APSC Mains 2018 Test Series – History Paper

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  • Total 8 Tests full length of Paper I & II (Six Section-wise Test + Two Full Syllabus Test)
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  • History Optional Papers, which contribute a total of 400 marks is among the very popular optionals in the APSC CC (Mains) Exam of previous years and it will continue to be taken be a substantial number of aspirants as an optional in APSC CC (Mains) Exam APSC 2018 too.
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Test No. Syllabus Coverage Test Date Answer Booster Date
Test 1

Unit I : Indian History:

ANCIENT INDIA:

(i) Indus Valley Civilisation — relation with Rigvedic and West Asian civilisations.

(ii) Polical and Social changes of trhe Rigvedic Aryans in the later vedic period, vedic culture.

(iii) Effects of Alexanders invastion of India.

(iv) Ashoka as a ruler and missionary his place in history.

(v) Decline of the Mauryas and Ashokas responsibility for it. Administrative system of the Mauryas.

(vi) Sungas, Kanvs, Pallavas and Satavahans

(vii) Greatness of the Gupta— Guptas Golden Age, India Cultural contact with south-east Asia and neighbouring countries.

(viii)Harshavardhanahis relation with King Bhaskarvarman of Kamrupa and Sasanka of Gauda -Huentsang.

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Test 2

MEDIEVAL INDIA:
(ix) Origin of the Rajput – their different dynasties such as pratiharas, paramaras, chouhans etc.
(x) The Chalukyas and the Rastrakutas of the Deccan.
(xi) The Arab invasion of Sind.
(xii) The foundation of Muslim rule in India.
(xiii) The Khiliji imperilism under Alauddin. 03 Dec. 2017
(xiv) The Tughluqs and disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate.
(xv) The influence of Islam on India’s culture, the Bhakti movement Ramananda, Kabir, Chaitanya, Sankardav and Nanak.
(xvi) Mughal Afghan contest (1526-1556) Shershah.
(xvii) Akbar as a national monarch– religious policy, civil and military administration.
(xviii) Aurangajeb- character and policy, his responsibility for the downfall of the Mughal Empire.
(xix) Sivaji — character and achievements.
(xx) Mughal administration- central and provincial state of art, architecture and literature in Mughal India Decline of the Mughal Empire

10-03-2019 13-03-2019
Test 3

MODERN INDIA:
(xxi) Effect of the Battle of Palassey— the advent of the British Clive in Bengal.
(xxii) Warren Hastings — the real founder of the British Empire in India – achievements -impeachment.
(xxiii) Lord Cornwallis Permanent settlement.
(xxiv) Wellesley to Lord Hastings Anglo-Mysore, Anglo-Maratha and Anglo-Gurkha conflict.
(xxv) Rise and fall of the Sikhs.
(xxvi) Bentinck to Dalhosie expansion and consolidation of Comapny’s rule in India.
(xxvii) Revolt of 1857 – character and consequences.
(xxviii) India under the British Crown – Canning to Mountbatten.
(xxix) British relation with the North–East and North–West Frontier.
(xxx) Impact of Western Education and Ideas — new awakening.
(xxxi) Birth of Indian National Congress – Indian National Struggle for self–government, partition of Bengal – Swadeshi movement.
(xxxii) Non–Cooperation Movement.
(xxxiii) Constitutional Movements from 1909 to -1935.
(xxxiv) India and World War II.
(xxxv) Last phase of India’s freedom movement (1937-1947), Quit India Movement, I.N.A., Cabinet Mission, Mountbatten plan leading to transfer of power.

