Examine the impact of the links between scientific education and industrial expansion on German society in the early 20th century. <!--qid:MAINS_2025_History-II_Q20-->
4 questions from the UPSC 2025 examination.
4 questions
Examine the impact of the links between scientific education and industrial expansion on German society in the early 20th century. <!--qid:MAINS_2025_History-II_Q20-->
Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: <!--qid:MAINS_2025_History-II_Q5-->
Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each: <!--qid:MAINS_2025_History-II_Q1-->
Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum-Answer Booklet. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim : (i) Neolithic site (ii) Mesolithic site (iii) Paleolithic site (iv) Neolithic site with stone artefacts (v) Site of Indus Valley Civilization (vi) Early Harappan site with a fire-pit (vii) Late Harappan site (viii) The Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP) site (ix) Mesolithic site (x) Megalithic site (xi) Mahajanapada of South India (xii) Site of Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana (xiii) Major Rock Edict of Asoka (xiv) Asokan Minor Rock Edict (xv) Commercial centre of the Mauryas (xvi) Saka-Kushan coin hoard (xvii) An inscription mentioning Ashvamedha Sacrifice (xviii) Site of Post-Mauryan period burnt brick house (xix) Terracotta craft centre of Post-Mauryan period (xx) Important port of the Pallava period <!--qid:MAINS_2025_History-I_Q1-->