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History Optional Mains Paper II: 2022 [Section A- Modern India]

SECTION A [MODERN INDIA] Q.1 Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each : 10×5=50 (a) ‘The Battle of Plassey (1757) was a skirmish while the Battle of Buxar (1764) was a real war’. [10 Marks] (b) ‘The Treaty of Amritsar (1809) was significant for its immediate as well as potential effects’. [10 […]

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History Optional Mains Paper I: 2022 [Section A- Ancient India]

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) Mesolithic […]

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History Optional Mains Paper I: 2022 [Section B- Medieval India]

SECTION B [MEDIEVAL INDIA] Q.5 Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: 10×5=50 Q.5 (a) What were ‘Brahmdeya’ grants? How do you account for the large number of such grants in the early medieval period? [10 Marks] (b) The establishment of large number of urban settlements in North India in the thirteenth century […]

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