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Test 4 Unit II : History of Great Britain 1485-1945 :
(i) Importance of the Tudor periods, Henry VII’s regin a period of remedy and seed time Henry VIII – character and religious policy reformation of the English church. Elizabeth – Character, Home and foreign policy, glories of the reign of Elizabeth, Elizabeth and the church settlement, Tudor despotism relations of the Tudor monarchs with parliament achievement of the Tudor’s in different fields.
(ii) The Stuart, Divine Right theory of kingship Character of James I, his struggle with parliament. Charles I – Character, Religious and foreign policy, Relations with parliament, arbitrary rule, Long parliament, Execution. 17 Dec. 2017
(iii) The Common Wealth and the protectorate, Oliver Cromwell, character, Home and foreign policy, Estimate.
(iv) The restoration under Charles III.
(v) James II – Character and policy, Glorious Revolution, Causes and consequences.
(vi) Willium III and Mary, Growth of Cabinet System Foreign policy of Willium III.
(vii) Queen Anne, War of the Spanish succession.
(viii) George I and II, Importance of their succession War of Austrian Succession, Seven Years War.
(ix) Walpole and Pitt the Elder.
(x) George III Character and personal rule Wars of American independence, Effects.
(xi) Pitt the younger – his home and foreign policy, England in the struggle against Napoleon.
(xii) Industrial Revolution in England.
(xiii) Parliamentary Reforms and Working Class Movement.
(xiv) Queen Victoria’s reigin, the Charist Movement, eminent Prime Ministers of Victoria, Robert ped, Palmerstone, Gladstone and Disraeli.
(xv) England and Ireland.
(xvi) Edward VII to George VI, Anglo-German rivalry, World War I and England, World War II and England Participation, Winston Charchill – coming of the Labour Party to power 1945.
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Test 5

Unit III : Modern Europe (1789-1945) :
(i) France on the eve of the Revolution of 1789, Causes of the revolution.
(ii) Characters of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
(iii) The summoning of the States General.
(iv) The constituent Assembly and its works.
(v) The Revolution at war with Europe, Fall of monarchy.
(vi) The Reign of Terror.
(vii) The rise of Nepoleon, Nepoleon as conqueror and ruler, manifold reforms – Nepoleons downfall.
(viii) Vienna Settlement (1815) – the concert of Europe and Congressional system of Government.
(ix) Metternich and Austria after 1815.
(x) The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 – their effect on France and Europe.
(xi) The Second French Empire under Nepoleon III, Fall of the Empire and the third Republic.
(xii) Russia under Alexendar I and Alexendar II, the Czar liberator, Emancipation of the serfs.
(xiii) Czar Nicholas, eastern question and the Crimean war. (xiv) The Story of the Unification of Italy and Germany.
(xv) Bismarck – home and foreign policy after 1871.
(xvi) Kaiser William II – well politic and ambitious foreign policy.
(xvii)Age of Armed Peace, Two rival systems of Alliances.
(xviii) World War I – causes and character of the war participation of U.S.A. in the war.

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Test 6 Unit – IV : World History 1914-1945 :

(i) Results of World War I, Fourteen points of Wilson peace settlement of Paris, Treaty of Versailles its loopholes.

(ii) The League of Nations – its success and failure.

(iii) Russia at the close of World War I, Bolshevik Revilution – effect of the revolution – Russia and World War II.

(iv) Rise of General Franco in Spain – Spain and World War I. Republic established in Spain, Civil War – Rise of General Franco in Spain.

(v) Rise of Fascism in Italy under Mussolini – his home and foreign policy, Italy joins Germany in World War II.

(vi) Rise of Nazism in Germany, Hitler – his home and foreign policy, Germany and World War II.

(vii) Middle East – Treaty of Lausonne with Turkey, Mustapha Kamal and modernisation of Turkey.

(viii) China – Sun Yet Sen and Chines Revolution. Rise of National Government in China, Chiang Kaisheck and the Communists, Sino Japaneses conflict, Communist success in China, Japan. Japan after World War-I – Relations with China, Sino Japanese conflict on the eve of World War-II, Japan joined the side of Germany and Italy, Attack on Pearl Harbour, war with USA, Defeat of Japan in the World War-II.

(ix) USA, USA in peace – making after World War-I, USA and the League of Nations, USA and the reparation, USA and World War-II.

(x) The UNO – its formation – principles and aims – different organists working.

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Ancient India History

  • Indus Valley Civilization – Dates, location & sites, metals, excavation, famous motifs, Aryan invasion
  • Maurya & Gupta dynasty

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Art, Culture & Architecture – India

