IAS Mains History Papers 2005
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IAS Mains History 2005
Paper I
Section-A
- Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you and write short descriptive notes on places plotted by you on the map:
- Mohenjodaro
- Burzahom
- Inamgaon
- Sannathi
- Kaveripattinam
- Sisupalgarh
- Anuradhapura
- Karnasuvarna
- Chittagong
- Chitore
- Pratishthana
- Vidisa
- Hampi
- Warangal
- Diu
- Seringapatam
- Debal
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Bijapur
- Sasaram
- Determine the extent of the Mauryan empire.
- Assess the status of women in India from c. 4th century BC to AD 6th century.
- What are the salient features of the administrative system of the Guptas?
Section B
- Write short essays in not more than 200 words each on any three of the following:
- The Samanta system
- The Bahmani kingdom
- Mughal painting
- Chaianyadeva and Vaishnavism
- Give your opinion on the urban development in India during the Mughal times.
- “The tenets of Hindu and Muslim mystics were similar enough that the ground was ripe for syncretic movements involving adherents of both religious.” Elucidate.
- How would you like to characterize the eighteenth century in Indian history?
Paper II
Section-A
- Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each: 20 × 3 = 60
- ‘Upon the whole, then, I conclude that the treaty of Bassein was wise, just and a politic measure.’
- ‘Whatever might have been its original character, it (Rebellion of 1857) soon became a symbol of challenge to the mighty British power in India’
- ‘The impact of government on the people meant essentially the impact of government on the village.’
- ‘The national democratic awakening of the Indian people found expression also in the religious sphere.’
- Examine the essential principles of the Subsidiary Alliance system. How far did it contribute in making the British Company the supreme sovereign authority in India? 60
- Trace the development of the famine policy of the British in India 1876 and 1921. Did it provide relief to the people? 60
- Analyse the factors responsible for the Civil Disobedience movement (1930 − 31) . How far were its aims realised in the Government of India Act of 1935? 60
Section B
- Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each: 20 × 3 = 60
- ‘Though reform was inevitable, the Act (1832) by which it was accomplished was open to grave criticism.’
- ‘The writings of the philosophers had a tremendous influence on the minds of the people and created a revolutionary awakening in their minds and formed the intellectual creed of the French Revolution.’
- ‘They have stopped me from making Italy by diplomacy from the North, I will make it by revolution from the South.’
- ‘The Russian Revolution (1917) was an economic explosion hastened by the stupidities of the autocratic Government’
- What were the factors that worked in the drafting of the American Constitution? Do you agree with Beard՚s view of the constitution being an Economic Document? 60
- Discuss the circumstances leading to the Chinese Revolution of 1949 and analyse its significance. 60
- Critically examine the various dimensions and phases of the cold war between 1947 and 1962.60