HISTORY

Beginning to Excel
 RESOURCES

New NCERTs
Class 6, 7, 8,12th (3 Parts)

Old NCERTs
RS Sharma (Ancient)
Satish Chandra (Medieval)
Fine Arts Class 11th Part 1 & 2 (Culture) / Nitin Singhania (selectively)

India’s Struggle for Independence (Bipin Chandra) / A Brief History of Modern

India (Rajeev Ahir, Spectrum)
 APPROACH

First Attend Classes

Then Read Notes / Books

Don’t Focus on Dates initially

Focus on Causes, Effects, Socio Cultural Impact

Try to interlink different events

Visualise The Events

Solve Questions at the End of NCERTs
Solve the MCQs at the end of every lecture
Ask the Doubts
Use the Community Positively
 ABOUT THE TEACHER

Sonpriya Ma’am

UPSC CSE – 6 Attempts

Cleared Prelims 6 Times
Interview – 2017, 2018

Indian Forest Services – Prelims Cleared 2019, 2021

RAS Prelims Cleared – 2018, 2021

Successfully guiding students to Ranks since 2020

HISTORY SYLLABUS
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I. Ancient India

II. Medieval India

III. Modern India

IV. Post Independence Consolidation

V. World History

VI. Culture
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Ancient India - Pre-Historic + Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) + Vedic

Society + Pre-Mauryan Period + Jainism and Buddhism + Mauryan Empire+
Sangam Era + Post-Mauryan India + Guptas

Medieval India - Delhi Sultanate + Tripartite Struggle+ Mughals + Sur

Dynasties + Maratha Empire + Deccan Sultanate + Vijayanagara Empire

Modern India - Important Modern History Events Before 1857+ Revolt of

1857 + Growth of Nationalism in India (1858-1905) + Growth of Militant
Nationalism & Revolutionary Activities (1905-1918) + Beginning of Mass
Nationalism (1919-1939) + Towards Freedom & Partition (1939-1947)
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Post Independence Consolidation - Nation Building +Foreign

Policy + Economy+ Polity + Social Movements + Post-Independence
Policy of Science And Technology

World History - Beginning of the Modern World + World War I +

World War II + Decolonialization & Redrawal of National
Boundaries + Concept, Types & Social Impact of Political
Philosophies

Art & Culture - Indian Art Forms + Literature + Architecture

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DIRECT QUESTIONS
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WORLD HISTORY ?
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REPEATED THEMES
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DIRECT QUESTIONS

TYPE – 1 – D IRECT Q UESTI O NS

I. E XA MINE C RI TIC ALLY TH E VA RI OU S FACE T S OF

E CO N OMI C P OLICIE S OF T H E B RI TISH I N IND I A F ROM
MID-E IGH TE E NT H CE NTURY TI L L INDE PE NDE NCE .

II. E VALUATE TH E N ATU R E OF TH E B H A KT I LITE R AT URE A N D

ITS CONTRIBUTI ON TO INDIAN CULTURE

III. E XPL AI N H OW TH E FO UN DATI O N OF TH E M O DE R N

WO RL D WA S L AI D BY TH E AME RIC A N A ND F RE NCH
RE VOLUTION S .
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APPLIED QUESTIONS

I. TH ROW LI GH T ON TH E SI GNI FIC A NCE OF THE TH OUGHTS

OF MAH ATMA GANDHI IN THE PRE SE NT TIME S.

II. SA FE GUA RD IN G THE I NDI A N ART HE R ITAGE IS T H E NE E D

OF TH E MOME NT. DISCUSS .

III. TO W H AT E X TE N T H A S TH E U RB AN PL A NNI NG AN D
CULTU RE O F TH E IN D US VALLE Y C IV ILIZ AT I O N P ROV IDE D
INPUTS TO TH E PRE SE NT DAY URB ANIZ ATION? DISCUSS .

IV . IT WOUL D H AVE BE E N DIF FICULT F O R THE C O NS TI TUE N T

AS SE MBLY TO C OM PLE TE IT S H IS TOR I C TA S K O F
D R AF TI NG TH E C ON S TI TU TI O N F O R IN DE PE NDE N T INDIA
IN J US T T H RE E YE A RS BUT F O R TH E E X PE RIE NCE G AI NE D
WITH TH E GOVE RNME NT OF INDIA ACT, 1 9 3 5 . DISCUSS.
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