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History — Model Syllabus Roadmap

22 Official 2024 Lecturer Disciplines — Syllabus Directory · Subjects 1–11

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Overview

History at lecturer level covers ancient, medieval and modern India, world history and historiography.

Key points

Ancient India: Harappan to post-Gupta.
Medieval India: Sultanate, Mughal, regional states.
Modern India: colonial rule, reform, national movement, partition.
World history: revolutions, world wars, decolonisation.
Historiography: Ranke’s empiricism, the Annales school (Bloch, Febvre), Marxist history.
Subaltern Studies (Ranajit Guha) studied history from below.

Explanation

Sources and methods are tested often.
Regional and social history broaden narratives.
Archaeology complements texts.
Chronology frames all answers.

Step by step

Place the question in its unit of the syllabus.
Recall the theory, thinker, law or work involved.
Eliminate options from other schools, periods or units.

Examples

Annales school founders → Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre.
Subaltern Studies → Ranajit Guha.
"As it actually happened" historiography → Ranke.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Mixing historiographical schools.
Trap: Weak chronology.
Trap: Ignoring sources.

Quick revision

Ancient, medieval, modern, world.
Annales; Subaltern.
Sources and method.

Practice MCQs

Revision check: The Cabinet Mission came to India in which year?
1. 1947
2. 1945
3. 1942
4. 1946
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Answer: (d) 1946. The Cabinet Mission came to India in 1946.
Concept check: The Rigveda is primarily a collection of what?
1. Medical prescriptions only
2. Hymns
3. Legal codes
4. Buddhist sermons
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Answer: (b) Hymns. The Rigveda is primarily a collection of Hymns.
Revision check: Din-i-Ilahi is associated with which Mughal ruler?
1. Shah Jahan
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Babur
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Answer: (b) Akbar. Din-i-Ilahi is associated with Akbar. Compare: Which Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal? — Shah Jahan.
Concept check: The First Battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between Babur and whom?
1. Rana Sanga
2. Hemu
3. Sher Shah
4. Ibrahim Lodi
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Answer: (d) Ibrahim Lodi. The First Battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between Babur and Ibrahim Lodi.
Static-GK drill: The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in which year?
1. 1935
2. 1931
3. 1942
4. 1928
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Answer: (b) 1931. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in 1931.
Concept check: Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
1. Bindusara
2. Chandragupta Maurya
3. Ashoka
4. Bimbisara
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Answer: (b) Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan Empire. Compare: The Kalinga War is associated with Ashoka.
Static-GK drill: The Sangam literature is primarily associated with which language?
1. Pali
2. Persian
3. Tamil
4. Sanskrit only
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Answer: (c) Tamil. The Sangam literature is primarily associated with Tamil.
Concept check: The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
1. 1757
2. 1857
3. 1773
4. 1764
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Answer: (a) 1757. The Battle of Plassey was fought in 1757.
Revision check: The Ashokan inscriptions were deciphered in the 19th century chiefly by whom?
1. William Jones
2. James Prinsep
3. John Marshall
4. Alexander Cunningham
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Answer: (b) James Prinsep. The Ashokan inscriptions were deciphered in the 19th century chiefly by James Prinsep.
Concept check: Which Harappan site is famous for its dockyard?
1. Lothal
2. Banawali
3. Dholavira
4. Rakhigarhi
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Answer: (a) Lothal. Lothal is famous for its dockyard.