Day: October 11, 2023

Q. ‘Famines were not just because of food grain scarcity, but were a direct result of colonial economic policies.’ Critically examine. [UPSC- 2022] Ans: Famines have been a recurrent feature of human history, with devastating consequences for those affected. Historically, famines have been attributed to a variety of causes, including natural disasters such as droughts […]

Q. “Non-alignment came to symbolize the struggle of India and other newly independent nations to retain and strengthen their independence from colonialism and imperialism.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2019] Ans: The greatest success of Jawaharlal Nehru’s non-committal international politics was the formation of the Non-Alignment Movement(NAM). Nehru’s policy of Non-Alignment played a significant role in shaping […]

Q. “Nehru’s policy of Non-Alignment came to symbolised the struggle of India and other newly independent nations to retain and strengthen their independence from colonialism.” Critically evaluate. [UPSC- 2012] Ans: The greatest success of Jawaharlal Nehru’s non-committal international politics was the formation of the Non-Alignment Movement(NAM). Nehru’s policy of Non-Alignment played a significant role in […]

Q.. Identify the main features of industrial development in India from 1914 to 1947 with special reference to the emergence of a class of factory laborers. Ans: An important development in the 20th century was the establishment of large scale machine-based industries in India. Though it was confined mainly to the plantations and a few […]

Q.. Bring out the pattern of commercialization of agriculture in the 19th century. Was it a forced process for the vast majority of poorer peasants? Ans: Commercialisation of agriculture is a phenomenon where agriculture is governed by commercial consideration i.e. certain specialised crops began to be grown not for consumption in village but for sale […]

Q. “At the dawn of the twentieth century Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, was full of hostility towards the Indian National Congress and he confidentially reported to the Secretary of State in November 1900: My own belief is that the Congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my greatest ambitions while in […]

Q. “The first point to note is the continuing importance of religion and philosophy as vital ingredients in the modern Indian Renaissance. Indeed, there is as much reason for regarding it as a reformation as there is for treating it as a Renaissance.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2013] Ans: Indian renaissance was the response of the […]

Q. “Why did the British finally quit India on 15th August 1947 ? The Imperialist answer is that independence was simply the fulfilment of British self-appointed mission to assist the Indian people to self-government.” Examine. [UPSC- 2014] Ans: The British decision to quit India had multi-faceted reasons and a complex history. Various schools of History […]