Day: September 1, 2024

Q. Identify the following places marked on the map below and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim. [20×2.5= 50 Marks] (i) Major Ashokan rock edict (ii) Site of rock cut architecture (iii) Ancient capital […]

Q. Identify the following places marked on the map below and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim. [20×2.5= 50 Marks] (i) Major Ashokan rock edict Girnar Girnar Hill near Junagadh in Kathiawar of Gujarat. […]

Q. Identify the following places marked on the map below and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim. [20×2.5= 50 Marks] (i) A site of ancient cave-painting Sittanavasal: In Pudukkottai district, Tamilnadu. Meghalithic and Jain […]

Q. Identify the following places marked on the map below and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim. [20×2.5= 50 Marks] (i) A site of ancient cave-painting (ii) Ancient port (iii) Ancient rock cut temple […]

Q.1 Identify the following places marked on the map below and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim. [20×2.5= 50 Marks] (i) An early fortified city Sisupalgarh: Near Bhubaneshwar, Odissa. Probably represents Tosali mentioned in […]

Q.1 Identify the following places marked on the map below and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim. [20×2.5= 50 Marks] (i) An early fortified city (ii) An ancient sea-port (iii) A site known for […]

Q. The Carnatic Wars, the Anglo-Mysore Wars and the Anglo-Maratha Wars had virtually eliminated the French from the contest of supremacy in South India. Discuss. [UPSC- 2023] Ans: During the eighteenth century, South India became a major arena of rivalry between the English and French East India Companies, intertwined with struggles among the Nawabs of […]

Q. Discuss the different stages of Indian feudalism and analyze its impact on Indian political system. [UPSC- 2021] Ans: “Indian feudalism” is a model proposed mainly by R.S. Sharma (Indian Feudalism, c. 300–1200, 1965), building on D.D. Kosambi and supported by B.N.S. Yadava. It explains how, in the early medieval period, land grants, decentralised authority, […]

Q. Sufi and Bhakti thoughts ennobled Indian psyche amidst the vagaries of time. Elucidate. [UPSC- 2019] Ans: Between roughly the 8th and 18th centuries, India went through invasions, the rise and fall of dynasties, wars, famines, and the burdens of caste hierarchy, ritualism and religious conflict. Amid these upheavals, Sufi and Bhakti saints offered a […]

Q. Discuss the transformation of Sikh community from a Nirguna Bhakti sect into a politico-military organization. [UPSC- 2021] Ans: Sikhism began with Guru Nanak (1469–1539) as a devotional movement within the nirguna bhakti tradition, stressing devotion to a formless God, equality and ethical living. Over the next two centuries, under successive Gurus and especially under […]