Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
Source: PIB Context: The Prime Minister has paid tribute to the great social reformer, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on his birth anniversary About Jyotiba Phule (1827 to 1890)
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Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago speech in 1893
GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Modern India: Reform movements Source: ThePrint Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday remembered Swami Vivekananda’s speech at Chicago in the US on this day in 1893. On September 11 in 1893, more than a century ago, Swami Vivekananda delivered a speech at the World Parliament of Religions in …
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Subhas Chandra Bose
GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Personalities related to the Indian Freedom struggle Source: Indian Express Context: A statue of Subhas Chandra Bose was unveiled by PM Modi at India Gate, inaugurated along with the Kartavya Path that was earlier known as Rajpath. About Subhas Chandra Bose: In 1919, Bose was selected to be in Indian …
Lord Curzon
GS Paper 1 Source: Indian Express Direction: Try to remember some reforms by the governor general and Viceroys. This is important for both Prelims and Mains. Context: The Bardhaman municipality, West Bengal has decided to erect a statue of an erstwhile maharaja in front of the landmark Curzon Gate in the city. …
Heroes of India’s freedom struggle, mentioned by PM in his I-Day speech
GS Paper 1 Syllabus: The Freedom Struggle Source: Indian Express, Indian Express Direction: No need to remember or overthink, just go through it once. Context: In the Independence Day address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed “Nari shakti”, and paid tribute to various women leaders. Women Heroes …
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Recalling ‘Quit India Movement’
GS Paper 1 Syllabus: The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country. Source: The Indian Express Context: On August 9, 1942, the biggest mass movement of the Indian freedom struggle i.e Quit India Movement was launched. This year marks 80 years of the Quit India Movement …
History-2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 6
ARCHIVES 09 September 2014 “No event as encompassing as the French Revolution occurs in an intellectual vacuum”. Comment [200 words,2007] ‘The French Revolution attacked privileges and not property’. Comment [200 words,2003]
History – 2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 5
ARCHIVES 08 September 2014 Answer in 250 words: Sir Charles Napier said, “We have no right to seize Sind, yet we shall do so, and a very advantageous, useful, humane piece of rascality it will be”. Comment [200 words;2000,1990,1984] The Bristish conquest of Sind was both political and moral sequel to the first Afghan war. …
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History-2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 4
ARCHIVES 06 September 2014 1) Trace and explain the growth of landlordism in the Ryotwari areas (400 Words) 2) The Permanent Settlement of land revenue in Bengal was a “bold, brave and wise measure” Comment (250 Words)
History -2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 3
ARCHIVES 05 September 2014 ‘Permanent Settlement disappointed many expectations and introduced there results that were not anticipated’ [2004 , 200 words] “Though the Permanent Settlement had serious defects, it gave tranquility to the countryside and stability to the government”. Comment. [2009, 200 words]
History -2014 – Answer Writing Challenge – 2
ARCHIVES 04 September 2014 Examine the major factors shaping the British land revenue policy in India. How it affected Indian society? [60 marks , 2007] What was the impact of early British land policy on the village communities of North India? [2003 , 60 marks]
History – 2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 1
ARCHIVES 03 September 2014 What role did the economics play in the early phase of the British rule in shaping of land tenure policy? [30 marks , 2010] “Absentee landlordism was a consequential feature of Bengal’s Permanent Settlement”[20 marks , 2003]
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism Question Show how the presence of a weak and helpless China next door brought about the rise of militarism and collapse of democracy in Japan. (200 words) Next Topic WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism Question Trace the distinct phases of the Sino-Japanese War. Assess its political economic and cultural impact on China, both ‘occupied and free’. (200 words) Next Topic WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism Question ‘The sponsors of the overseas expansion of Europe were national monarchies’. Comment. (200 words) Next Topic WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism Question Write a critique on the partition of Africa from 1870 to 1914, with particular reference to Germany’s imperial designs in the Continent. (200 words) Next Topic WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism Question Why is the period from 1842 to 1900 considered as half a century of humiliations in the history of China? What was the reaction of China? (200 words) Next Topic WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism Question ‘By 1861, China may be said to have been fully though grudgingly opened to the Westerner’. Explain. (200 words) Next Topic WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism Question ‘If imperialism is viewed as a phase of the struggle for power between States, its result must be judged in terms of its role in power politics’. Explain. (200 words) Next Topic WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism Question ‘Imperialism and Colonialism have long employed as instruments of national policy’. Explain. (200 words) Next Topic WORLD HISTORY – Imperialism and colonialism
