Day: March 15, 2024

Q. For long, the Revolt of 1857, has been mistaken to be a mere mutiny of the Indian sepoys in the Bengal army. However, its causes need to be searched for not only in the dissatisfaction of the army, but in a long drawn process of fundamental social and economic change that upset the peasant […]

Q. ‘Penetration of outsiders- called dikus by the Santhals- completely destroyed their familiar world, and forced them into action to take possession of their lost territory’. Critically examine. [UPSC- 2022] Ans: The Santal rebellion or Santal Hul of 1855-56 was a native rebellion in present day Jharkhand against both the British colonial authority and zamindari […]

Q. Can method and politics of the moderates be referred to as ‘political mendicancy? [UPSC- 2018] Ans: The early phase of the politics of Congress is called the moderate phase. Moderate leaders of early phase of Congress believed in gradual reforms, dialogue with the British government and the Constitutional way of agitation. They took recourse […]

Q. ‘Within a limited scope the Indian Scientists could pursue original scientific research in colonial India’. Critically examine. [UPSC- 2022] Ans: In colonial India, in the absence of higher scientific education, scientific research remained an exclusive governmental exercise for a long time. It was, therefore, linked to the economic policies pursued by the imperial power.©selfstudyhistory.com […]

Q. In the light of contentions over the McMohon Line, analyse the India-China relations in the 1950s and 1960s. [UPSC- 2022] Ans: On October 1, 1949 the People’s Liberation Army defeated the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) of China in a civil war and established the People’s Republic of China (PRC). On August 15, 1947, India became […]