IAS Mains History Papers 2003
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IAS Mains History 2003
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
- Kot Digi
- Banamali
- Tiruclirapalli
- Tamralipti
- Vaisali
- Kundagrama
- Puri
- Ujjain
- Badami
- Guggara
- Sarnath
- Amarravati
- Janguda
- Kolhapur
- Nagarjunkonda
- Calicut
- Haldighati
- Golconda
- Somnath
- Mathura.
- Assess the pattern of settlement, economy social organization and religion of India during C 200 to 500 BC from archaeological evidences.
- The Sixth century B. C. Was a period of religious and economic unrest in India. Comment.
- Examine the information of Fahien about the political, religious, social and economic conditions of India. Make a comparative study of his account with that of Yuan Chawang.
Section B
- Write short essays in not more than 200 words each on any THREE of the following:
- Kalhan as a historian
- Experiments of Mohammad Tughluq
- Sufi Movements
- Chauth and Sardeshmukhi.
- Attempt a critical essay of the Indian Science and Civilization in the light of Alberuni՚s writings. What merits and drawbacks, do you find in his account?
- What impact did kabir and Nanak leave on Indian Society and Culture?
- ‘Akbar built the Moghul Empire by enlisting the support Rajputs.’ Do you agree?
Paper II
Section A
- Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each:
- ‘Absentee landlordism was a consequential feature of Bengal՚s Permanent land settlement.’
- ‘India underwent suffering and mortality in the wake of recurring famines’ in the later half of the 19th century.
- ‘In the summer of 1942 Gandhi was in a strange and uniquely militant mood’
- ‘Rabindranath Tagores՚s nationalism was based on a Catholic internationalism.’
- What was the impact of early British land policy in the village communities of North India?
- Trace the factors which led to a split in the Indian national Congress in 1907. What was its impact on the course of the nationalist movement?
- Examine the causes of the rise and progress of revolutionary movements in India from 1905 to 1931.
Section B
- Comment on any three of the following statements in about 200 words each:
- ‘The French Revolution attacked privileges and not property’
- ‘The roots of the rise of Fascism lay in Peace Treaties.’
- ‘The Security Council is the heart of the United nations’
- ‘The Brussels Treaty of 17 March, 1948 paved the way for the formation of NATO’
- Bismarck united Germany not by majority of votes and speeches but by a policy of Blood and iron. In the light of this statement assess the contribution of Bismarck to the unification of Germany.
- Examine the causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and indicate its significance in world history.
- Analyze the factors leading to the end of the Cold war and account for the US ascendancy in the world.