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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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HISTORY
Part-II
Marks-100
Part-A
History of the Indian Subcontinent, 1206-1947
(Selected topics)
Group-I: Sultanate Period
a. Coming of the Muslims: invasion of Sindh; invasion of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni; Ghoride
invasion
b. Sultans: Iltutmish; Ghiyasuddin Balban; Alauddin Khalji; Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Group-II: Mughal period
a. Battle of Panipath and the foundation of Mughal rule; Badur
b. Humayun's struggle with Sher Shah; Sher Shah's Reforms
c. Akbar: Conquests, Revenue Reforms , Rajput Policy, Religious Policy: Mansabdari System
d. Art and Architecture under Shahjahan; War of Succession
e. Aurangzeb: Deccan Policy; Decline of Mughal Rule
Group-III: British period
a. Battle of Plassey; Battle of Buxar and the Grant of the Diwani
b. Consolidation of British rule: Warren Hastings; Cornwallis
c. Expansion of British Rule: Wellesley; Dalhousi
d. Social & Administrative Reforms: Ripon; Bentinck
e. War of 1857
f. Growth of Nationalism: Indian National Congress and the Muslim League; Partition of Bengal of
1905 and its aftermath; Swadeshi and Khilafat Movements; Act 1935; Lahore Resolution, 1940.
g. Partition of 1947
Part -B
History of Europe, 1453 1945
(Selected Topics)
Group-I
a. Geographical Discoveries; Impact on the subsequent course of history
b. Martin Luther and Protestant Reformation
c. Counter Reformation
d. Benevolent Despots: Frederick; Peter; Catherine II; Joseph II
e. Absolute Monarchy: Louis XIV of France
Group-II
a. French Revolution: background and cause; role of the philosophers
b. Napoleon: rise and conquests; reforms; fall of Napoleon
c. congress of Vienna and Metternich
d. French Revolutions of 1830 and 1848
e. Unification of Germany
f. Unification of Italy
g. The Eastern Question; the Crimean War; the Berlin Congress
h. World War I: background and causes; results; Versailles Treaty
i. Rise of Socialism in Europe: the Bolshevik Revolution
j. Rise of Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy
k. World War II: Background and cause; the Allied and Axis Powers; American involvement
l. Yalta Conference; Potsdam Declaration