History Optional Year Long Test Series - Lukmaan IAS

History Optional Year Long Test Series

HISTORY OPTIONAL YEAR LONG TEST SERIES

Starts From 27th July 2024

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HISTORY OPTIONAL (YEAR LONG TEST SERIES) SCHEDULE

PHASE-1: FOUNDATIONAL TESTS (BASIC LEVEL)

PAPER-1: ANCIENT INDIA

TEST	DATE	SYLLABUS	NO OF QUESTIONS
1	27-07-2024	PRE-HISTORY AND PROTO-HISTORY Geographical factors, hunting and gathering (paleolithic and mesolithic) Beginning of agriculture (neolithic and chalcolithic) INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION Origin, date, extent, characteristics-decline, survival and significance, art and architecture MEGALITHIC CULTURE Distribution of pastoral and farming cultures outside the Indus, Development of community life, Settlements, Development of agriculture, Crafts, Pottery, and Iron industry.	10 QUESTIONS
2	03-08-2024	ARYANS AND VEDIC PERIOD Expansions of Aryans, Religious and philosophic literature; Transformation from Rig Vedic period to the later Vedic period Political, social, and economical life; Significance of the Vedic Age; Evolution of Monarchy and Varna system. PERIOD OF MAHAJANAPADAS Republics and monarchies; Rise of urban centres; Trade routes; Economic growth; Introduction of coinage Spread of Jainism and Buddism; Rise of Magadha and Nandas. Iranian and Macedonian invasions and their impact.	10 QUESTIONS
3	10-08-2024	MAURYAN EMPIRE Foundation of the Mauryan Empire, Chandragupta, Kautilya, and Arthashastra; Ashoka; Concept of Dharma; Edicts Polity, Administration, Economy Art, architecture, and sculpture Religion; Spread of religion; Literature. Disintegration of the empire; Sungas and Kanvas POST-MAURYAN PERIOD (INDO-GREEKS, SAKAS, KUSHANAS, WESTERN KSHATRAPAS) Contact with outside world; growth of urban centres, economy, coinage, development of religions Mahayana, social conditions, art, architecture, culture, literature, and science EARLY STATE AND SOCIETY IN EASTERN INDIA, DECCAN, AND SOUTH INDIA Kharavela, Satavahanas, Tamil States of the Sangam Age Administration, Economy, land grants, coinage, trade guilds, and urban centres Buddhist centres; Sangam literature and culture; Art and architecture.	10 QUESTIONS
4	17-08-2024	GUPTAS, VAKATAKAS AND VARDHANAS Polity and administration, Economic conditions, Coinage of the Guptas, Land grants, Decline of urban centres Indian feudalism Caste system, Position of women Education and educational institutions; Nalanda, Vikramshila and Vallabhi Literature, scientific literature, art, and architecture. REGIONAL STATES DURING GUPTA ERA The Kadambas, Pallavas, Chalukyas of Badami Polity and Administration, Trade guilds, Literature; growth of Vaishnava and Saiva religions. Tamil Bhakti movement, Shankaracharya; Vedanta; Institutions of temple and temple architecture Palas, Senas, Rashtrakutas, Paramaras, Polity, and administration; Cultural aspects. Arab conquest of Sind; Alberuni, The Chaluky as of Kalyana, Cholas, Hoysalas, Pandyas Polity and Administration; Local Government; Growth of art and architecture, religious sects, Institution of temple and Mathas, Agraharas, education and literature, economy and society.	10 QUESTIONS
5	24-08-2024	THEMES IN EARLY INDIAN CULTURAL HISTORY Languages and texts, major stages in the evolution of art and architecture, major philosophical thinkers and schools, ideas in Science and Mathematics.	10 QUESTIONS

