20 May shift 1 history pol sci eng questions
a very long post with all the questions i remember
history
most questions were from the indus valley civilization ch and the last chapter making of the indian constitution.
indus valley- where the statue of priest king was found, there was a match the following which included canals at shortugai, reservoir at dholavira, lothal fire altars, etc. persian gulf seal found where, had a correct pair identification of the archaeologist and site excavated, i had no idea about the answer. field where 2 crops were grown.
indian constitution- who said that women should get justice not reservations, who said seperate electorates will be suicidal for minorites and the country, who advocated for socialism, ambedkar's responsibilities within the constituent assembly
other questions were mixed, kheda champaran ahemdabad correct statement, standard endogamy exogamy question, chronological arrangement of coins, battle of chinnat rebel leader, match the following rebel leaders with their regions of origin, chronological arrangement of major events in awadh, damin i khol, chronological arrangement of rulers of magadh, and another chronology of kalidasa's works, buddhist texts, vedas
the first case study was about buddhist texts, the pitakas, and the second case study was akbar's revnue collection land division system polaj parauti etc. answers of both case studies were in the passages themselves, except the author of ain i akbari was also asked
pol sci
river sharing dispute of iraq and turkey, to which govt did bjp and left front provide external support, threats to newly independent afro asian nations, at which session of inc was socialism declared a goal, chronological arrangement of csp, bjs, sp, bjp formation dates, dates of events during emergency, that table of events in south asia is very very imp, and the major events in eu one as well, number of seats won by bjp and inc in 2014, 2019
eng
grammar and vocabulary was surprisingly easy, there were only 2-3 difficult vocabulary questions. active passive and direct indirect speech almost 10 questions. got no adjective/adverb/modals questions. two pasages, both fairly easy, first one was a normal tale of morality, the second one was an extract from the life of pi when pi is sobbing over richard parker leaving without a goodye