GS Paper 1
World History
Industrial revolution, World Wars, redrawal of national boundaries, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism.
2025
The French Revolution has enduring relevance to the contemporary world. Explain.
2024
To what extent did the First World War upset the existing balance of power in Europe and trigger new geopolitical configurations?
2023
Why did human development fail to keep pace with economic growth in many parts of the developing world post-WWII?
2022
Discuss the significance of the lion and bull figures in Indian mythology, art and architecture.
2021
"There arose a serious challenge to the Democratic State System between the two World Wars." Evaluate the statement.
2019
Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French Revolutions.
2018
Why did the industrial revolution first occur in England? Discuss the quality of life of the people there during the industrialization. How does it compare with that in India at present?
2017
Why did the Moderates fail to carry precision about their political goals and methods during the early phase of the Congress?
What problems were germane to the decolonization process in the Malay Peninsula?
2016
Explain how the uprising of 1857 constituted an important watershed in the evolution of British policies towards colonial India.
Discuss the role of women in the freedom struggle especially during the Gandhian phase.
The anti-colonial struggles in West Africa were led by the new elite of Western-educated Africans. Examine.
2015
Why did the New Economic Policy (NEP) introduced by Lenin in 1921 represent a tactical retreat in Soviet Russia?
2014
What were the major political, economic and social developments in the world which motivated the anti-colonial struggle in India?
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?
The New Economic Policy – 1921 of Lenin had influenced the political leadership of independent India in formulating its economic policies. Comment.
2013
The American Revolution was an economic revolt against mercantilism. Substantiate.
What were the policy consequences of the Great Depression of 1929 on industrialized capitalist democracies?