PAPER-2: MEDIEVAL INDIA

TEST	DATE	SYLLABUS	NO OF QUESTIONS
6	31-08-2024	EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA, 750-1200 Polity: Major political developments in Northern India and the peninsula, origin, and the rise of Rajputs. The Cholas: administration, village economy and society “Indian Feudalism”. Agrarian economy and urban settlements. Trade and commerce. Society: the status of the Brahman and the new social order. Condition of women. Indian science and technology. CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN INDIA, 750-1200: Philosophy: Skankaracharya and Vedanta, Ramanuja and Vishishtadvaita, Madhva and Brahma Mimansa. Religion: Forms and features of religion, Tamil devotional cult, growth of Bhakti, Islam and its arrival in India, Sufism. Literature: Literature in Sanskrit, growth of Tamil literature, literature in the newly developing languages, Kalhan's Rajtarangini, Alberuni's India. Art and Architecture: Temple architecture, sculpture, painting.	10 QUESTIONS
7	07-09-2024	THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate: The Ghurian invasions - factors behind Ghurian success. Economic, Social and cultural consequences. Foundation of Delhi Sultanate and early Turkish Sultans. Consolidation: The rule of Iltutmish and Balban THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY “The Khalji Revolution”. Alauddin Khalji: Conquests and territorial expansion, agrarian and economic measure. Muhammad Tughluq: Major projects, agrarian measures, bureaucracy of Muhammad Tughluq. Firuz Tugluq: Agrarian measures, achievements in civil engineering and public works, decline of the Sultanate, foreign contacts and Ibn Battuta's account. SOCIETY, CULTURE AND ECONOMY IN THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES Society: composition of rural society, ruling classes, town dwellers, women, religious classes, caste and slavery under the Sultanate, Bhakti movement, Sufi movement. Culture: Persian literature, literature in the regional languages of North India, literature in the languages of South India, Sultanate architecture and new structural forms, painting, evolution of a composite culture. Economy: Agricultural Production, rise of urban economy and non-agricultural production, trade, and commerce.	10 QUESTIONS
8	14-09-2024	FIFTEENTH AND EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ECONOMY Rise of Provincial Dynasties: Bengal, Kashmir (Zainul Abedin), Gujarat. Malwa, Bahmanids. The Vijayanagara Empire. Lodis. — Mughal Empire, First phase: Babur, Humayun. The Sur Empire: Sher Shah’s administration. Akbar: Conquests and consolidation of empire, Jagir and Mansab system, Religious policy Portuguese colonial enterprise, Bhakti, and Sufi Movements. FIFTEENTH AND EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY- SOCIETY AND CULTURE Regional cultures specificities. Literary traditions. Provincial architectural. Society, culture, literature, and the arts in Vijayanagara Empire.	10 QUESTIONS
9	21-09-2024	MUGHAL EMPIRE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: Major administrative policies of Jahangir, Shahjahan, and Aurangzeb. The Empire and the Zamindars. Religious policies of Jahangir, Shahjahan, and Aurangzeb. Nature of the Mughal State. Late Seventeenth-Century crisis and the revolts. The Ahom kingdom. Shivaji and the early Maratha Kingdom. ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES: Population Agricultural and craft production. Towns, commerce with Europe through Dutch, English and French companies: a trade revolution. Indian mercantile classes. Banking, insurance, and credit systems. Conditions of peasants, Condition of Women. Evolution of the Sikh community and the Khalsa Panth. CULTURE DURING MUGHAL EMPIRE Persian histories and other literature. Hindi and religious literatures. Mughal architecture. Mughal painting. Provincial architecture and painting. Classical music. Science and technology.	10 QUESTIONS
10	28-09-2024	THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Factors for the decline of the Mughal Empire. The regional principalities: Nizam’s Deccan, Bengal, Awadh. Maratha ascendancy under the Peshwas. The Maratha fiscal and financial system. Emergence of Afghan power Battle of Panipat, 1761. State of, political, cultural, and economic, on eve of the British conquest	10 QUESTIONS

