UPSC HISTORY PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS

 

The term history includes different aspects- Ancient Indian history, Medieval Indian history, world history, post independence ,Indian National Movement, culture , art etc. History is really a vast subject .Let us take a look on number of  PYQ asked from this area.

As you can see the importance of this subject is decreasing relatively. But we cannot finalize anything since UPSC loves surprises.

IMPORTANT AREAS

ANCIENT INDIA

• Pre historic cultures in India
• IVC
• Geographical Distribution
• Vedic Society
• Mahajanapadas
• Nandas
• Jainism and Buddhism
• Mauryan empire
• Post Mauryan India
• Guptas

MEDIEVAL INDIA

• Chola empire
• Rajaputras
• Arabs 
• Cultural trends
• 13th and 14th century
• 15th and early 16th century- Vijayanagara, Lodhis, First phase of Mughal empire
• Mughal Empire and it's decline.

ENTRY OF BRITISH

• British Expansion
• Economic impact of British raj
• Cultural encounter and social changes
• Resistance to British rule
• Indian freedom struggle
• Gandhi and his thought
• Separatist trends in Indian nationalist politics
• Indian Independence
• Post Independence

STRATEGY

Give importance to Historical places, personalities, temples, artforms etc mentioned in the news paper.

Create a clear order for chronological order,

Refer to NCERT Text books. Mock tests .PYQ analysis .