Day: June 25, 2026

Q. What led to the formation of the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis? Indicate its impact on international politics. [UPSC- 1986] Ans: The Berlin–Rome–Tokyo Axis was the alliance of three aggressive and revisionist powers: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and militarist Japan. It emerged in the 1930s as a direct challenge to the post-First World War international order created […]

Q. In the post -Second World War scenario friends in war did not remain friends in peace. Examine the truth of this view in the period of your study. [UPSC- 1999] Ans: The statement mainly refers to the breakdown of the wartime alliance between the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union after the defeat […]

Q. Critically evaluate the view that the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in new forms of cooperation in Europe. [10 Marks] Ans: The Berlin wall which was created in 1961 with an immediate reason of stopping the mass migration of people from East Berlin (controlled by the USSR) to West Berlin (controlled […]

Q. Critically evaluate the view that the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in new forms of cooperation in Europe. [10 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use any app) on selfstudyhistory@gmail.com Name your file as your name and day. For […]

Q. Critically evaluate Lenin’s New Economic Policy (NEP), the reasons behind its introduction, and its outcomes. [20 Marks] Ans: From early 1921 Lenin faced the formidable task of rebuilding an economy shattered by the First World War and then by civil war. War communism had been unpopular with the peasants, who, seeing no point in […]

Q. Critically evaluate Lenin’s New Economic Policy (NEP), the reasons behind its introduction, and its outcomes. [20 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use any app) on selfstudyhistory@gmail.com Name your file as your name and day. For example, if your name is Ashok […]

Q. Evaluate the impact of the Communist Revolution on China’s society and economy. [20 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use any app) on selfstudyhistory@gmail.com Name your file as your name and day. For example, if your name is Ashok Kumar and you […]

Q. Evaluate the impact of the Communist Revolution on China’s society and economy. [20 Marks] Ans: The Chinese Communist Revolution resulted in the victory of communists and the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China, on 1 October 1949. Background: Problems faced by the new regime were: The world as a whole would not recognize […]

Q. Examine how Enlightenment anti-clericalism reflected the critical spirit of the Renaissance and the Reformation, while remaining distinct from both in its rejection of Renaissance paganism and Reformation faith. [20 Marks] Ans: The Enlightenment of the eighteenth century represented a major intellectual attack on clerical authority, religious dogmatism, superstition and institutionalized privilege of the Church. […]

Q. Examine how Enlightenment anti-clericalism reflected the critical spirit of the Renaissance and the Reformation, while remaining distinct from both in its rejection of Renaissance paganism and Reformation faith. [20 Marks] NOTE: All those enrolled can send their answers for evaluation in PDF format after scanning (you can use any app) on selfstudyhistory@gmail.com Name your […]