This book contains chapter-wise solved questions for the History optional subject of the UPSC Mains Examination from 2016 to 2025. Each answer has been prepared as a model answer by subject experts, which helps in honing answer writing skills.
About the History Book:
Question: What is the History book useful for?

Answer: This book is equally useful for the optional subject of the UPSC Civil Services Main Examination, as well as for the main examinations of the State Public Service Commissions and other equivalent competitive examinations.

Question: How are the answers prepared in the History book, and how are they useful for the optional subject of the Civil Services Main Examination?

This book can primarily help you in three ways:
As Model Solutions: The answers to the questions in the book are presented as model solutions. While solving the questions, care has been taken to ensure that the answers are concise and relevant to the questions asked.
As a Study Material: This book includes answers to other questions, so that candidates can use it not only as a solved question paper but also as a study material.
To Improve Answer Writing Style: Candidates can use this book to improve their answer writing style and understand the nature and trend of questions.
Book Content: Index
Chronicle History in Question and Answer Form
IS Mains Chapter-wise Solved Question Papers 2016-2025 for UPSC & State PSCs Examination:
Chronicle History Optional Subject Paper 1:

Maps
Sources:
Archaeological Sources: Exploration, Excavation, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Monuments
Literary Sources:
Prehistory and Early History
Indus Valley Civilization
Megalithic Cultures
Aryan and Vedic Period
Mahajanapada Period
Maurya Empire
Post-Mauryan Period (Indo-Greeks, Shaka, Kushan, Western Satraps)
Early States and Society: Eastern India, Deccan, and Southern India
Gupta Dynasty, Vakataka Dynasty, and Vardhana Dynasty
Gupta Period Regional States
Themes in Early Indian Cultural History
Early Medieval India
Cultural Tradition of India
Thirteenth Century
Fourteenth Century
Society, Culture, and Culture of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Economy
Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries: Political Developments and Economy
Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries: Society and Culture
Akbar
The Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century
Economy and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Culture During the Mughal Empire
Eighteenth Century
Chronicle History Optional Paper II:

European Entry into India
British Expansion in India
Early Structure of the British State
Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
Social and Cultural Development
Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Regions
India's Response to British Rule:
Factors in the Birth of Indian Nationalism
Rise of Gandhi
Colonial
Other Links of the National Movement
Politics of Separatism
Consolidation as a Nation
Caste and Ethnicity after 1947
Economic Development and Political Change
Enlightenment and Modern Thought
Fundamentals of Modern Politics
Industrialization
Nation-State System
Imperialism and Colonialism
Revolution and Counter-Revolution
World War II The Post-World War II World
Liberation under Colonial Rule
Decolonization and Underdevelopment
European Integration
The Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Rise of a Unipolar World