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About Various Type of Questions

There are certain aspects on which questions are put. On the basis of these aspects, questions can be categorised into different types. In each type a specific approach has to be adopted in writing answer. Given below are different types of questions which are to be taken into consideration. These examples are comprehensive in nature and subsumes almost all the aspects. This would help the Civil Services Aspirants in finding out topics while writing answers.

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QUESTIONS RELATED TO ART & CULTURE
Ancient India
  1. Gupta Art and Culture
  2. Art & Culture during the Pallavas
  3. Art & Culture during the Chalukyas
Medieval India
  1. Art & Culture during the Mughal Period
  2. Art & Culture during the Chola Period
  3. Art & Culture during the Vijayanagara Empire
  4. Art & Culture during the period of the Rashtrakutas
QUESTIONS RELATED TO DECLINE
Ancient India
  1. Decline of the Indus Valley Civilisation
  2. Decline of the Mauryas
  3. Decline of the Guptas
  4. Decline of the Trade
  5. Decline of the Republics
Medieval India
  1. Decline of the Sultanate
  2. Decline of the Vijayanagara Empire
  3. Decline of the Mughal Empire
  4. Decline of the Marathas

Modern India
  1. Decline of Revolutionary Terrorism
  2. Decline of the Swarajists
  3. Decline of the Militants
  4. Decline of Socio-religious Reforms Movement

