Exam Details

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Paper paper 2
Exam / Course civil services main optional
Department
Organization union public service commission
Position
Exam Date 2003
City, State central government,


Question Paper

1. Elucidate the main features ofNeolithic cultures.

2. What are the uses and limitations of Artha Sastra as a primary source for writing the history ofthe Mauryas?

3. How did the Jagirdari crisis contribute to the collapse of the Mughal Empire?

4. How centralized was the Mughal state?

5. What are the important changes in politics that came into effect after Gandhi's entry into the Indian national movement?

6. Discuss the salient features of the Quit India Movement.

7. Is history an art (one of humanities) or social science?


8. Discuss the contribution of D D Kosambi to the writing of ancient Indian history.

9. What is the so-called 'second urbanization' in ancient India? How was it different from the Harappan culture?

10. What are the well-known styles of art and architecture that flourished in ancient India?

11. Discuss the various technologies of irrigation in medieval India.

12. What was the contribution of the Qutb Shahi rulers to the field of Deccani
architecture?

13. What are the salient features ofAlauddin Khilji's market policy and what is its significance? .

14. How did the Moderates contribute to the project ofIndian nationalism?

15. What was the nature ofAmbedkar's political differences with Gandhi?

16. What were the attitudes of the Indian capitalist class towards the Indian national movement?

17. In what ways does history draw from other social sciences?

18. Jataka

19. Panchayat

20. Dagh

21.Jajmani

22.Itihasa

23.Bahujan

24. Megalith

25. Khalisa

26. Indian secularism

27. Harijan

28. Watan-Jagir

29. Dhamma

30.Federalism

31.Silsilah

32.Samsara

33.Gana-sangha

34.swaraj

35.Ibadat-khana


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