{"id":275,"date":"2022-01-05T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shankariasacademy.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2024-01-25T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T11:37:00","slug":"how-do-i-study-history-for-the-upsc-prelims-examination-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shankariasacademy.com\/blog\/how-do-i-study-history-for-the-upsc-prelims-examination-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I study history for the UPSC Prelims Examination 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Indian History and culture are considered a significant part of both the Civil Services Preliminary Exam and the Main Examination 2021. It is a scoring subject if you memorize well. If your preparation for this subject is on-point, you can successfully solve all the questions from history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Books to study:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7 Learn the weightage of the different segments and plan according to the priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7 For Modern India focus on,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Foreign powers in India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-East India Company & its rise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-British & others in different provinces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Economic & various other policies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Socio-cultural effects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Various movements & their effects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Acts, reports, committees, etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Medieval focus on,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The Mughals, the Vijayanagar empire, and the Sultanate, etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Economic, political & social structure of them<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Religious movements- important saints, their disciples, social impacts, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Other art and cultural impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Ancient focus on,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Various periods like the Stone age, Paleolithic, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Various aspects of the Indus valley and Harappan civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Art, culture & scripts, artifacts excavated, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Religious, cultural & social aspects of Vedic society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads, and meaning of some terms like Purohita, etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important things to note:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7 Learn the chronology of the incidents. Make a chronology chart of your own which helps in future references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7 Revision <\/strong>is the most important thing considering history as the subject is highly volatile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weightage:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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