Previous year questions

"The Battle of Plassey that decided the fate of Bengal was won by Clive through intrigues." Explain.

"The Upanishadic principles embody the epitome of the Vedic thought." Discuss.

"The 'safety-valve thesis' does not adequately explain the birth of the Indian National Congress in 1885." Critically examine.

"The Dual System of Government was a complete failure from the outset. In the first place, the abuse of the private trade reached a greater height than ever. In the second place, the demands of the Company for the increase led to gross oppression of the peasantry." Examine.

"Enlightened despots (Europe) were not necessarily politically liberal." Critically examine.

"Montague-Chelmsford reform proposals introduced 'dyarchy', but blurred the lines of responsibility." Critically examine.

"Rousseau strove to reconcile the liberty of the individual and the institution of Government through a new vision of the Contract-Theory of Government." Critically examine.

"The Russo-Japanese War helped in the rise of Japan as a great power."

"Politics remained for the bulk of the Moderates very much a part-time affair. The Congress was not a political party, but an annual three-day show…" Elucidate.

"The language of narrow nationalism held at Frankfurt destroyed the German Revolution; as the fatal idea of aggrandizement of the House of Savoy destroyed the Italian Revolution." Discuss.