Day: August 17, 2024

Q. Trace the stages in the partition of Africa after 1870. How did it affect international relations? [UPSC- 1996, UPPSC- 2016] Ans: The partition of Africa, also known as the Scramble for Africa, was a period of rapid colonization of the African continent by European powers between the 1870s and the early 20th century. This […]

Q. ‘यूरोप का बीमार 19वीं और प्रारम्भिक 20वीं सदियों में शान्ति के लिये संभावित खतरा था। पर टिप्पणी लिखिये। Comment on ‘The sick man of Europe was a potential threat to peace in the 19th and early 20th centuries.’ [UPPSC- 2001] Ans: The term “the sick man of Europe” historically referred to the Ottoman Empire […]

Q. The Civil War was inevitable, Abraham Lincoln only expedited it, but saved the national unity thereby. Elaborate.  गृहयुद्ध तो अवश्यम्भावी था, अब्राहम लिंकन के कारण वह शीघ्र घटित हुआ और परिणामस्वरूप उसने राष्ट्रीय एकता को बचा लिया। सविस्तार लिखिये। [BPSC-2001] Ans: The American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, stands as a pivotal […]

Q. Bring out the role of the development of commerce-technology in the industrialization of Britain. ब्रिटेन के औद्यीगीकरण में वाणिज्य और तकनीकी के क्षेत्र में विकास की भूमिका का परीक्षण कीजिए। [BPSC- 1997] Ans: The development of commerce and technology played pivotal roles in the industrialization of Britain, transforming it from an agrarian society into […]

Q. “1917 की रूस की क्रान्ति एकल क्रान्ति थी जो दो अवस्थाओं में विकसित हुई।“ विवेचना कीजिए। “The Russian revolution of 1917 was a single revolution which developed in two phases”. Discuss. [UPPSC- 2016] Ans: The Russian Revolution of 1917 indeed unfolded in two distinct phases, each marked by different actors, motivations, and outcomes, yet […]

Q. Discuss the legacy of the Kushanas in India History. भारतीय इतिहास में कुषाणों की देन का विवेचन कीजिए। [UPPSC- 2016] Ans: The Kushanas, a dynasty of Central Asian origin, ruled a vast empire that extended across much of northern India, parts of Central Asia, and beyond during the first few centuries CE (circa 1st […]

Q. Trace the growth of British democratic politics between the period of 1815-1850. 1815 से 1850 के बीच ब्रिटिश लोकतांत्रिक राजनीतिक में हुए विकास की चिन्हित कीजिए। [UPPSC- 2015] Ans: The period between 1815 and 1850 was a transformative era for British democratic politics. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, Britain faced […]

Q. ‘The religion preached by Ashoka in his edicts was a universal religion.’ Critically examine the statement. ‘अशोक के शिलालेखों का धर्म एक विश्वैव्यापी धर्म था ।’ कथन का आलोचनात्मक परीक्षण कीजिए। [UPPSC- 2006] Ans: Ashoka, the Mauryan emperor who ruled from 268 to 232 BCE, is renowned for his embrace of Buddhism after the […]

Q. Briefly examine the political changes in East Europe between 1989 and 1992. 1989 और 1992 के मध्यपूर्वी यूरोप में राजनैतिक परिवर्तनों का संक्षिप्त परीक्षण कीजिए। [UPPSC- 2003] Ans: The political changes in Eastern Europe between 1989 and 1992 were transformative and multifaceted, encompassing the collapse of communist regimes, the disintegration of multinational states, the […]

Q. How did Japan become a great power ? What were its effects on Asia ? जापान एक बड़ी शक्ति कैसे बना ? इसके एशिया पर क्या प्रभाव पड़े ? [BPSC- 1999] Ans: Japan’s rise to great power status in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and its subsequent impact on Asia, is a […]