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Q.1 Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum-Answer Booklet. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim: [50 Marks] (i) Paleolithic site (ii) Mesolithic site with burials (iii) […]

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2023 [Ancient India: Week 5] Q.1 Explain as to how the early Buddhist Stupa art, while using folk motifs and narratives and common cultural symbols, succeeded in transforming these themes for expounding the Buddhist ideals. [15 marks] Ans: From pre-historical times, burial mounds containing the remains of the […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2023 [Ancient India: Week 5] Q.1 Explain as to how the early Buddhist Stupa art, while using folk motifs and narratives and common cultural symbols, succeeded in transforming these themes for expounding the Buddhist ideals. [15 marks] Q.2 “The reign of Kharavela of Kalinga was not just significant for […]

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2023 [Ancient India: Week 6] Q.1 Analyse the vibrant cultural activities in peninsular India during 550-750 CE and also compare with contemporary North India. [20 Marks] Ans: During 550-750 CE, the peninsular India made immense cultural progress under the two powerful kingdom of Chalukyas (in Deccan) and Pallavas […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2023 [Ancient India: Week 6] Q.1 Analyse the vibrant cultural activities in peninsular India during 550-750 CE and also compare with contemporary North India. [20 Marks] Q.2 Give a brief account of the major mathematical and astronomical development in ancient India. [15 Marks] Q.3 What is the historical significance […]

Solution: Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2023 [Ancient India: Week 4] Q.1 Why is Ashoka regarded as an unique king in Indian History? [20 Marks]  Ans: Ashoka was the third king of the Mauryan dynasty. He ascended the throne in 269 BC and ruled till 232 BC. He ruled over the largest empire of […]

Weekly Problem Practice For History Optional- 2023 [Ancient India: Week 4] Q.1 Why is Ashoka regarded as an unique king in Indian History? [20 Marks]  Q.2 What were the causes of the origin of the heterodox sects in the sixth century BC? [20 Marks] Q.3 Examine the role of adhyaksha in the Mauryan administration. [15 […]

SECTION B [WORLD HISTORY] Q.5 Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each : 10×5=50 (a) ‘Rousseau kindled a hope which became the spirit of the Enlightenment’. [10 Marks] (b) ‘The codification of French Law was perhaps the most enduring of Napoleon’s achievements’. [10 Marks] (c) Engels did much more than Marx himself to […]

SECTION A [MODERN INDIA] Q.1 Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each : 10×5=50 (a) ‘The Battle of Plassey (1757) was a skirmish while the Battle of Buxar (1764) was a real war’. [10 Marks] (b) ‘The Treaty of Amritsar (1809) was significant for its immediate as well as potential effects’. [10 […]