History Optional (UPSC)
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I am Nikhil Sheth, History faculty at Level Up IAS. This channel is started to cater to the needs of History Optional in UPSC CSE.
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Hello students,

These are the documents that were used for Sunday discussion of Questions. This is our regular activity. On every Sunday, we meet to discuss two questions on Zoom.

Two questions for the upcoming Sunday will be shared here shortly. Please try to write the answers on your own first. Be ready with your draft and we can discuss the various dimensions of it over Zoom this coming Sunday.

For registration please click: https://bit.ly/History_LevelUp

@nikhilhistoryoptional
History Optional: Weekly Question Discussion
Week 2: 12 May 2024, 8 PM

Hello students, these are the questions for Week 2:
1) Examine the factors responsible for the process of state formation during the Mahajanapada Age. (15 Marks)
2) Analyze the policy of expansion of Peshwas in the 18th century. (15 marks)

For participating in the weekly zoom session, you will have to register yourself using the link provided. You will receive zoom link at you registered email ID.
Link for Registration: https://bit.ly/History_LevelUp

See you all there with an attempted answer. I sincerely request you try writing your answer before the Zoom session so that you can extract maximum out of it.

Nikhil Sheth
#AnswerWritingPractice #SundayLive
M2 Peshwa Policy of Expansion.pdf
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This is the answer for the weekly Zoom discussion for History Optional. The question is:
Analyze the policy of expansion of Peshwas in the 18th century. (15 marks)

The question from Ancient India will be covered by Vishal sir next week. Do attend the weekly answer writing Zoom session where we cover two practice question. You can register here to get a zoom link: https://bit.ly/History_LevelUp

#AnswerWritingPractice
In the bookshop. With the publisher. What a series of books....!!

#bookreview
History Optional: Weekly Question Discussion
Week 3: 19 May 2024, 8 PM

Hello students, these are the practice questions for Week 3:
1) Alexander’s invasion of India was fated to be famous and far reaching. Discuss. (10 Marks)
2) “Thus ended the famous battle of Buxar, on which depended the fate of India and which was as gallantly disputed as was important in its results.” Comment. [1985, 20m]

For participating in the weekly zoom session, register using the link provided. You will receive zoom link at you registered email ID.
Link for Registration: https://bit.ly/History_LevelUp

I sincerely request you try writing your answer before the Zoom session so that you can extract maximum out of this initiative.

Nikhil Sheth
#AnswerWritingPractice #SundayLive
Forwarded from History Optional (UPSC)
We are launching a new batch of History Optional starting on 10th June. It will be an upgraded version of our earlier batch, with updated historiography, more answer writing and more rounded coverage of PYQs in the class.

Click here to know more: https://www.levelupias.com/upsc-history-optional/
LevelUp IAS Weekly Zoom Question Discussion.pdf
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Download the first 5 Questions with Model Answers that were discussed in our Weekly Zoom Live Discussions.

Register here to attend the open session next Sunday: https://bit.ly/History_LevelUp
Register Here for Open discussion every Sunday evening: https://bit.ly/History_LevelUp

You can download first 5 model answers here: https://t.me/nikhilhistoryoptional/415
History Optional: Weekly Live Question Discussion
Week 4: 26 May 2024, 8 PM

Hello students, these are the practice questions for Week 4:
1) Reflect on the doctrinal similarities and differences between the Upanishads and early Buddhism. (15 Marks)
2) Robert Clive was not a planner but an experimenter who revealed some of the possibilities of creating a British empire in India. Discuss. (10 Marks)

For participating in the weekly zoom session, register using the link provided. You will receive zoom link at you registered email ID.
Link for Registration: https://bit.ly/History_LevelUp

I sincerely request you try writing your answer before the Zoom session so that you can extract maximum out of this initiative.

Nikhil Sheth
#AnswerWritingPractice #SundayLive
https://youtu.be/Jb--qcGe9Y4

Third episode of Behind The Question is out. In this series, we try to decode the mind of the examiner in less than 15 minutes.

In the latest episode, we discuss a PYQ from 2023 World History section on Marxian Socialism. Do watch it. I am sure it will be extremely useful for World History.

#behindthequestion
Allahabad school of history.

Just got this book. It seems very interesting. The contribution of great historians of the 1920s to 1950s, just before the Marxist school started to become prominent. Details of Beni Prasad and Ishwari Prasad are quite fascinsting.

While answering UPSC questions in Optional, if you have an inkling of politics Behind the Question, it becomes earlier to tackle it properly. Students are not advised to go through such books. It is for us teachers to keep reading and updating.

In our regular Behind the Question (BTQ) series on Youtube, we dig down deeper to find out what is in the mind of UPSC when they ask any particular PYQ. Stay tuned.

#historiography #behindthequestion