{"id":50019,"date":"2019-07-17T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T08:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=50019"},"modified":"2019-07-17T14:18:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T08:48:56","slug":"upsc-mains-optional-history-paper-2-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-mains-optional-history-paper-2-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Mains Optional History Paper 2 (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Q1. Critically examine the following statements in about\n150 words each. 10 x 5=50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) \u2018Annexation of Punjab was part of a broad nort motion\nafter the exit of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) The Regulating Act (1773), the Pitt\u2019s India Act (1784)\nand eventually the Charter Act of 1833 left the East India Company as a mere\nshadow of its earlier political and economic power in India.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) \u201cThe Indigo Revolt of 1859-60 holds a very significant\nplace in our history of national liberation movement. For the first time in the\nhistory of our anticolonial struggle, its two independent currents\u2014 spontaneous\npeasants and constitutional agitation in defence of the peasantry\u2014came into\nmutual contact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d) \u201cThe very idea of the bomb and the secret society and of\npropaganda through action and sacrifice were imports from the west\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e) \u201cThis retention of Roweltt legislation in the teeth of\nuniversal opposition repeal is an affront to the nation. Its repeal is\nnecessary to appraise national honour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2. <\/strong>a) Swami Dayanand\u2019s philosophy represents both\nelements of extremism and social radicalism\u201d Substantiate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) To characterize the quit India Movement as \u2018 Spontaneous\nrevolution\u2019 would be partial interpretation, so also would be to look up at it\nas the culmination of Gandhian Satyagraha movements\u201d Elucidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) A powerful left-wing group developed in India in the late\n1920s and 19 30s, contributing to the radicalization of national movement.\u201d\nCritically examine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q3. <\/strong>a) \u201cUnder the forceful thrust of British\ncolonialism, Indian economy was transformed into a colonial one, the structure\nof which was determined by the requirements of Britain\u2019s fast developing\nindustrial economy \u201d Examine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) \u201cJames Mill, the apostle of utilitarian philosophy,\nproposed a revolution ofIndian society through the Sveapon of law\u2019 solely. But\nin actual policy framing, other influences and considerations weighed much more\nthan the colonial State.\u201d Elucidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) The Royal Indian Navy Revolt was seen as an event which\nmarked the end of the British rule almost as finally as Independence Day.\u201d\nExplain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q4. <\/strong>a) Analyze the nature of peasant movements during\nthe nationalist phase and bring out their shortcomings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) \u201cJawaharlal Nehru, though a declared socialist, was\nnr-ion focus on providing building blocks to the making of a new India\u201d\nExamine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) \u2018Although the Government of India Act 1935 replaced\ndiarchy with Provincial Autonomy, the overriding powers of the Governor diluted\nthe spirit autonomy.\u201d Elucidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION – B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q5. Critically examine the following statements in about\n150 words: 10\u00d75=50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) \u201cFrance was even more fertile than Britain in producing\nnew socialist theories and movements, though bore less concrete results in\nFrance than Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) \u201cThe multiple contradictions that quickly undermined the\nnew edifice, had been expressed even before the meeting of the Estates General\nin France. The internal conflict among Estates had manifested itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) \u201cThe whole episode that is known as the July Revolution\n(1830) was fought and won not for the establishment of an extreme democracy but\nto get rid of the aristocratic and clericalist attitude of the restored\nBourbons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d) \u201cMazzini\u2019s conception of Italian nationality was not\nexclusive and his dominant ideal was the recreation of moral unity of mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e) \u201cThe Constitutional blockade was a misconceived idea of\neconomically defeating Great Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q6. <\/strong>a) \u201cThe Berlin congress (1878) failed to unlock\nthe Eastern Question Though there was no major war in Europe for nearly three\ndecades after the Treaty contained the seeds of many future wars\u201d Critically\nevaluate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) History of Africa appears to be simply an extension or\nmere sub-theme under historiography, Africa and American history. According to\nthis scramble Elucidate without any history before the European scramble\u201d\nElucidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) \u201cThe Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were\nconsidered by the Russian Bloc as a weapon against Russia in order to restrict\nher influence\u201d critically examine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q7. <\/strong>a) How far is it correct to say that the First\nWorld War was fought essentially for the preservation of the balance of power?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) \u201cThe failure of Kuomintang against the communist\nonslaught was unimaginable and it was Mao Tse-tung whose tenacity and\ninnovative approach had accomplished the unthinkable.\u201d Discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) \u201cThe oppressive exploitation of the working class in the\nwake of Industrial Revolution had jolted the social conscience of England.\u201d\nElucidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q8. <\/strong>a) The UNO was created in the light of experience\nof the \u2018League of Nations\u2019 but out spite of the mandate contained in the UNO\nconstitution, its effective role maintaining world peace has lacked\ncohesiveness and collective approach.\u201d Examine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) \u201cThe European Union, a diplomatic marvel, continues to\ngrapple with intermittent fissures Arising qui oi economic contentious issues\nthat pose a challenge to an effective integration of the Union.\u201d Critically\nexamine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) \u201cThe role of the Non-Alignment Movement in world affairs\nhas suffered greatly due to the theatre of internecine conflicts among the\nThird World countries who spearheaded it\u201d Elucidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SECTION-A Q1. Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each. 10 x 5=50 a) \u2018Annexation of Punjab was part of a broad nort motion after the exit of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.\u201d b) The Regulating Act (1773), the Pitt\u2019s India Act (1784) and eventually the Charter Act of 1833 left the East India Company… Continue reading UPSC Mains Optional History Paper 2 (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-50019","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50019","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=50019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}