ANCIENT HISTORY:
In Preliminary examination every year 3-5 questions were being asked from ancient history of India. One can expect the same this year too.
Many aspirants feel ancient history as unimportant and boring. So they rely completely on Modern and medieval part of Indian History.
We recommend you to complete modern and medieval history at first and later allot few hours of time to read ancient history.
If you have proper and quality notes on ancient history it will take less than 4 - 5 hours of time to read and understand all the important points given in the notes. (Very soon we will upload notes on ancient history, so keep visiting aspirantclass.com)
Just note down the list of topics to cover under ancient history part.
Here is the list of topics
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TOPICS
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1. Archaeological and literary sources of ancient history
2. Paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic and chalcolithic periods
3. Indus valley civilization
4. Aryans and vedic period
5. Mahajanapadas
6. Buddhism
7. Jainism
8. Magadha
9. Iranian and macedonian invasions
10. Mauryan empire
11. Indo-Greeks
12. Sakas
13. Kushanas
14. Western kshatrapas
15. The satavahanas
16. Tamil states of the sangam age
17. Guptas
18. Vakatakas
19. Vardhanas
20. Kadambas
21. Pallavas
22. Chalukhyas of Badami and Kalyana
23. Cholas
24. Hoysalas
25. Pandyas
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Model questions
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Q.1. The Jain philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by (2011 CSE)
a. Universal Law
b. Universal truth
c. Universal Faith
d. Universal soul
Q.2. With respect to the guilds (shreni) of ancient India that played a very important role in the country's economy, which of the following statements is/are correct? (2013 CSE)
1. Every guild was registered with the central authority to the state and the king was the chief administrative authority on them
2. The wages, rules of work, standards and prices were fixed by the guild.
3. The guild had judicial powers over its own members
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1,2 and 3
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Sources for preparation:
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1. History - VI NCERT - Our pasts-I (you can find notes of VI NCERT History in IAS prelims 2016 study module - I) - click here
For VI to VIII NCERT Indian History Notes - click here
2. Tamil nadu Text book of history - XI standard - Chapter 1 to 14 - click here
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OTHER USEFUL LINKS
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IAS PRELIMS PREPARATION TIPS : INDIAN CULTURE
IAS PRELIMS PREPARATION TIPS: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
IAS PRELIMS PREPARATION TIPS: ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY,CLIMATE CHANGE
In Preliminary examination every year 3-5 questions were being asked from ancient history of India. One can expect the same this year too.
Many aspirants feel ancient history as unimportant and boring. So they rely completely on Modern and medieval part of Indian History.
We recommend you to complete modern and medieval history at first and later allot few hours of time to read ancient history.
If you have proper and quality notes on ancient history it will take less than 4 - 5 hours of time to read and understand all the important points given in the notes. (Very soon we will upload notes on ancient history, so keep visiting aspirantclass.com)
Just note down the list of topics to cover under ancient history part.
Here is the list of topics
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TOPICS
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1. Archaeological and literary sources of ancient history
2. Paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic and chalcolithic periods
3. Indus valley civilization
4. Aryans and vedic period
5. Mahajanapadas
6. Buddhism
7. Jainism
8. Magadha
9. Iranian and macedonian invasions
10. Mauryan empire
11. Indo-Greeks
12. Sakas
13. Kushanas
14. Western kshatrapas
15. The satavahanas
16. Tamil states of the sangam age
17. Guptas
18. Vakatakas
19. Vardhanas
20. Kadambas
21. Pallavas
22. Chalukhyas of Badami and Kalyana
23. Cholas
24. Hoysalas
25. Pandyas
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Model questions
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Q.1. The Jain philosophy holds that the world is created and maintained by (2011 CSE)
a. Universal Law
b. Universal truth
c. Universal Faith
d. Universal soul
Q.2. With respect to the guilds (shreni) of ancient India that played a very important role in the country's economy, which of the following statements is/are correct? (2013 CSE)
1. Every guild was registered with the central authority to the state and the king was the chief administrative authority on them
2. The wages, rules of work, standards and prices were fixed by the guild.
3. The guild had judicial powers over its own members
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1,2 and 3
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Sources for preparation:
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1. History - VI NCERT - Our pasts-I (you can find notes of VI NCERT History in IAS prelims 2016 study module - I) - click here
For VI to VIII NCERT Indian History Notes - click here
2. Tamil nadu Text book of history - XI standard - Chapter 1 to 14 - click here
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OTHER USEFUL LINKS
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IAS PRELIMS PREPARATION TIPS : INDIAN CULTURE
IAS PRELIMS PREPARATION TIPS: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
IAS PRELIMS PREPARATION TIPS: ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY,CLIMATE CHANGE