World History
  1. Decline of Colonialism
  2. Disintegration of Soviet Union
  3. Decline of Napoleon
QUESTIONS RELATED TO REFORMS
Ancient India
  1. Reforms of Ashoka
Medieval India
  1. Reforms of Allauddin Khalji
  2. Reforms of Shershah
  3. Reforms of Akbar
  4. Reforms of Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Modern India
  1. Socio-Religious Reforms in British India
  2. Reforms of Cornawallis
  3. Reforms of Bentick
  4. Reforms of Ripon
World History
  1. Reforms of Napoleon
  2. Reforms of Gorbachev
QUESTIONS RELATED TO NATURE / CHARACTER
Ancient India
  1. Nature of Ashoka's Dhamma
  2. Nature of the Republics
  3. Nature of the Mauryan Polity
  4. Nature of the Polity of the Guptas
Medieval India
  1. Nature of the Sultanate
  2. Nature of the Mughal State
  3. Nature of the Polity of Vijayanagara State
  4. Nature of the Bhakti Movement
  5. Nature of the Maratha State
Modern India
  1. Nature of the Revolt of 1857
  2. Nature of the Socio-Religious Reforms Movement
  3. Nature of the Caste Movement
  4. Nature of the Rebellions before 1857
World History
  1. Nature of the French Revolution
  2. Nature of the Russian Revolution
QUESTIONS RELATED TO EVALUATION / ESTIMATE OF PERSONALITY
Ancient India
  1. Ashoka
  2. Kanishka
  3. Samudragupta
  4. Kharvela
  5. Harsha
Medieval India
  1. Rajraja
  2. Rajendra
  3. Krishnadeva Raya
  4. Balban
  5. Raziya
  6. Iltutmish
  7. Allauddin Khalji
  8. Md. Bin Tughlaq
  9. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  10. Akbar
  11. Aurangzeb
  12. Shivaji
Modern India
  1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  2. Vivekanand
  3. Clive
  4. Wellesely
  5. Bentick
  6. Cornawallis
  7. Ripon
  8. Dalhausie
  9. Lytton
  10. Curzon
  11. Mountbatten
World History
  1. Metternich
  2. Bismark
  3. Napoleon
  4. Cavour
  5. Mazini
  6. Karl Max
  7. M. Gorbachev
  8. Lenin
  9. Stalin
QUESTIONS RELATED TO ADMINISTRATION
Ancient India
  1. Administration of the Mauryas
  2. Administration of the Guptas
  3. Administration of the Harsha
Medieval India
  1. Administration of the Cholas
  2. Administration of the Vijayanagara Empire
  3. Administration of the Marathas
  4. Administration of the Shershah
  5. Administration of the Mughals
QUESTIONS RELATED TO POLICY
Ancient India
  1. Ashoka - General
  2. Harsha - General
Medieval India
  1. Allauddin Khalji - New orientation to State Policies
  2. Md. Bin Tughlaq - New orientation to State Policies
  3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq - Religious Policy
  4. Aurangzeb - Rajput Policy, Religious Policy
  5. Akbar - Rajput Policy, Religious Policy
  6. Mughals - Deccan Policy
Modern India
  1. British - Economic Policy, Socio-Cultural Policy, Land Revenue Policy, Policy towards the Native States, Education Policy
  2. Dalhousie - Political Policy
  3. Ripon - Public Policies
  4. Lytton - Political Policy
  5. Curzon - General
World History
  1. M. Gorbachev - Policy of Internal Reforms
  2. Metternich - Foreign Policy
  3. Hitler - Foreign Policy
  4. Mussolini - Foreign Policy
  5. Bismarck - Foreign Policy
QUESTIONS RELATED TO SOURCES OF HISTORY
Ancient India
  1. Sources of study of the early Ancient History.
  2. Sources of the Mauryan History
  3. Sources of Harsha
Medieval India
  1. Sources of Vijayanagara Empire
  2. Sources of History of the Sultanate
  3. Sources of the History of the Mughals
QUESTIONS RELATED TO COMPARISION
Ancient India
  1. Harappan Civilization and Vedic Civilization
  2. Vedic Religion & Religion during the Gupta Period
  3. Mauryan Administration and Gupta Administration
  4. Mauryan Art & Gupta Art
  5. Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati Art
Medieval India
  1. Revenue Reforms of Allauddin and Shershah
  2. Policies & Reforms of Shershah and Akbar
Modern India
  1. Socialist Movement & Communist Movement
  2. Militiants & Revolutionary Terrorists
  3. Gandhi & Subhash
World History
  1. Unification of Italy & Germany
  2. Fascism & Nazism
QUESTIONS RELATED TO SOCIETY
Ancient India
  1. Vedic Society
  2. Society during the Age of Buddha
  3. Society during the Mauryan Period
  4. Society during the period 200 BC - 300 AD
  5. Society during the Gupta Age
  6. Society during the Post-Gupta Period
  7. Society during the period of the Pallavas
Medieval India
  1. Society during the Rajput Period
  2. Society of South during the period 750 AD-1200 AD
  3. Society during the Vijayanagara Period
QUESTIONS RELATED TO ECONOMY
Ancient India
  1. Economy of the Harappan Civilization
  2. Economy of the Vedic Age
  3. Economy during 600 BC
  4. Mauryan Economy
  5. Economy during the period 200 BC-300 AD
  6. Economy during the Gupta Period
  7. Economy during the Post-Gupta Period
Medieval India
  1. Economy during the period 750 AD-1200 AD
  2. Economy during the Vijayanagara Empire
  3. Economy during the Sultanate Period
  4. Economy during the Mughal Period
Modern India
  1. Economy during the British Period
QUESTIONS RELATED TO ORIGIN / RISE
Ancient India
  1. Origin of Harappan Civilization
  2. Rise of Heterodox Sects
  3. Emergence of the Republics in 600 BC
  4. Origin of Second Urbanisation
  5. Rise of the Guptas
  6. Rise of Samanta System
Medieval India
  1. Rise of the Vijayanagara State
  2. Rise of the Marathas
Modern India
  1. Emergence of Caste Movement
  2. Rise of Communalism
  3. Rise of Socio-Religious Movement
  4. Rise of the Peasant Movements
  5. Rise of the Militants
  6. Rise of the Revolutionary Terrorists
  7. Rise of Gandhi
  8. Rise of the Socialists
  9. Rise of the Swarajists
  10. Rise of the Left wing in the Congress
  11. Rise of the Tribal Movements
World History
  1. Emergence of Nation-State
  2. Rise of Communism in China
  3. Rise of Fascism
  4. Rise of Nazism
  5. Rise of Napoleon