Day: July 4, 2023

Q. Explain why the efforts at finding solution to India’s constitutional impasse failed during 1942-1946. [UPSC- 2017] Ans: One of the major challenges that India faced during this period was the constitutional impasse that occurred between 1942 and 1946. The constitutional impasse was a deadlock between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League over […]

Q. “Faced with the challenge of the intrusion of colonial culture and ideology an attempt to reinvigorate traditional institutions and to realize the potential of traditional culture developed during the nineteenth century.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2018] Ans: The intrusion of colonial culture and ideology during the 19th century had a profound impact on traditional institutions […]

Q. Examine the forces at work for the introduction of western education in India. Analyse the thrust given to it by the Christian Missionaries. [UPSC- 2019] Ans: India stands today as a nation of one of the largest English speaking population in the world. During the 18th century, the Hindu and Muslim seats of learning […]

Q. “Swami Dayanand’s philosophy represents both elements of extremism and social radicalism.” Substantiate. [UPSC- 2015] Ans: Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement that sought to purify and restore the Vedic way of life. His philosophy is characterised by a blend of extremism and social radicalism that aimed to […]

Q. Trace the growth of Arab nationalism after the First World War. How far was it a reaction to Oil Imperialism? [UPSC- 1989, 2016] Ans: The aftermath of World War I witnessed a surge in Arab nationalism which was a sentiment driven by various factors. The growth of Arab nationalism after World War I was […]

Q. “Six hundred thousand men had died. The union was preserved, the slaves freed. A nation ‘conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal’ had survived its most terrible ordeal.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2013] Ans: The given statement is the summary of the concluding lines from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg […]

Q. “Kant’s redefinition of reason and his rehabilitation of conscience marked a high point in the intellectual reaction against dominant rationalism of the Enlightenment.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2017] Ans:  Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who wrote many intellectual works on reason. His aim was to determine the limits and scope of pure reason. Kant […]