Day: June 29, 2024

Q. Discuss, how the policies adopted by Mikhail Gorbachev were responsible for the disintegration of the USSR ? [UPSC- 2022] Ans: In the mid-1980s, the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev introduced series of liberalizing reforms like perestroika (“restructuring”), glasnost (“openness”), democratization to bring long term changes in […]

Q. Explain why the majority of the known Harappan settlements are located in the semi-arid areas with saline groundwater. [UPSC, 2016] Ans: Indus civilization, a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia,  was the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. The nuclear dates of the civilization appear to be about […]

Q. “The battles of Tarain and Chandawar laid the foundations of Turkish rule in India”. Elaborate. [UPSC, 2018] Ans: The battles of Tarain and Chandawar were pivotal in establishing Turkish rule in India, marking the end of Rajput dominance and the beginning of the Delhi Sultanate. These battles were fought between the Turkic Muslim invaders […]

Q. “The American War of Independence finally ended in 1783 when Britain acknowledged the independence of the United States of America.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2023] Ans: American Revolution (1775–83) was insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war […]