  • Famous Architecture –of Ancient India  – Asoka Pillars, Lion Capital, Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Konark, Pattadakal, Hoysala Temple, Rani Ki Vav, Sun Temple
  • South Indian/Dravidian Architecture – structure-layout, Brihadeswara Temple @ Tanjore, Gangaikondamcholapuram, Mahabalipuram
  • Indo-Aryan Architecture – Structure & Layout,  Kandaria Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho
  • Caves – Elephanta Caves, Ajanta Caves, Ellora, other Cave paintings in India, Bhimbetka rock shelters, Gudahandi Rock Art and Yogimath Rock Art of Odisha, Aurangabad Caves, Shivleni Caves, Badami Cave, Dharashiv Caves, Barabar Caves
  • Buddhist Architecture – Stupas – structure-layout and @Sanchi, Amaravati, Chaitya halls & Viharas
  • UNESCO’s world heritage sites
  • Schools – Gandhara School (Greco-Buddhist art), Mathura School   Amaravati School
  • Dance forms, Musics, Painting schools, regional arts, Literatures

Indian Philosophy

  • Buddhism, Jainism, Vedas, Bhakti movement
  • Vaishnavism – 4 sampradayas – Brahma Sampradaya (Madhvacharya), Sri Sampradaya (Ramanuja), RudraSampradaya (Vishnuswami, Vallabhacharya), Kumarassampradaya (Nimbarka)

Ancient Philosophers

  • Zero, Modern number system, Brahmagupta, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Shridhara, Yativṛṣabha
  • Bhāskara II – Bijaganita, Jayadeva  – Chakravala method
  • Baudhayana, Katyayana, Pingala, Panini
  • Middle Way or Middle Path – Gautama Buddha – character of the Noble Eightfold Path
  • Nalanda, Takshila, Culture learning institutions

Medieval India History

  • Mughals, Delhi sultanate dynasties
  • Regional powers – Maratha, Rajputana, Tipu Sultan
  • Wars & Battles – between whom and year
  • Various mughal architecture – Humayun’s Tomb, Red Fort, Jama Masjid, BulandDarwaza, FatehpurSikri, Agra Fort, Tomb of I’timād-ud-Daulah, Agra. Where and Who constructed

 

Invasion of India – When and Who

  • Alexander invasion of india
  • Ghaznavid raids under Mahmud of Ghazni
  • Ghurid invasion led by Mu’izz ad-Din Muhammad Ghori
  • Invasions of Arab in the Eleventh Century
  • Mongol Invasion
  • Invasion of Timur
  • Mughal invasion led by Babur

Europeans Imperialism

  • British arrival – East India Company of Britain, Dutch, Portuguese, French
  • golden farmaan to East india company
  • First French factory in India @ Surat
  • History of Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, Pondicherry, Goa, Masulipatnam, Cuddalore

Indian History – Freedom struggle (Most IMPORTANT)

  • Battle of Plessey, Buxar
  • Vellore mutiny 1806
  • Revolt of 1857 – Causes – Political, Socio-Religious, Economics – Popular Leaders, Revolt centers, Results – Participation from all classes & parts of India – Changes in British Administration

Violence incidents of Indian freedom struggle

  • JallianwalaBagh incident,
  • Massacre/ violent excess by British
  • ChauriChauraincident on February 5, 1922,
  • Other violence incidents
  • Moplah Rebellion, Noakhali riots, Calcutta Riots, Kuka (Namdhari) massacre at Malerkotla, Meerut Conspiracy Case, – kakorikand, chitagang incident, bombing central legislative assembly,
  • Revolutionary activities in various parts of India
  • Lady revolutionaries – PritilataWaddedar, KanaklataBarua. Usha Mehta, MatanginiHazra, ParbatiGiri.
  • Publications – magazine, books – Bandi Jeevan

Movements of Indian Freedom Struggle

  • Dandi March, Satyagraha in various regions
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Non-cooperation movement, other movements by Gandhi
  • Party/Organization and their founder
  • Political Parties & Pol. Organisations in India before Independence – Indian National Congress, Hindu Mahasabha Party, United Patriotic Association, All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh 1925, Shiromani Akali Dal 1920, Dravidar Kazhagam 1938 , Ahrar Party 1929
  • left-wing nationalist political party – Revolutionary Communist Party of India 1934, Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party  

Indian History – Press during British rule

  • Lord Lytton – regulate vernacular press – Vernacular Press Act of 1878
  • S. Buckingham – Calcutta Journal 1818
  • The Bengalee and The Amrita Bazar Patrika in ‘Bengalee language’, SamvadKaumudi, Mirat-ul-Akbar (Parsian), RastGoftar (Guj), Indian Mirror, Bombay Samachar, and Hindu Patriot, Hindu, Kesari (Marathi), Hitavadi, Bande Mataram
  • Hicky’s Bengal Gazette/Original Calcutta General Advertiser

