Day: March 11, 2022

Q. “The Indus Valley civilization represents the first urban revolution in India” Comment. “सिन्धु घाटी की सभ्यता भारत की प्रथम नगरीय क्रान्ति, का प्रतीक है।“ विवेचना कीजिये। [UPPSC, 1993] Ans: Indus civilization emerged in India around 2500 BCE. It is known as period of India’s 1st urban civilization with planned urban settlements. A sophisticated and […]

Q. Will it be proper to consider the Megaliths to represent a single, homogenous or contemporaneous culture? What kind of material life and culture system is revealed in the megalithic cultures? [UPSC- 2021]  Ans: The term ‘megalith’ is derived from Greek ‘megas’, which means great and ‘lithos’ meaning stone. So, ‘megaliths’ refer to the monuments […]

Q. To what extent archaeological materials are useful in understanding the progress of Neolithic man in India?  Ans: Neolithic Age, which followed the Mesolithic, heralded the beginning of food production. Domestication of plants and animals has been considered as one of the main characteristic features of the Neolithic stage of culture. Other features of the Neolithic […]

Q. Puranas were the innovative genre of literature to popularise and revive Vedic religion. Elaborate with examples. [UPSC- 2020]  Ans: Purana means’ old’. According to tradition, the composition of Puaranas began with Sage Veda-Vyasa. There are 18 Mahapuranas (great puranas) and many more Upapuranas (secondary puranas). The origins of the puranas may be overlapped to […]