grant of diwani for Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in 1765, the major concern of the […]

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1757 से 1919 तक भारत में ब्रिटिश सर्वोच्च सत्ता के विकास की रूपरेखा प्रस्तुत कोजिये। Trace the evolution of the British paramountcy in India from 1757-1919. [UPPSC-2000]

Q. 1757 से 1919 तक भारत में ब्रिटिश सर्वोच्च सत्ता के विकास की रूपरेखा प्रस्तुत कोजिये। Trace the evolution of the British paramountcy in India from 1757-1919. [UPPSC-2000] Ans: ‘Paramountcy’ is defined as ‘The quality of being supreme authority of jurisdiction’. The British Paramountcy in India connotes that the British had established supreme authority which […]

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Q. Why is the Quit India Movement characterised as a ‘Spontaneous Revolution’? Did it accelerate the process of Indian independence? [UPSC, 2019]

Q. Why is the Quit India Movement characterised as a ‘Spontaneous Revolution’? Did it accelerate the process of Indian independence? [UPSC, 2019]  Ans: The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World […]

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