Indian History – rise of British Administration

  • Starting from the Regulating Act of 1773, Piit’s India Act, Other important Acts and associated Gov Gen
  • British Administration /Policy– Social Welfare, Education promotion, Local Governance
  • Economics development, Census,
  • universities of Presidency @ Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, Cotton College

Personality – Vasco da Gama, Robert Clive, Warren Hastings, Dupleix

  • Governors (1758–1774), Governor Generals of Bengal (1773–1833), Governor Generals of India (1833–1858) – Viceroy
  • Warren Hastings – first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) – first de facto Governor-General of India from 1773 to 1785.
  • Governors-General of the Dominion of India, 1947–1950

Women Freedom Fighters of India – Rani lakshmibai, Begum HazratMahal, Annie Besant , Madam BhikaijiCama,  Sarojini Naidu, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, SuchetaKripalani, SavitribaiPhule, Usha Mehta

British Monuments &Artitecture – RashtrapatiBhavan, Victoria Memorial,The Gateway of India,

Lutyens’ Delhi, Victoria Terminus,

Philosophy of India’s freedom struggle – Moderates  and Extremist– Moderates leaders and Extremist leaders

  • Communist, Muslim League, Hindu Nationalists

Popular Sayings/Quotes/Slogan

  • “Jai Hind“ ,“give me blood and i shall give you freedom slogan” – Netaji
  • VandeMataram”: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it” – Tilak
  • “Do or Die” – Gandhi
  • Jai Jawaan, Jai Kisaan” : Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • .’SatyamevJayathe’: Popularized by PanditMalaviya
  • “SareJahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara” – Muhammad Iqbal
  • “The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India”/“Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”. BalGangadharTilak
  • “Give me blood and I will give you freedom”. Subhash Chandra Bose

Rise of Trade unions

  • First association of Indian workers – Bombay Mill-Hands Association – N.M. Lokhande in 1890.
  • Madras Labour Union by B.P. Wadia in 1918
  • Trade Union Act (1926) – 1920, the First National Trade union – All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)

Assam History

  • Ancient History
  • Ahom dynasty- capitals, other dynasty like Koch, Chutya, Barman, Kachari
  • Ahom Administration
  • Invasion by Mughal – Wars, Treaty, when and between whom
  • Battles & Treatries

Freedom Movement in Assam

  • The Phulaguri uprising/ PhulaguriDhawa- 1861,
  • PatharughatorRann– 1894
  • Assam Provincial Congress Committee (APCC), Assam Branch of Indian National Congress in 1921
  • Congress session in 1926, at Pandu, Guwahati – presided over by S. SrinivasaIyengar
  • Tarun Ram Phukan, Kuladhar Chaliha, GopinathBordoloi, Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Bishnuram Medhi, Maulana Tayebullah, Ambikagiri Raichoudhury, Piali Barua, Kandarpeswar Singha, Raja Purandar Singha
  • In 1828, GomdharKonwar, a Ahom prince, his colleague Dhanjay Borgohain rose in revolt against the British occupation of Assam.
  • Maniram Dutta Baruah – Kanaklata Barua

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Art, Culture & Architecture – Assam

  • Ahom architecture – KarengGhar, TalatalGhar, Charaideo, Sivasagar, SivasagarSivadol, Sivsagar tank
  • Kamakhya Temple, Umananda Temple, Basistha Temple
  • O Mur ApunarDesh – written by LakshminathBezbarua and attuned by Kamala Prasad Agarwala. – adopted as the Assam’s state song in 1927
  • Assam Literature – Famous Poets of Assam – Hemasaraswati etc.
  • Assam dances, art & crafts
  • Assam SahityaSabha & Bodo Sahitya Sabha

 

World History

  • Grouping after World War II – NAM, Cold War, Axis powers & Allied powers, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty, Warsaw Pact

