WEST BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION (Main) - 2009
(Optional Papers)
History Paper I
Time Allowed-3 Hours Full Marks-100
All questions carry equal marks
Group - A
Answer any three questions
1. Describe the broad features of the political and social in stiiutions of the Rig Vedic period. What changes were effected during the Later Vedic period ?
2. "The Gupta period is the Golden Age in Indian History" -Do you agree ?
3. Give a critical account of the economic measures of Sultan Alauddin Khalji.
4. Analyse the causes of the decline of the Mughal Empire. How far Emperer Aurangzeb's policies were responsible for the downfall ?
5. Describe the circumstances leading to the introduction of the Permanent Settlement. Discuss its merits and demerits.
6. What led to the growth of extremism in the ranks of the Indian National Congress ? Why did it fail ?
Group-B
Answer any two questions.
7. Discuss the political and cultural contributions of the Imperial Palas of Bengal.
8. Account for the emergence of the Bhakti movement in medieval India.
9. Was the Rising of 1857 in India the first national war of independence ?
10. Analyse the problem of integration of the princely states with the newly independent India,
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