UPSC : IAS
MAIN - 2007
HISTORY
Paper- I
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
INSTRUCTIONS
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Candidates should
attempt Question No.1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining
questions
selecting at least
one question from each section.
Section 'A'
1.
Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you and write
short descriptive notes on
the places marked. 4x15=60
(i). Kot digi
(ii). Kalibangan
(iii). Ahicchatra
(iv). Bhimbaitka
(v). Kanauj
(vi). Siddapura
(vii). Udayagiri
(viii). Kaveripoompattinam
(ix). Tiruchirapalli
(x). Sisupalgarh
(xi).
Anuradhapura
(xii). Hampi
(xiii). Srirangapatnam
(xiv). Puri
(xv).
Kolhapur
(xvi). Haldighati
(xvii).
Golconda
(xviii).
Chittagong
(xix). Chitore
(xx).
Calicut
2."Reconstruction
of Early Indian history is hardly possible
without the help of inscriptions and coins."
Discuss. 60
3.
Write what you know of the rise and spread of Buddhism before the first century
A.D. 60
4.
Throw light on the condition of common man in the Gupta period. 60
Section 'B'
5.
Write short essays in not more than 200 words each on any three of the
following: 20x3=60
(a) Alberuni on science in
India
(b) The
Bahamani Kingdom
(c) Mughal painting
(d) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of
the Maratha rulers
6.
Show that the administrative
system in India
reached a very high level during the Chola period. 60
7."The
tenets of Hindu and Muslim mystics were similar enough that the ground was ripe
for syncretic
movements involving adherents
of both the religions." Elucidate. 60
8."Akbar
built the Mughal Empire by enlisting the support of the Rajputs; Aurangzeb
destroyed it by
alienating the Rajputs."
Discuss critically. 60
HISTORY
Paper- II
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
INSTRUCTIONS
Candidates should
attempt Question No.1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining
questions
selecting at least
one question from each section.
Section 'A'
(Modern
India)
1.
Comment on any three of the
following statements in about 200 words each: 20x3=60
a). � The Revolt of 1857 seemed
to call the very presence of the British into question. What it did not do was
reverse these change�.
b). � Of the evils which
corroded Indian society in the nineteenth century were probably those which
stunted
its womanhood.�
c). � At
Karachi in 1931 , the congress defined what Swaraj would
mean for the masses�.
d). � There is no other
instance in the history of mankind of a poet and
philosopher working such as a
miracle in shaping the destiny
of his people� ( A Tribute to M. Iqbal )
2.
Examine the major factors
shaping the British land-revenue policy in
India. How It affected Indian society?
60
3.
Explain the circumstances
leading to the alliance between the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movements.
Was it a politically wise step
on the part of the Congress? 60
4."With
great skill and masterful diplomacy and using both persuasion and pressure,
Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel succeeded in integrating
the hundreds of princely states with the Indian Union." Discuss. 60
Section-B
World
History
5.
Comment on any three of the
following statements in about 200 words each: 20x3=60
(a) "No event as encompassing
as the French Revolution occurs in an intellectual vacuum."
(b) "New imperialism was a
nationalistic, not an economic phenomena."
(c) "The War's (First World
War's) most permanent contribution to the spirit or the post-War years was
disillusion."
(d) "NATO in many ways
symbolized the key role that the United
States
had come to play in Europe�
6.
Give reasons for the origin of the Renaissance in
Italy. 60
7.
Discuss the main
characteristics of Fascism. 60
8."By
the 1980s, the Communist system of the Soviet Union
was incapable of maintaining the country's role
as a Superpower." Explain this
statement. 60
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