HOW TO PREPARE HISTORY FOR

GENERAL STUDIES 1
SHARE OF HISTORY IN PRELIMS
From history generally 12-15 questions are asked
in PT.
Questions asked are from Art & culture as well
Questions asked are concept based rather than fact
based
MYTHS
History is very boring
Lot of dates, places, names have to be
remembered in chronological order
Everything gets mixed up once we complete the full
syllabus
This is not true study history like a story and keep
narrating to others
HOW TO APPROACH THE SUBJECT
Divide the subject into following parts
Ancient history
Medieval history
Modern history or the freedom struggle
Art and Culture
World History (for mains)

CONTD.
Before Start up with Preparation Go
through NIOS and NCERT (Old) for
basics.
Always remember: Basics are the
Building Blocks of your Preparation.
Make mental notes of all the important
incidents e.g Quit India movement etc
PREPRATION STRATEGY
After Starting Preparation
Make your own Running
notes which will be useful
at Revision Time.
Maintain Separate Notes
of Ancient, Medieval and
Modern History.
You should be in a
Position to List out the
Contents Chronologically.
ANCIENT HISTORY
Prehistoric Period
Indus Valley Civilization
Vedic period
The Sangam Age
Buddhism & Jainism
Maurya and Gupta Empire
Post Gupta period
MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Delhi Sultanate
Religious movements
The Mughals and Later mughals
The advent of Europeans
Vijayanagar and Bahamani Kingdom
The Marathas and Sikhs
Settlement of British in India





MODERN HISTORY
British conquest of India
Economic policies of British
Revolt of 1857
Brahmo and Arya Samaj
Indian freedom struggle
Pre-Congress Nationalist Organization
Indian National Congress


CONTD
Rise of Revolutionary
Terrorism
Swadeshi Movement
Muslims League
First World War and
Freedom Struggle
Gandhian Era
Peasant Movements and
Revolutionary Terrorism
Independence and Partition


TOPICS
SOURCES
NIOS notes
NCERT history books
Freedom Struggle: Bipin Chandra
India After Gandhi
A Book on History by Tamilnadu Board
NBT books