Indian History 10 Solved Practice Set for UPSC CSE (IAS) Prelims 2021: “Indian History” plays a vital role for Exams like IAS, State PSC, SSC and other similar competitive exams. MYUPSC presents a Complete set of Indian History Questions Answers in the form of Practice Sets (1000+MCQs) for Exams like UPSC IAS, State PSC, and … Read more
Indian History for UPSC CSE (IAS) Prelims 2022 GS Paper 1: The General Studies paper of UPSC Civil services preliminary exam comprises of Polity, Geography, Economy, History, General Science and Current Affairs. Both Indian History and culture are correlated and vast subjects. The Indian History and culture are considered as the significant part of both … Read more
Indus Valley Civilization: NCERT History MCQs for UPSC IAS/State PSC and other exams: History is equally important for the IAS Prelims and IAS Mains Exam. Globally, History is divided under the three sub-sections i.e. Ancient History, Medieval History and Modern History. NCERT based MCQs of Indian History for IAS Prelims General Studies Paper-1. Indian History … Read more
Indian History Important Topics for UPSC IAS Exam 2021: UPSC IAS Prelims 2021 exam is scheduled to be on 27th June 2021. The paper of the IAS prelims exam majorly covers all the subjects testing the basic overall understanding of the aspirants. History is one of the subjects which is covered in the IAS Prelims … Read more
In UPSC Civil Services IAS Exam, the subject History is equally important for both IAS Prelims Exam and IAS Mains Exam. Generally, History is divided under the three sub-sections i.e. Ancient History, Medieval History and Modern History. Here, we have provided very important Multiple Choice Questions of Ancient History for IAS Prelims Exam. For the … Read more
ART & ARCHITECTURE IN ANCIENT INDIA Art of sculpture Ancient India witnessed remarkable progress in the art of sculpture. The three important schools namely- Gandhara, Mathura and Amravati grew and progressed during ancient India. Each of these schools has occupied a commanding place in the field of Indian sculpture and has contributed towards its growth … Read more
From the middle of the sixth century A.D., the history of South India is virtually the story of mutual conflicts among three powers, each seeking constantly to extend its empire at the expense of its neighbours. This went on for about three hundred years. The three powers were the Chalukyas of Badami, the Pallavas of … Read more
Later Gupta Period (7-12 Century) | Ancient History Of Rajasthan: By the middle of the 6th century a line of Gupta rulers with the same surname, but not connected in the official genealogy with the line, ruled in Magadha. In fact, the name ending “Gupta” may have been cho- sen and cherised by the Later … Read more
The Satavahana acted as a stabilizing factor in the Deccan and south to which they gave political unity and prosperity, after the breakup of Mauryan Empire, the Satavahana and Kushana emerged as two large Political Powers.The Kushanas performed the same role in the north. Both these empires came to an end in the middle of … Read more
Megalithic Culture and the Pre-Sangam Era The Neolithic-Chalcolithic amalgam which seems to have been round about 2000 B.C. continued upto about the middle of the first millennium B.C. It was then overlapped by the Megalithic culture inhabited by the megaliths builder. They are known not from their actual settlement which is rare but from their … Read more
The Age of the Sungas and the Satvahanas: In eastern India, Central India and the Deccan, the Mauryans were succeeded by a number of native rulers such as the Sungas, Satvahanas, etc. In north-western India they were succeeded by a number of ruling dynasties from Central Asia. 7.1 The Sunga Dynasty (185 B.C to … Read more
Rise of the Mauryans The closeness to the source of natural resources like iron ores enabled the Magadhan princes to equip themselves with weapons, Agricultural tools of iron, which increased production and added to royal taxation alongwith the alluvial soil of Gangatic plains and sufficient rainfall which were very conducive for agricultural practices and rise … Read more
The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Two of them were most probably ganatantras and others had forms of monarchy. From the 16th century onwards, the widespread use of Iron in eastern U.P. and western Bihar created conditions for the formation of … Read more
What are the causes for the growth of Buddhism and Jainism? The Vedic rituals were expensive and the sacrifices prescribed were very complicated and had lost their meaning, the caste system had become rigid. Supremacy of the Brahmins created unrest and all the religious texts were in Sanskrit, which was not understandable to the masses. … Read more
The Vedic Period or the Vedic Age refers to that time period when the Vedic Sanskrit texts were composed in India. The society that emerged during that time is known as the Vedic Period, or the Vedic Age, Civilization. The Vedic Civilization flourished between the 1500 BC and 500 BC on the Indo-Gangetic Plains of … Read more
