Tuesday 24 April 2012

Civil Services Exam-History Tips and Strategy-Part 4


Civil Services Exam-History Tips and Strategy-Part 4

World History

Topic
Sub-topic
Brief Description
20 Marks
30 Marks
60 Marks
16

Enlightenment and Modern ideas




(i)
Major Ideas of Enlightenment
2004/10

2008

(ii)
Spread of Enlightenment




(iii)
Rise of socialist ideas
2001/8


17

Origins of Modern Politics




(i)
European States System




(ii)
American Revolution and the Constitution.
2006/10

2005

(iii)
French revolution and after math, 1789-1815.
2002/3/4/5/6/7/10
2009
2001

(iv)
American Civil War




(v)
British Democratic Politics, 1815-1850;
2005

2004
18

Industrialization




(i)
English Industrial Revolution:




(ii)
Industrialization in other countries:

2009


(iii)
Industrialization and Globalization.  
2009


19

Nation-State System




(i)
Rise of Nationalism in 19th century




(ii)
Nationalism : state-building
2001/4/5

2002/3

(iii)
Disintegration of Empires
2001/6


20

Imperialism and Colonialism
2010



(i)
South and South-East Asia

2010


(ii)
Latin America and South Africa
2009

2001

(iii)
Australia




(iv)
Imperialism and free trade:
2007


21

Revolution and Counter-Revolution :




(i)
19th Century European revolutions
2008



(ii)
The Russian Revolution of 1917-1921
2005
2009
2003

(iii)
Fascist Counter-Revolution
2005

2004/7

(iv)
The Chinese Revolution of 1949
2010

2002/5/6
22

World Wars




(i)
1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars:
2007



(ii)
World War I : Causes and Consequences
2001/3/4/6
2010


(iii)
World War II : Causes and consequence
2002/8/9
2010

23

The World after World War II:




(i)
Emergence of two power blocs
2008

2005

(ii)
Emergence of Third World and Non-Alignment

2010


(iii)
UNO and the global disputes
2003
2009

24

Liberation from Colonial Rule:




(i)
Latin America-Bolivar




(ii)
Arab World-Egypt
2009

2001

(iii)
Africa-Apartheid to Democracy



2006

(iv)
South-East Asia-Vietnam

2009

25

Decolonization and Underdevelopment




(i)
Factors constraining Development :

2009

26

Unification of Europe




(i)
Post War Foundations :
2003/7



(ii)
Consolidation of European Community




(iii)
European Union.



27

Disintegration of Soviet Union




(i)
Collapse of Soviet communism
2010

2002/4/7

(ii)
Political Changes in Eastern Europe 1989-2001


2008

(iii)
End of the Cold War and US Ascendancy


2003/8

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