Day: July 17, 2024

Q. Arab nationalism was not only a cultural movement, but also an anti-colonial struggle. Comment. [UPSC- 2023] Ans: Arab nationalism emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a movement seeking to forge a common identity among Arabic-speaking peoples on the basis of language, history, cultural heritage and shared political aspirations. Its roots […]

Q. Much of the political instability after the death of Iltutmish was the doing of the Chahalgan. Elucidate. [UPSC- 2022] Ans: The death of Iltutmish in 1236 CE created a serious succession crisis in the Delhi Sultanate. Iltutmish had consolidated the Turkish state in North India, secured recognition from the Abbasid Caliph, organised the iqta […]

Q. Critically examine the socio-cultural and economic impact of migration in Europe and Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries. [UPSC- 2014] Ans: Migration was one of the major forces that reshaped Europe and Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries. It occurred in many forms: rural-to-urban migration, migration to colonies, slave and indentured labour […]

Q. “Decolonization has finished. It definitely belongs to the past. Yet somehow it has refused to become history.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2013] Ans: Decolonization conventionally refers to the dismantling of European colonial empires and the emergence of sovereign states in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, particularly after the Second World War. The independence […]