Modern History - UPSC Mains Previous Year Questions
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- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: How did the colonial rule affect the tribals in India and what was the tribal response to the colonial oppression?
How did the colonial rule affect the tribals in India and what was the tribal response to the colonial oppression?
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: What was the difference between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore in their approach towards education and nationalism?
What was the difference between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore in their approach towards education and nationalism?
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: The political and administrative reorganisation of states and territories has been a continuous ongoing process since the mid-nineteenth century. Discuss with examples.
The political and administrative reorganisation of states and territories has been a continuous ongoing process since the mid-nineteenth century. Discuss with examples.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Why was there a sudden spurt in famines in colonial India since the mid-eighteenth century? Give reasons.
Why was there a sudden spurt in famines in colonial India since the mid-eighteenth century? Give reasons.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Why did the armies of the British East India company- mostly comprising of Indian soldiers win consistently against the more numerous and better equipped armies of then Indian rulers? Give reasons.
Why did the armies of the British East India company- mostly comprising of Indian soldiers win consistently against the more numerous and better equipped armies of then Indian rulers? Give reasons.
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: Bring out the constructive programmes of Mahatma Gandhi during Non-Cooperation Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement.
Bring out the constructive programmes of Mahatma Gandhi during Non-Cooperation Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement.
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: To what extent did the role of the moderates prepare a base for the wider freedom movement? Comment.
To what extent did the role of the moderates prepare a base for the wider freedom movement? Comment.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj.
Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj.
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: Since the decade of the 1920s, the national movement acquired various ideological strands and thereby expanded its social base. Discuss.
Since the decade of the 1920s, the national movement acquired various ideological strands and thereby expanded its social base. Discuss.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Evaluate the policies of Lord Curzon and their long term implications on the national movements.
Evaluate the policies of Lord Curzon and their long term implications on the national movements.
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.
Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.
Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century’s ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity.
Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century’s ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: The 1857 uprising was the culmination of the recurrent, big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.
The 1857 uprising was the culmination of the recurrent, big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: Why indentured labour was taken by the British from India to their colonies? Have they been able to preserve their cultural identity over there?
Why indentured labour was taken by the British from India to their colonies? Have they been able to preserve their cultural identity over there?
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times.
Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times.
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: Highlight the importance of the new objectives that got added to the vision of Indian Independence since the twenties of the last century.
Highlight the importance of the new objectives that got added to the vision of Indian Independence since the twenties of the last century.
- Modern History15 MarksView Answer for: Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.
Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Why did the ‘Moderates’ fail to carry conviction with the nation about their proclaimed ideology and political goals by the end of the nineteenth century?
Why did the ‘Moderates’ fail to carry conviction with the nation about their proclaimed ideology and political goals by the end of the nineteenth century?
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Clarify how mid-eighteenth century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity.
Clarify how mid-eighteenth century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity.
- Modern History12.5 MarksView Answer for: Highlight the differences in the approach of Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle for freedom.
Highlight the differences in the approach of Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle for freedom.
- Modern History12.5 MarksView Answer for: Discuss the role of women in the freedom struggle especially during the Gandhian phase.
Discuss the role of women in the freedom struggle especially during the Gandhian phase.
- Modern History12.5 MarksView Answer for: Explain how the uprising of 1857 constitutes an important watershed in the evolution of British policies towards colonial India.
Explain how the uprising of 1857 constitutes an important watershed in the evolution of British policies towards colonial India.
- Modern History12.5 MarksView Answer for: It would have been difficult for the Constituent Assembly to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India in just three years, but its experience gained with the Government of India Act, 1935 .Discuss.
It would have been difficult for the Constituent Assembly to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India in just three years, but its experience gained with the Government of India Act, 1935 .Discuss.
- Modern History12.5 MarksView Answer for: Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B R Ambedkar, despite having divergent approaches and strategies, had a common goal of amelioration of the downtrodden. Elucidate.
Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B R Ambedkar, despite having divergent approaches and strategies, had a common goal of amelioration of the downtrodden. Elucidate.
- Modern History12.5 MarksView Answer for: How difficult would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi? Discuss.
How difficult would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi? Discuss.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: What were the major political, economic and social developments in the world which motivated the anti-colonial struggle in India?
What were the major political, economic and social developments in the world which motivated the anti-colonial struggle in India?
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: In what ways did the naval mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India?
In what ways did the naval mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India?
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from the mid-eighteenth century till independence.
Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from the mid-eighteenth century till independence.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: The third battle of Panipat was fought in 1761. Why were so many empire-shaking battles fought at Panipat?
The third battle of Panipat was fought in 1761. Why were so many empire-shaking battles fought at Panipat?
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Critically discuss the objectives of the Bhoodan and Gramdan movements initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave and their success.
Critically discuss the objectives of the Bhoodan and Gramdan movements initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave and their success.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: In many ways, Lord Dalhousie was the founder of modern India. Elaborate.
In many ways, Lord Dalhousie was the founder of modern India. Elaborate.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Several foreigners made India their homeland and participated in various movements. Analyze their role in the Indian struggle for freedom.
Several foreigners made India their homeland and participated in various movements. Analyze their role in the Indian struggle for freedom.
- Modern History10 MarksView Answer for: Defying the barriers of age, gender and religion, Indian women became the torchbearers during the struggle for freedom in India. Discuss.
Defying the barriers of age, gender and religion, Indian women became the torchbearers during the struggle for freedom in India. Discuss.
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