History Optional Online Course cum Test Series HCS Exam
History Optional Online Course cum Test Series HCS Exam
- Daily Question Answer Practice for each saction of history (Complete syllabus)
- Daily Answer Writing Practice
- Questions as per new pattern
- Detailed and high quality solution of each question will be provided in Hindi and English.
- Answer sheets will be evaluated with detailed feedback for improvement along with marking. All doubts will be clarified.
- Personal Guidance will be given for any for any clarification related to the preparation.
KUSHMANDA IAS HCS ACADEMY
HCS MAIN EXAM 2021
TEST 1 (History)
World History
Time ‐ 3 Hours Maximum Marks ‐ 200
Note:
i. All questions are compulsory
ii. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question
iii. Clearly mention question number and part number before attempting.
iv. The parts of the same question must be answered together and must not be interposed between answers to other questions
Q.1 Critically discuss about the despots of Europe influenced by Enlightenment and following benevolent policy. [10 Marks]
Q.2 Critically examine the role of Zollverein in unification of Germany under Prussia. [10 Marks]
Q.3 How cotton was the root of Industrial Revolution? [10 Marks]
Q.4 Prediction of Marx was a Communist Revolution in a country with a large industrial class, but why did it occur in an industrially backward country like Russia with relatively smaller industrial class? [10 Marks]
Q.5 “The bold knight, Lenin, having rescued the fair maiden of the Revolution from the evil sorcerer, Kerensky, everyone lived happily hereafter.” Comment. [10 Marks]
Q.6 “Making peace settlement after the First World War at Paris Peace Conference involved clash of interests of allied powers as well as difference in personalities of their leaders.” Explain with examples. [10 Marks]
Q.7 What were justifications of appeasement during interwar period and how it can still be blamed for the Second World War? [10 Marks]
Q.8 “..he(Voltaire) was living in the age of enlightenment .The age was not itself enlightened. E.Kant. discuss.
Q.9 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness….” Examine this statement by explaining the significance of the Declaration of Independence of American Revolution. [10 Marks]
Q.10 “First World war was a tragedy of miscalculation.” Comment. [10 Marks]
Q.11 Evaluate the success of the free trade movement in Britain in the nineteenth century. [10 Marks]
Q.12 “Though the role of philosophers and bourgeois has been well acknowledged in the French Revolution, but the contribution of women has been largely ignored.” Do you agree? [10 Marks]
Q.13 According to Charles A. Beard, American Constitution is an Economic Document. Do you agree with this view? [10 Marks]
Q.14 Discuss the main factors leading to collapse of soviet union.
Q.15 Why did Vietnam go through thirty years of war after the second world war?
Q.16 Examine the peacekeeping efforts of United Nations Organisation.
Q.17 Would you argue that Non Aligned Movement played a crucial role in promoting a climate of peace .
Q.18 “The heart of the lamb of Czechoslovakia was butchered in the midnight by a knife supplied by Chamberlin.” Elucidate.
Q.19 “With all its limitations, the Emancipation Proclamation was still significant in the course of the American Civil War.” Explain. [10 Marks]
Q.20. “The Washington Conference temporarily ironed out differences among the powers over the Far Eastern Question but unwittingly it increased the power of Japan in the Far East.” Elaborate. [10Marks]
HCS MAIN History TEST SERIES 2021
| S. NO. | DATE | TOPIC | PART | MARKS |
| 1. | 12-10-2021 | WORLD HISTORYEnlightenment and Modern ideas, Origins of
Modern Politics, Industrialization, Nation-State System, Imperialism and Colonialism, Revolution and CounterRevolution, World Wars, The World after World War II, Liberation from Colonial Rule, Decolonization and Underdevelopment, Unification of Europe, Disintegration of Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World. |
- | 200 |
| 2. | 19-10-2021 | ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORYSources, Pre-history and Proto-history, Indus
Valley Civilization, Megalithic Cultures, Aryans and Vedic Period, Period of Mahajanapadas, Mauryan Empire, Post – Mauryan Period, Early State and Society in Eastern India, Deccan and South India,Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas, Regional States during Gupta Era, Themes in Early Indian Cultural History, Early Medieval India, 750-1200, Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200. Map-work, art and architecture, cultural history of India. |
- | 200 |
| 3. | 25-10-2021 | MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORYThe Thirteenth Century, The Fourteenth
Century, Society, Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century, The Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Century – Society and Culture, Akbar, Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century, Economy and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Culture in the Mughal Empire, The Eighteenth Century. |
- | 200 |
| 4. | 30-10-2021 | MODERN INDIAN HISTORYEuropean Penetration into India, British
Expansion in India, Early Structure of the British Raj, Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule, Social and Cultural Developments, Social and Religious Reform movements in Bengal and Other Areas, Indian Response to British Rule, Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism, Politics of Association, Rise of Gandhi, Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935,Other strands in the National Movement, Politics of Separatism, Consolidation as a Nation, Caste and Ethnicity after 1947, Economic development and political change |
- | 200 |
| 5. | 5-11-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 6. | 9-11-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 7. | 13-11-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 8. | 17-11-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 9. | 21-11-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 10. | 24-11-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 11. | 27-11-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 12. | 30-112021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 13. | 5-12-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 14. | 10-12-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
| 15. | 15-12-2021 | FULL LENGTH TEST | - | 200 |
COMPLETE COURSECLASSES+NOTES+TEST) FEE : 18500/-
