From tomorrow, I will start posting questions in the morning and answer pointers after some time. Lets start our activity with the focus on questions and answers.
I will begin with Early Medieval India (ie after Post-Gupta era) and first try to cover Medieval India and then onwards. We will go point by point as per the syllabus.
Suggestion:
Try to write answers by your own. Don't just collect the data. It seldom helps.
While writing, try to exhibit conceptual clarity, mentioning proper sources, historiographical understanding, all of it with lucid writing within word limit.
PS:
▪️Apart from questions, i will also post various write-ups, news articles, topical summaries, expert views, historians opinions here to enrich your preparation.
▪️I am also planning to start mapping practice soon. Mapping is a compulsory and a very important part of Paper 1. And it is really a low-hanging fruit which students often neglect.
#announcement
@nikhilhistoryoptional
I will begin with Early Medieval India (ie after Post-Gupta era) and first try to cover Medieval India and then onwards. We will go point by point as per the syllabus.
Suggestion:
Try to write answers by your own. Don't just collect the data. It seldom helps.
While writing, try to exhibit conceptual clarity, mentioning proper sources, historiographical understanding, all of it with lucid writing within word limit.
PS:
▪️Apart from questions, i will also post various write-ups, news articles, topical summaries, expert views, historians opinions here to enrich your preparation.
▪️I am also planning to start mapping practice soon. Mapping is a compulsory and a very important part of Paper 1. And it is really a low-hanging fruit which students often neglect.
#announcement
@nikhilhistoryoptional
History Optional (UPSC)
The section in the optional paper I find most difficult and would like to seek assitance is:
This is a very interesting outlook. I personally think that Ancient is easier and more interesting because it's more theoretical in nature (we don't have enough data anyway). If you have a good grasp over the sources and a general idea of various historiographical debates, you can almost tackle anything in this section. Even if you lack some idea of the specific issue, you can still create a good answer on the spot.
On the contrary, in Modern and World, we get relatively less opportunity of go into historiographical issues (at least for Civil Services Exam) and thus we have to know a lot of issue-specific arguments in order to be able to write a good answer. As this era is closer to us, we have more data, it makes things tangible, more relevant, definitely, but it also makes the subject vast.
Anyway. For the students writing the exam in 2022 and in need of any guidance, assistance (like evaluation of answers or need of additional material or discussing strategy), you are all most welcome to meet me. I will be in the office everyday from 12 to 2 for such discussions. You can also drop me a personal message at @nikhil4history
#announcement
@nikhilhistoryoptional
On the contrary, in Modern and World, we get relatively less opportunity of go into historiographical issues (at least for Civil Services Exam) and thus we have to know a lot of issue-specific arguments in order to be able to write a good answer. As this era is closer to us, we have more data, it makes things tangible, more relevant, definitely, but it also makes the subject vast.
Anyway. For the students writing the exam in 2022 and in need of any guidance, assistance (like evaluation of answers or need of additional material or discussing strategy), you are all most welcome to meet me. I will be in the office everyday from 12 to 2 for such discussions. You can also drop me a personal message at @nikhil4history
#announcement
@nikhilhistoryoptional