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Previous 2013 Mains Questions Topic wise weightage

Topic	Marks
Culture	20
Modern India	55
Freedom Struggle	25
Post Independence	0
World History	40
Misc	40
Geography	70
	250

Topic	2013	Marks
Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
Literature	Though not very useful from the point of view of a connected political history of South India, the Sangam literature portrays the social and economic conditions of its time with remarkable vividness. Comment.	10	20m
Art forms - Dance	Discuss the Tandava dance as recorded in the early Indian inscriptions.	5
Architecture	Chola architecture represents a high watermark in the evolution of temple architecture. Discuss.	5
Culture total weightage = 20 marks
Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues
Significant Events. Significant Personalities	Critically discuss the objectives of Bhoodan and Gramdan movements initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave and their success.	10	50m
Significant Events	Write a critical note on the evolution and significance of the slogan “Jai Jawana Jai Kisan”.	10
Significant Events	Analyze the circumstances that led to Tashkent Agreement in 1966. Discuss the highlights of the agreement.	10
Significant Events.	Critically examine the compulsions which prompted India to play a decisive roles in the emergence of Bangladesh.	10
Significant Personalities	In many ways, Lord Dalhousie was the founder of modern India. Elaborate.	10
Modern Indian history weightage = 50+5 marks
The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.
5 marks  under “Importnant Contributers” and 5 marks under “Significant Personalities of Modern India”	Discuss the contribution of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to pre-and post-independent India.	10	30m
important contributors/ contributions	Defying the barriers of age, gender and religion, the Indian women became the torch bearer during the struggle for freedom in India. Discuss.	10
important contributors/ contributions	Several foreigners made India their homeland and participated in various movements. Analyze their role in the Indian struggle for freedom.	10
Freedon Struggle Weightage = 50 - 5 marks
Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
Not everything that happened Post Independence comes under this tiopic. Only questions related to formation of new states till formation of Telangana and annexation of Goa, Hyderbad etc..fall here. So no questions were asked from this section.		0	0m
Post-independence consolidation and reorganization = 0 marks
History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
Industrial Revolution	“Latecomer” Industrial revolution in Japan involved certain factors that were markedly different from what west had experience.	10	40m
Colonination	Africa was chopped into states artificially created by accident of European competition. Analyse.	10
Decolonizatin	American Revolution was an economic revolt against mercantilism. Substantiate.	10
Capitalism: forms and effects on society	What policy instruments were deployed to contain the great economic depression?	10
World History Total Weightage = 40 marks
Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
No questions asked
Role of women and women's organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
Urbanization	Discussion the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India.	10	20m
Role of Women’s organization	Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.	10
Effects of globalization on Indian society
	Critically examine the effects of globalization on the aged population in India.	10	10m
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
Regionalism	Growing feeling of regionalism is an important factor in the generation of demand for a separate state. Discuss.	10	10m
Misc topics weightage = 40 marks
Salient features of world's physical geography.
Physical geography of the world	What do you understand by the theory of continental drift? Discuss the prominent evidences in its support.	5	15
Physical geography of the world: Climatology	What do you understand by the phenomenon of temperature inversion in meteorology? How does it affect the weather and the habitants of the place?	5
Physical geography of India	There is no formation of deltas by rivers of the Western Ghat. Why?	5
Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India)
Distribution of key natural resources across India and the world	With growing scarcity of fossil fuels, the atomic energy is gaining more and more significance in India. Discuss the availability of raw material required for the generation of atomic energy in India and in the world.	10	30
Distribution of key natural resources across India	It is said the India has substantial reserves of shale oil and gas, which can feed the needs of country for quarter century. However, tapping of the resources doesn’t appear to be high on the agenda. Discuss critically the availability and issues involved.	10
factors responsible for the location of industries	Do you agree that there is a growing trend of opening new sugar mills in the Southern states of India? Discuss with justification	5
factors responsible for the location of industries	Analyze the factors for highly decentralized cotton textile industry in India	5
Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
geographical features and their location	Major hot deserts in northern hemisphere are located between 20-30 degree north and on the western side of the continents. Why?	10	25
Important Geophysical phenomena	The recent cyclone on the east coast of India was called “Phailin”. How are the tropical cyclones named across the world?	5
changes in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. (Indirectly, climate change)	Bring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world.	5
changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.	Bring out the causes for more frequent landslides in the Himalayas than in Western Ghats	5
Total Geography Weightage = 70 marks

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