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Q. “The Sikh monarchy was Napoleonic in the suddenness of its rise, the brilliancy of its success and the completeness of its overthrow.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2025] Ans: The statement compares the Sikh monarchy under Maharaja Ranjit Singh with the career of Napoleon Bonaparte. Like Napoleon’s empire, the Sikh kingdom rose rapidly, achieved remarkable political […]

Q. Identify the main strands in the Egyptian nationalist movement in the first half of the 20th Century and explain the role played in it by Zaghlul Pasha. Ans: After the British occupation of Egypt in 1882, Egyptian nationalism became focused upon ending British colonial rule. Egyptian nationalism reached its peak in popularity in 1919 when […]

Q. How far did Latin American countries overcome centuries of subjugation and foreign intervention ? [UPSC- 2022] Ans: Latin American countries achieved formal political independence from Spanish and Portuguese colonialism in the early nineteenth century, but their struggle to overcome centuries of subjugation and foreign intervention remained partial, uneven and unfinished. They replaced colonial rule […]

Q. Critically examine whether it was true that after a century of dependency on Europeans, Africans were ill prepared for the task of nation-building. [UPSC- 2020] Ans: Most African countries became independent in the 1950s and 1960s after long colonial rule. They inherited artificial boundaries, weak economies, limited administrative experience, ethnic divisions and dependent political […]

Q. “UNO was the necessity of the time when the World War II ended.” Critically examine its achievements and shortcomings. [UPSC- 2023] Ans: The United Nations Organization was established on 24 October 1945 in the aftermath of the Second World War. The world had just witnessed unprecedented destruction, genocide, mass displacement, economic collapse and the […]

Q. Examine the factors responsible for the rise of the movement of Non-alignment after the Second World War. द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध के उपरान्त निर्गुट आन्दोलन के उदय के उत्तरदायी कारकों का परीक्षण कीजिए। [UPPSC- 2004] Ans: The Non-Aligned Movement arose after the Second World War as a collective response of newly independent Asian, African and […]

Q. The social and political landscape of Europe after the first world war was uniquely suited to the rise of Fascism. Discuss. प्रथम विश्व युद्ध के बाद यूरोप का सामाजिक तथा राजनीतिक परिदृश्य फाँसीबाद के उदय के लिए विशिष्ट रूप से अनुकूल था। विवेचना कीजिए । [UPSC- 2024] Ans: The rise of Fascism in Europe […]

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 […]