{"id":49998,"date":"2019-07-17T13:08:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T07:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=49998"},"modified":"2019-07-17T13:08:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T07:38:28","slug":"upsc-mains-optional-history-paper-1-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-mains-optional-history-paper-1-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Mains Optional History Paper 1 (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Section- A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q1.<\/strong> Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you (on page 4) and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum- Answer Booklet. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim:      2.5\u00d720=50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(i)   A Neolithic site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(ii)  A Neolithic site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(iii) A Harappan site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(iv) A Megalithic site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(v)  A Harappan site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(vi) A painted-Grey-ware site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(vii) An inscriptional site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(viii) An important ancient city<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(ix)  An ancient port<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(x)   A site of ancient cave-paintings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xi)  A Buddhist site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xii)  An educational centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xiii) Brahroadeya village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xiv)  An ancient capital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xv)  An ancient capital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xvi)  A temple site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xvii) An ancient capital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xviii) An ancient sea-port<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xix)  An archaeological temple site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(xx)   Harappan site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Map<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Q.2<\/strong>    (a) How far can the ancient Indian Shruti literature be used as historical sources. 20 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) The decline of Harappan civilization was caused by ecological degradation rather than external invasion. Discuss. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) \u201cArchaeology known of no Aryans only literature knows of Aryans \u201cExamine critically. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.3<\/strong>  (a) How far it correct to say that changes in the post Vedic economy gave birth to new religious movements in India? 20 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Delineate the nature and impact of India\u2019s contact with Western Asia and the Mediterranean world during the Mauryan period. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) \u201cNot only does ancient Tamil literature furnish an accurate picture of widely disparate classes, it also describes the social condition of Tamil country as it was\u201d Discuss. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.4<\/strong>  (a) Trace the role of guilds and trade organisations in the development of early Indian economy. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Kailasa temple built at Ellora marks the culmination of rock-cut architecture in India. Elucidate. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) How could the local self-government under the Cholas adjust with their centralised administrative structure? 20 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.5 <\/strong>Answer the following questions about 150 words each: 10\u00d75=50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) Give a brief account of the early medieval temple architecture of Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Why is Mamallapuram famous?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)  Mention the salient features of the polity of Vijayanagara Empire under Krishnadevaraya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d)  What measures did Balban adopt to combat the Mongol menace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(e)  How does Tuzuk-i-Babri testify that Babar had been a cultured man?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.6<\/strong>    (a) Do the evidences of land ownership at our disposal support the theory of the prevalence of feudalism in early medieval India? 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Discuss in brief the land-revenue \u2013system and judicial administration of The Delhi Sultanate. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) \u201cSufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious ideas and practices or the outward structure of Islamic\/Hindu societies to any appreciable extent. Comment for\/against. 20 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.7<\/strong>  (a) Make an estimate of Rana Kumbha as a patron of literature and art. 20 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Why should the sixteenth century be regarded as the period of the Indian Renaissance? 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) \u201cTantrism, if not in practice, at least on conceptual level challenged patriarchy\u201d Examine Tantrism specially keeping in mind the above context. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q.8<\/strong>  (a) \u201cIn medieval Indian history Akbar was unique for his religio-political ideas and policies.\u201d Analyse this statement. 20 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Will it not be correct to say that the rural economy in Mughal India was relatively? Self-sufficient? 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Compare the Peshwas\u2019 bureaucratic management with that of the Imperial Mughal administration. 15 Marks<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Section- A Q1. Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you (on page 4) and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum- Answer Booklet. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim:      2.5\u00d720=50 (i)   A Neolithic site (ii)  A… Continue reading UPSC Mains Optional History Paper 1 (2015)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49998","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}