HISTORY OPTIONAL STRATEGY
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BOOKS + STRATEGY !!
The history Optional exam consists of 2 papers of 2
sections.
Paper I: Section A- Ancient History, Section B-
Medieval History
Paper II: Section A- Modern History, Section B-
World History
FREE
RESOURCES :-
NCERT
( CLASS 6 TO 12)
IGNOU
( MA + BA )
BOOKS
:-
1.
Upinder Singh (Ancient and Early Medieval India)- CLICK HERE
2.
Bipin Chandra (Modern India) -
3.
World History Norman Lowe
RAJAN CHAKRABARTY :- CLICK HERE
SELECTIVE READING FROM DAVID THOMSON :- CLICK HERE
4.
SPECTRUM
INDIAN ART AND CULTURE :- CLICK HERE
SHEKHAR BANDOPADHYAY :- CLICK HERE
SUMIT SARKAR :- CLICK HERE
Now , paper wise !! section wise!
ANCIENT INDIA
1.
UPINDER SINGH- A history of ancient and early medieval
India
2.
IGNOU B.A notes- very crisply written
3.
IGNOU M.A NOTES – helpful in understanding various
political, economic and socio- cultural aspects
4.
NCERT Class 6, NCERT Class 11
MEDIEVAL INDIA
1.
IGNOU MA and BA NOTES
2.
Satish Chandra is another important source to compliment
IGNOU.
3.
NCERT CLASS 7, CLASS 11
PAPER-2
MODERN INDIA
1.
SHEKHAR BANDOPADHYAY-
2.
SUMIT SARKAR-
3.
BIPIN CHANDRA- FREEDOM STRUGGLE AND POST INDEPENDENCE
4.
IGNOU B.A and M.A
5.
NCERT CLASS 8, CLASS 12
MODERN WORLD
1.
IGNOU BA and MA
2.
RANJAN CHAKRABARTY- A history of modern world
3.
NORMAN LOWE
4.
NCERT CLASS 9 and 10.
PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS ANALYSIS :-
PAPER 1 :-
If you analyse past four year papers, you will realise the shift away from political history towards social and economic history
Historiography QUESTIONS:- This includes debates among various schools of historians EG.
Q1.To what extent is “segmentary State’ model relevant for defining the Vijayanagar State? Critically examine.(UPSC 2014)
Q2. Evaluating various theories regarding the Chola State, throw light on its village assemblies. (UPSC 2014)
Q3. What kind of changes were visualised by historians on Indian feudalism? Examine critically. (UPSC 2012)
Q4. Discuss different interpretations of historians about the nature of Asoka’s ‘Dhamma’. Did his principle of `Dhamma-vijaya’ render the Mauryan Empire militaristically weak?(UPSC 2014)
Q5. discuss and evaluate critically various times in the historiography of Bhakti (UPSC 2013)
ART AND CULTURE RELATED QUESTIONS :-
Q1. “The Upanishadic principles embody the epitome of the Vedic thought.” Discuss. (UPSC 2014)
Q2. Give a brief account of the early medieval temple architecture of Katnmir. (UPSC 2015)
Q3. Why is Mamallapuram famous? (UPSC 2015)
GENDER SPECIAL QUESTIONS :-
Q1.Social norms for women in the Dharmasastra and Arthasashtra tradition where framed in accordance with the Varnashrama tradition. Evaluate critically. (UPSC 2013)
Q2.“Tantrism, if not in practice, at least on conceptual level challenged patriarchy;’ Examine Tantrism specially keeping in mind the above context.(UPSC 2015)- juxtaposing religion and gender
Q3. analyze the steps taken Razia Sultan by to strengthen our position as an independent ruler despite various obstacles. (UPSC 2013)
Q4. Bhakti and Mysticism of Lal Ded emerged as a social force in Kashmir. Comment. (UPSC 2013)
PAPER 2 :-
Main thing is integrating !!
French revolution and Russian revolution are important :-
1. Why was the french revolution revolutionary in the understanding of itself?
2. What is the concept of revolution?
3. Exploring the causes of the french revolution
- What led to the overthrow of the ancient regime?
- What were the diverse social interests that kept supporting or opposing the revolution?
- What were the immediate causes?- focussing the economic reasons
- How the popular intervention of the people of france at crucial moments not only saved the revolution but also influenced its course? (On the question once asked in mains, as to was it a bourgeoise revolution?)
4. GEORGE LEFEBVE’S classification of revolution in four stages- aristocratic revolution, bourgeois revolution,, popular revolution and peasant revolution-
Eg questions like“The multiple contradictions that quickly undermined the new edifice, had been expressed even before the meeting of the Estates General in France. The internal conflict among Estates had manifested itself.” upsc 2015
5. What were the principles of legitimacy laid down by the democratic action of the third estate?
6. How crowd’s direct action in 1792 pushed the revolution towards a democratic republic?
7. Role of revolutionary ideology and politics in the formation of a rudimentary form of political parties?
8. Role of philosophers and enlightenment in triggering the revolution? Eg. Questions like “The connection between the philosophers’ ideas and the outbreak of the French Revolution (1789) is somewhat remote and indirect.” UPSC 2012
9. Role of women?
10. Critical analysis of the constitution of 1791, declaration of rights of man and citizen etc? Eg questions like “The Declaration of Rights was the death-warrant of the system of privilege, and so of the ancient regime … Yet in the history of ideas it belonged rather to the past than to the future.” Examine. UPSC 2014
11. Role of Napoleon and his reforms, how he reversed the principles of the revolution
12. The legacy of the revolution?
- On modern politics
- Of ideological parties- the concept of left and right
- On totally mobilised citizen bodies
- On concept of total war
- On rise of nationalism- the idea of nation changed (Nation is not just a territory that people belonging to it inhabit or where a centralised power exercises sovereign control, but the people themselves)
- On origin of socialism
SAME STRATEGY FOR MODERN :-
inking imperialism and colonialism (world history) with drain theory (Indian national movement)
ANSWER WRITING IS MUST !!!
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