By UPSCTREECategories: Mains Question Paper
HISTORY – PAPER II
Odisha Civil Services Mains 2024
Time: 3 Hours
|Full Marks: 250
|Full Marks: 250
GROUP A
10 × 15 MARKS
Instructions: Attempt 10 (ten) questions. Word limit: 250 words.
- Assess the relevance of Dependency Theory in explaining long-term development constraints in Latin America.
- Analyze the socio-economic consequences of the British takeover of Odisha. How were land revenue systems, trade patterns and agrarian relations transformed?
- Critically examine the ideological and methodological differences between the Moderates and Extremists within the Congress.
- What were the key features of New Imperialism (1870-1914) and how did it differ from earlier colonial expansion?
- Analyze the Orientalist-Anglicist controversy. How did the debate shape colonial educational policy and the cultural trajectory of modern India?
- Critically evaluate the ‘safety-valve’ theory associated with the formation of the Indian National Congress. Did this interpretation undermine the genuine political aspirations of early nationalists?
- How did the Acts of 1773 and 1784 reshape the administrative and economic control of the East India Company?
- Examine the causes, course and political impact of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Mutiny of 1946. Why did this event alarm the British more than earlier uprisings?
- Examine the socio-economic, political and intellectual causes of the French Revolution of 1789. In what ways did it challenge the ancient regime?
- Was constitutional politics a realistic path toward political reform, or did it inadvertently strengthen colonial authority? Provide a critical analysis.
- Critically examine the Government of India Act of 1935. How far did it represent a genuine step towards provincial autonomy and federalism?
- Analyze the philosophical foundations of Enlightenment thought with reference to reason, liberty and human progress.
GROUP B
05 × 20 MARKS
Instructions: Attempt 05 (five) questions. Word limit: 300 words.
- Examine the social composition, strategies and achievements of the States’ People’s Movements. How did they shape the politics of integration after independence?
- Discuss the political and economic conditions in post-World War II Europe that led to the formation of NATO and early steps toward European unity.
- Analyze the immediate social, economic and political consequences of the Partition of 1947. How did it shape the early trajectory of the Indian nation-State?
- Analyze the Kandha rebellions under Dora Bisoyi and Chakra Bisoyi in the context of tribal resistance to colonial rule.
- Discuss the role of Jai Rajguru and the Paikas in the Khurda Rebellion. How did their grievances reflect deeper structural tensions under early colonial rule?
- Discuss the growth of modern industries in India during the inter-war period. Why did Indian industrialists demand protection and how did the colonial State respond?
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