Hello everyone, Today we cover perspectives of Indian National movement. There are 5 ten-mark, 0 fifteen-mark, and 1 twenty-mark questions in the last 12 years PYQs. COLONIALIST PERSPECTIVE Key historians James Mill – History of India Mountstuart Elphinstone Henry M. Elliot & John Dowson William Wilson Hunter Vincent Arthur Smith Additional advocates: John Strachey, Sir… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 16 Capsule: Indian Nationalism Part2/2 + Practice Qs
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PSIR Power 50 – Day 15 Capsule: Indian Nationalism Part1/2 + Practice Qs
Hello everyone, we start Section B of Paper 1, Indian Nationalism- Rise and Factors of Indian Nationalism, , Political Strategies of Freedom Struggle: There are 5 ten-mark, 3 fifteen-mark, and 1 twenty-mark questions in the last 12 years PYQs. THE QUESTION OF NATIONALISM 1. From Parishes to Peoples 18ᵗʰ-20ᵗʰ c. local communities fused into… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 15 Capsule: Indian Nationalism Part1/2 + Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 14 Capsule: WPT- (Part-3/3) + Practice Qs
Hello everyone, we are concluding the section A of Paper 1, I will make the compilation available in the platform Today it’s the third and last part of Western Political thought–Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt. Across Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, and Hannah Arendt, you have 2 ten-mark, 6 fifteen-mark, and 3 twenty-mark questions in the last… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 14 Capsule: WPT- (Part-3/3) + Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 13 Capsule: WPT- (Part-2/3) + Practice Qs
Hello everyone, Today it’s the second part of Western Political thought–Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill. UPSC has asked 9 ten-mark, 4 fifteen-mark, and 1 twenty-mark in total in the last 12 years. 1.Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Block Core Content Texts / Events Anchored Scholars, Parallels & Critics 1 Space & Time Spanish Armada birth omen… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 13 Capsule: WPT- (Part-2/3) + Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 12 Capsule: WPT- (Part-1/3) + Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 12 Capsule: WPT- (Part-1/3) + Practice Qs Hello everyone, Today it’s the First part of Western Political thought–Plato, Aristotle and Machiavelli. UPSC has asked 2 ten-mark, 5 fifteen-mark, and 5 twenty-mark questions in total in last 12 years. 1.Plato (428/7-347 BCE Block / Cluster Core Content… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 12 Capsule: WPT- (Part-1/3) + Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 11 Capsule: IPT Part 2/2 + Practice Qs
Hello everyone, Today it’s the second part of Indian Political thought–Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, and M. N. Roy. UPSC has asked 8 ten-mark, 7 fifteen-mark, and 3 twenty-mark questions in total in last 12 years. 1. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817–1898) Context & Influencers – interacts with… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 11 Capsule: IPT Part 2/2 + Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 10 Capsule: IPT- Part1/2 + Practice Qs
Hello Aspirants Today it’s about first part of Indian Political thought– Nature, Sources, Characteristics, Dharma shastras, Mahabharata Tradition, Buddhist Political Thought, Jain Political Thought, Kautilya’s Arthashastra. Some of you take it lightly but UPSC likes to ask big questions from this section (either 15 or 20 Marks). So, across Dharamshastra, Arthashastra, and the Buddhist… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 10 Capsule: IPT- Part1/2 + Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 9 Capsule: Ideologies – Part 2/2+ Practice Qs
Hello Aspirants Today it’s about Ideologies again – Fascism, Gandhism, Feminism, Value pluralism, Multi-culturalism, Post-modernism, and End-of-Ideology. Classification across all the ideologies is not neat due to overlaps with other topics but across these topics- Fascism, Feminism, Post-modernism, and End-of-Ideology, there are 5 ten-mark, 3 fifteen-mark, and 1 twenty-mark questions in last 12 years. PSIR… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 9 Capsule: Ideologies – Part 2/2+ Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 8 Capsule: Ideologies- Part1/2 + Practice Qs
Hello Aspirants Today its about Ideologies Liberalism, Socialism and Marxism. UPSC has 3 ten-mark, 5 fifteen-mark, and 4 twenty-mark mark question from these three ideologies in last 12 years. IDEOLOGY – CORE DEFINITIONS & DEBATES Line of thought Key scholars One-line gist Core concepts/keywords “Science of ideas” origin Destutt de Tracy Coined idéologie as the… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 8 Capsule: Ideologies- Part1/2 + Practice Qs
PSIR Power 50 – Day 7 Capsule: Power + Practice Qs
Hello Aspirants Here, I give you the summarized version of everything that I taught you in this topic in PSIR Optional Foundation classes. If you are not able to recall the concept or scholar, then go back to class notes and handouts. PSIR Topics UPSC has asked 4 ten-mark questions, 5 fifteen-mark questions, and 2… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 7 Capsule: Power + Practice Qs