PAPER-3: MODERN INDIA AND POST INDEPENDENCE

TEST	DATE	SYLLABUS	NO OF QUESTIONS
11	05-10-2024	EUROPEAN PENETRATION INTO INDIA The Early European Settlements; The Portuguese and the Dutch; The English and the French East India Companies; Their struggle for supremacy; Carnatic Wars Bengal-The conflict between the English and the Nawabs of Bengal; Siraj and the English; The Battle of Plassey; Significance of Plassey BRITISH EXPANSION IN INDIA Bengal-Mir Jafar and Mir Kasim; The Battle of Buxar; Mysore; The Marathas; The three AngloMaratha Wars; The Punjab. EARLY STRUCTURE OF THE BRITISH RAJ The Early administrative structure; From diarchy to direct control; The Regulating Act (1773); The Pitt's India Act (1784); The Charter Act (1833); The Voice of free trade and the changing character of British colonial rule; The English utilitarian and India. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BRITISH COLONIAL RULE Land revenue settlements in British India; The Permanent Settlement; Ryotwari Settlement; Mahalwari Settlement; Economic impact of the revenue arrangements; Commercialization of agriculture; Rise of landless agrarian labourers; Impoverishment of the rural society. Dislocation of traditional trade and commerce; De-industrialisation; Decline of traditional crafts; Drain of wealth; Economic transformation of India; Railroad and communication network including telegraph and postal services; Famine and poverty in the rural interior; European business enterprise and its limitations.	10 QUESTIONS
12	19-10-2024	SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS The state of indigenous education, its dislocation; Orientalist-Anglicist controversy, The introduction of western education in India The rise of press, literature, and public opinion; The rise of modern vernacular literature; Progress of science; Christian missionary activities in India. SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENTS IN BENGAL AND OTHER AREAS Ram Mohan Roy, The Brahmo Movement; Devendranath Tagore; Iswarchandra Vidyasagar; The Young Bengal Movement; Dayanada Saraswati; The social reform movements in India including Sati, widow remarriage, child marriage, etc. The contribution of Indian renaissance to the growth of modern India; Islamic revivalism-the Feraizi and Wahabi Movements.	10 QUESTIONS
13	26-10-2024	INDIAN RESPONSE TO BRITISH RULE Peasant movement and tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries including the Rangpur Dhing (1783), the Kol Rebellion (1832), the Mopla Rebellion in Malabar (1841-1920), the Santal Hul (1855), Indigo Rebellion (1859-60), Deccan Uprising (1875) and the Munda Ulgulan (1899-1900) The Great Revolt of 1857 —Origin, character, causes of failure, the consequences; The shift in the character of peasant uprisings in the post-1857 period; the peasant movements of the 1920s and 1930s. FACTORS LEADING TO THE BIRTH OF INDIAN NATIONALISM; POLITICS OF ASSOCIATION The Foundation of the Indian National Congress; The Safety-valve thesis relating to the birth of the Congress; Programme and objectives of Early Congress; the social composition of early Congress leadership; the Moderates and Extremists; The Partition of Bengal (1905) The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal; the economic and political aspects of Swadeshi Movement The beginning of revolutionary extremism in India	10 QUESTIONS
14	09-11-2024	INDIA’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT (FIRST PHASE) Birth of Indian Nationalism and its factors: New Middle Class and the Emergence of Nationalism; Politics of Association The Foundation of the Indian National Congress: The Safety-valve thesis relating to the birth of the Congress; Programme and objectives of Early Congress; the social composition of early Congress leadership; the Moderates and Extremists The Partition of Bengal (1905); The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal; the economic and political aspects of Swadeshi Movement Home rule movement The beginning of revolutionary extremism in India. Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas Minto - Morley Reforms Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms Muslim Politics and the Foundation of the Muslim League Developments after 1858 till Independence: Indian Councils Act, 1861, Indian Councils Act, 1892 , Indian Councils Act, 1909	10 QUESTIONS
15	16-11-2024	INDIA’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT (SECOND PHASE): GANDHIAN AGE India’s Freedom Movement (Rise of Gandhi) Rowlatt satyagraha Non-Co-operation Movement and Khilafat movement Swarajya Party Simon Commission and Government of India Act, 1935 Nehru report Salt Satyagraha Civil disobedience Round Table Conferences - Gandhi - Irwin Pact Individual Satyagraha The election of 1937 and the formation of ministries Cripps Mission Quit India Movement etc. Wavell Plan Cabinet Mission. Demand for Pakistan and the INA Independence with partition	10 QUESTIONS
16	23-11-2024	OTHER STRANDS IN THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT. The Revolutionaries: Bengal, the Punjab, Maharashtra, U.P. the Madras Presidency, Outside India. The Left; The Left within the Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress Socialist Party; the Communist Party of India, other left parties. Politics of Separatism; the Muslim League; the Hindu Mahasabha; Communalism and the politics of partition. Nationalism and Non-Brahman and Dalit Protest Nationalism and Peasant movements Nationalism and Business and Politics Nationalism and Working Class Movements Nationalism and Women’s Participation Nationalism and Princely states	10 QUESTIONS
17	07-12-2024	CONSOLIDATION AS A NATION Nehru's Foreign Policy; India and her neighbours (1947-1964); The linguistic reorganisation of States (1935-1947) Regionalism and regional inequality; Integration of Princely States; Princes in electoral politics; the Question of National Language.	10 QUESTIONS
18	14-12-2024	SOCIAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL CHANGE Caste and Ethnicity after 1947; Backward Castes and Tribes in post-colonial electoral politics; Dalit movements. Economic development and political change; Land reforms; the politics of planning and rural reconstruction; Ecology and environmental policy in post-colonial India; Progress of Science.	10 QUESTIONS