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Assam Sahitya Sabha

Assam Sahitya Sabha or Assam Literary Society
  • It is a non Government, non profit, literary organisation of Assam.
  • It was founded in December, 1917 to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature.
  • It has about one thousand branches all over Assam and also outside the state.
  • It’s central office is at Jorhat
Genesis
  • The history of modern Assam, modern Assamese language and literature and culture found their starting points in the early part of the 19th century.
  • Since 1872 some efforts were made to build up some organisations for the development of modern Assamese language, literature and culture.
  • Padmanath Gohain Baruah had established Kohima Sahitya Sabha at Kohima, Nagaland, in the month of December, 1895. Padmanath Gohain Baruah was founder Secretary and Nabin Chandra Bhattacherjee was the founder President.
  • Assam Sahitya Sabha, which came into being in 1917, was the final results of all those efforts.
  • The first conference was held in the month of 26th December 1917 and Padmanath Gohain Baruah was it’s first President. Sarat Chandra Goswami was the first secretary.
  • At that time it was held under the banner of Sodou Axom Sahitya Sanmilani. On 5th May of 1924, it was registered as ‘Axom Sahitya Sabha’ and the earlier name was formally changed in 1944.

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Main functions
  • Work for all round development of the Assamese language, literature and the culture of Assamese.
  • Publications of Dictionary, Research works, monographs on languages, literature, culture, tribes and races etc.
  • To enquire, discover, collect and research on ancient Assamese literature.
  • To promote music, art and sculpture of the State.
  • To promote and publicize the Assamese language and literature.
Sahitya Sabha festivals
  • The conference of the Asam Sahitya Sabha helds biennially. The writers of the state assemble, exchange their views and address the people.
  • First conference of Asam Sahitya Sabha was held at Sivasagar, Assam.
  • The last conference was held in Padmanath Gohain Baruah Khetra, Sivasagar from 8 February to 12 February 2017.

The official journal of the Asam Sahitya Sabha, Asam Sahitya Sabha Patrika was first published in 1927.

Presidents
  • Padmanath Gohain Baruah was the first president of Asam Sahitya Sabha  during the inaugural conference at Sibsagar in 1917.
  • Chandradhar Barua Goalpara was president 1918, Kaliram Medhi in 1919, Hemchandra Goswami in 1920 and Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari in 1923.
Unicode for Assamese language
  • A team, included the current Sahitya Sabha president Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi, met with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) working group II to sound out a long-standing demand for an independent digital identity to the Assamese script.
  • Unicode Standard was accepted by the Government of India in 2000, the Unicode Consortium did “not encode the Assamese script, instead added two characters of the Assamese script to the Bengali script, depicting them as a Bengali characters.”

According to the Asam Sahitya Sabha factsheet, the early 5th century inscription of the Nagajari-Khanikar village in Assam’s Golaghat district is the oldest Assamese inscription. 

 

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Bodo Sahitya Sabha

Bodo Sahitya Sabha
  • The Bodo Sahitya Sabha promotes the Bodo language and Bodo literature.
  • It was founded on 16 November 1952, under the presidency of Joy Bhadra Hagjer, at Basugaon, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam.
Major works of Bodo Sahitya Sabha
  • Bodo intellectuals felt that Bodo language must be preserved and developed at par with Assamese and Bengali languages, as they realized very late that the education was the key component to the overall development of Bodo people and their language.
  • After prolonged struggle and determination of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha, the Bodo language was introduced as a medium of instruction at primary level in 1963 and then at secondary level in 1968.
  • Bodo language and literature has been recognized as one of the Major Indian Languages (MIL) in Gauhati, Dibrugarh and North-Eastern Hill Universities.
  • In 1985, Bodo has been recognized as an associated state official language of Assam.
  • It is credited for a large number of books on prose, poetry, drama, short story, novel, biography, travelogue, children’s literature & criticism.

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Recent development
  • Recently, under the aegis of the commission for Scientific and Technical terminology, HRD Ministry, the Govt. of India, the Bodo Sahitya Sabha is preparing more than forty thousand scientific and technical terms in Bodo language.
  • Since 2005, Sahitya Akademi Award for Bodo language is given each year, by Sahitya Akademi, to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of the language.
  • By 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003, Bodo language was added to the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Important Personality
  • Joy Bhadra Hagjer was the first Presidents of Bodo Sahitya Sabha, from 1952 to 1966, and Satish Chandra Basumatary was the second President for the period of 1966-1968.
  • Sahitya Akademi Awardee for Bodo language in 2005 was Mangal Singh Hazowary  and in 2006 was Katindra Swargiary.

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