Indian Civil Services Examination Handbook/History of the world

Previous years questions

2013

"'Latecomer' Industrial Revolution in Japan involved certain factors that were markedly different from what West had experienced." Analyze.(200 words)

"Africa was chopped into States artificially created by accidents of European competition." Analyze, (200 words)

"American Revolution was an economic revolt against mercantilism." Substantiate. (200 words)

What policy instruments were deployed to contain the Great Economic Depression? (200 words)

2014

What were the events that led to the Suez Crisis in 1956? How did it deal a final blow to Britain’s self-image as a world power? (150 words)

The New Economic Policy – 1921 of Lenin had influenced the policies adopted by India soon after independence. Evaluate. (150 words)