PAPER 4: WORLD HISTORY

TEST	DATE	SYLLABUS	NO OF QUESTIONS
19	21-12-2024	ENLIGHTENMENT AND MODERN IDEAS Major Ideas of Enlightenment: Kant, Rousseau. Spread of Enlightenment in the colonies. Rise of socialist ideas (up to Marx); spread of Marxian Socialism. ORIGINS OF MODERN POLITIC European States System. American Revolution and the Constitution. French Revolution and Aftermath, 1789-1815. American Civil War with reference to Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery. British Democratic politics, 1815-1850: Parliamentary Reformers, Free Traders, Chartists INDUSTRIALIZATION English Industrial Revolution: Causes and Impact on Society. Industrialization in other countries: USA, Germany, Russia, Japan. Industrialization and Globalization.	10 QUESTIONS
20	28-12-2024	NATION-STATE SYSTEM Rise of Nationalism in 19th century. Nationalism: State-building in Germany and Italy. Disintegration of Empires in the face of the emergence of nationalities across the World. IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM South and South-East Asia. Latin America and South Africa. Australia. Imperialism and free trade: Rise of neo-imperialism. REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION 19th Century European revolutions. The Russian Revolution of 1917-1921. Fascist Counter-Revolution, Italy and Germany. The Chinese Revolution of 1949.	10 QUESTIONS
21	04-01-2024	WORLD WARS 1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars: Societal implications. World War I: Causes and Consequences. World War II: Causes and Consequences THE WORLD AFTER WORLD WAR II: Emergence of Two power blocs. Emergence of Third World and non-alignment. UNO and the global disputes. LIBERATION FROM COLONIAL RULE: Latin America-Bolivar. Arab World-Egypt. Africa-Apartheid to Democracy. South-East Asia-Vietnam. DECOLONIZATION AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT Factors constraining development; Latin America, Africa	10 QUESTIONS
22	11-01-24	UNIFICATION OF EUROPE Post War Foundations; NATO and European Community. Consolidation and Expansion of European Community European Union. DISINTEGRATION OF SOVIET UNION AND THE RISE OF THE UNIPOLAR WORLD Factors leading to the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union, 1985-1991. Political Changes in East Europe 1989-2001. End of the Cold War and US Ascendancy in the World as the lone superpower	10 QUESTIONS

PHASE-2: TRANSITIONAL TESTS (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
TEST-23	25-01-2025	ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY	AS PER UPSC PATTERN
TEST-24	01-02-2025	MEDIVAL INDIAN HISTORY	AS PER UPSC PATTERN
TEST-25	08-02-2025	MODERN INDIAN HISTORY	AS PER UPSC PATTERN
TEST-26	15-02-2025	WORLD HISTORY	AS PER UPSC PATTERN
PHASE-3: ENRICHMENT TESTS (ADVANCE LEVEL)
IT WILL BE DESIGNED AS PER THE UPSC CALENDAR OF PRELIMS AND MAINS 2025 THERE WILL BE TOTAL 10 TESTS, 8 SECTIONAL AND 2 MOCKS EACH TEST WILL HAVE DISCUSSION IN DETAIL WITH MENTORING, EVALUATION AND MODEL ANSWERS THE SCHEDULE WILL BE UPLOADED ON PORTAL IN FEBRUARY/ MARCH 2025
THE TOTAL NO. OF TESTS: 36 (PHASE-1 + PHASE-2 + PHASE-3)