Handwritten Answers

Model answers to the History Optional previous-year questions, chapter by chapter, laid out on answer-booklet pages to show what a full answer looks like in the exam.

Course content

4 sections · 51 items · 1 year of access

  • Chapter 1 · Sources

    15 answers · 45 pages

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  • Chapter 2 · Pre-history and Proto-history

    9 answers · 27 pages

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  • Chapter 3 · Indus Valley Civilization

    21 answers · 63 pages

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  • Chapter 4 · Megalithic Cultures

    4 answers · 12 pages

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  • Chapter 5 · Aryans and the Vedic Period

    20 answers · 60 pages

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  • Chapter 6 · Period of Mahajanapadas

    15 answers · 45 pages

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  • Chapter 7 · Mauryan Empire

    21 answers · 63 pages

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  • Chapter 8 · Post-Mauryan Period

    23 answers · 69 pages

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  • Chapter 9 · Early State and Society in Eastern India, Deccan and South India

    6 answers · 18 pages

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  • Chapter 10 · Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas

    27 answers · 81 pages

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  • Chapter 11 · Regional States during Gupta Era

    26 answers · 76 pages

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  • Chapter 12 · Themes in Early Indian Cultural History

    6 answers · 18 pages

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  • Chapter 13 · Early Medieval India, 750–1200

    34 answers · 97 pages

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  • Chapter 14 · Cultural Traditions in India, 750–1200

    30 answers · 86 pages

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  • Chapter 15 · The Thirteenth Century

    17 answers · 46 pages

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  • Chapter 16 · The Fourteenth Century

    31 answers · 88 pages

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  • Chapter 17 · Society, Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

    36 answers · 96 pages

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  • Chapter 18 · The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political Developments and Economy

    48 answers · 133 pages

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  • Chapter 19 · The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Society and Culture

    10 answers · 28 pages

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  • Chapter 20 · Akbar

    21 answers · 62 pages

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  • Chapter 21 · Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century

    25 answers · 73 pages

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  • Chapter 22 · Economy and Society in the 16th and 17th Centuries

    25 answers · 72 pages

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  • Chapter 23 · Culture in the Mughal Empire

    27 answers · 76 pages

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  • Chapter 24 · The Eighteenth Century

    30 answers · 89 pages

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  • Chapter 1 · European Penetration into India

    7 answers · 20 pages

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  • Chapter 2 · British Expansion in India

    14 answers · 36 pages

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  • Chapter 3 · Early Structure of the British Raj

    13 answers · 36 pages

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  • Chapter 4 · Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

    14 answers · 41 pages

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  • Chapter 5 · Social and Cultural Developments

    13 answers · 37 pages

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  • Chapter 6 · Social and Religious Reform Movements

    15 answers · 42 pages

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  • Chapter 7 · Indian Response to British Rule

    15 answers · 42 pages

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  • Chapter 8 · Factors leading to the Birth of Indian Nationalism

    16 answers · 44 pages

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  • Chapter 9 · Rise of Gandhi

    19 answers · 54 pages

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  • Chapter 10 · Constitutional Developments in Colonial India, 1858–1935

    13 answers · 38 pages

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  • Chapter 11 · Other Strands in the National Movement

    12 answers · 33 pages

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  • Chapter 12 · Politics of Separatism

    13 answers · 36 pages

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  • Chapter 13 · Consolidation as a Nation

    8 answers · 21 pages

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  • Chapter 14 · Caste and Ethnicity after 1947

    9 answers · 23 pages

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  • Chapter 15 · Economic Development and Political Change

    7 answers · 18 pages

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  • Chapter 16 · Enlightenment and Modern Ideas

    19 answers · 48 pages

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  • Chapter 17 · Origins of Modern Politics

    33 answers · 89 pages

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  • Chapter 18 · Industrialization

    17 answers · 46 pages

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  • Chapter 19 · Nation-State System

    24 answers · 68 pages

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  • Chapter 20 · Imperialism and Colonialism

    13 answers · 35 pages

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  • Chapter 21 · Revolution and Counter-Revolution

    24 answers · 67 pages

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  • Chapter 22 · World Wars

    29 answers · 83 pages

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  • Chapter 23 · The World after World War II

    19 answers · 52 pages

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  • Chapter 24 · Liberation from Colonial Rule

    26 answers · 69 pages

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  • Chapter 25 · Decolonization and Underdevelopment

    6 answers · 15 pages

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  • Chapter 26 · Unification of Europe

    10 answers · 29 pages

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  • Chapter 27 · Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World

    12 answers · 33 pages

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What you'll learn

  • See how a full answer is built, from the opening lines to the conclusion
  • Learn where a map, a flowchart or a table earns its place on the page
  • Judge how much to write for 10, 15 and 20 marks

Who this course is for

  • Aspirants who have chosen History as their UPSC Optional
  • Anyone preparing answer writing for Paper I and Paper II, chapter by chapter

Teacher

Sekhar

Sekhar History Classes · UPSC History

Sekhar History Classes is built around one subject — History — across every stage of the UPSC exam: History Optional, GS Prelims and GS1 Mains. The notes, past-year questions, model answers, maps and lectures on this site are the same material the courses are built on.

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