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ALL INDIA HISTORY TEST SERIES 2020: STARTING – November 01, 2019

Under the Guidance of M.A. Sadik (Founder Director: Smart Leaders IAS & Maker of All India History Topper Since 2011)

Fees Structure: 10,000/-* Test with discussion Timing: Every Friday 10:30a.m. to 01.30p.m. (flexible)

TEST

S.NO DATE PAPER UNIT UNIT AS PER SYLLABUS

1. 04/11/2019

(Monday)

Paper I

(Ancient I + Map)

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Sources: Archaeological sources: Exploration, excavation, epigraphy,

numismatics, monuments Literary sources: Indigenous: Primary and

secondary; poetry, scientific literature, literature, literature in regional

languages, religious literature. Foreign accounts: Greek, Chinese and Arab

writers.

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.

2. 08/11/2019 Paper I

(Ancient II+ Map)

Unit 4

Megalithic Cultures: Distribution of pastoral and farming cultures outside

the Indus, Development of community life, Settlements, Development of

agriculture, Crafts, Pottery, and Iron industry.



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Unit 5

Unit 6

Aryans and Vedic Period: Expansions of Aryans in India. Vedic Period:

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: Formation of States (Mahajanapada): Republics

and monarchies; Rise of urban centres; Trade routes; Economic growth;

Introduction of coinage; Spread of Jainism and Buddhism; Rise of Magadha

and Nandas. Iranian and Macedonian invasions and their impact.

3. 15/11/2019 Paper I

(Ancient III+ Map)

Unit 7

Unit 8

Unit 9

Mauryan Empire: Foundation of the Mauryan Empire, Chandragupta,

Kautilya and Arthashastra; Ashoka; Concept of Dharma; Edicts; Polity,

Administration; Economy; Art, architecture and sculpture; External

contacts; 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, The Satavahanas, Tamil States of the Sangam Age;



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Administration, economy, land grants, coinage, trade guilds and urban

centres; Buddhist centres; Sangam literature and culture; Art and

architecture.

4. 22/11/2019 Paper I

(Ancient IV+ Map)

Unit 10

Unit 11

Unit 12

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 Chalukyas 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.

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.



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5. 29/11/2019 Paper I

(Medieval I + Map)

Unit 13

Unit 14

Unit 15

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.

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.

6. 06/12/2019 Paper I

(Medieval II + Map)

Unit 16

The Fourteenth Century: “The Khalji Revolution”; Alauddin Khalji:

Conquests and territorial expansion, agrarian and economic

measures; Muhammad Tughluq: Major projects, agrarian measures,



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Unit 17

Unit 18

bureaucracy of Muhammad Tughluq; Firuz Tughluq: 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.

The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political Developments and

Economy: Rise of Provincial Dynasties: Bengal, Kashmir (Zainul Abedin),

Gujarat, Malwa, Bahmanids; The Vijayanagra Empire; Lodis; Mughal

Empire, First phase: Babur and Humayun; The Sur Empire: Sher Shah’s

administration; Portuguese Colonial enterprise; Bhakti and Sufi

Movements.

7. 13/12/2019 Paper II

(World History I)

Unit 16

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.



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Unit 17

Unit 18

Origins of Modern Politics: 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.

8. 20/12/2019 Paper II

(World History II)

Unit 19

Unit 20

Unit 21

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.



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9. 27/12/2019 Paper II

(World History III)

Unit 22

Unit 23

Unit 24

World Wars: 1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars: Societal

implications; World War I: Causes and consequences; World War II: Causes

and consequence.

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.

10. 03/01/2020 Paper II

(World History IV)

Unit 25

Unit 26

Unit 27

Decolonization and Underdevelopment: Factors constraining

development: Latin America, Africa.

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 the Soviet

Union, 1985-1991; Political Changes in Eastern Europe 1989-2001; End of

the cold war and US ascendancy in the World as the lone superpower.



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11. 10/01/2020 Paper I

(Medieval III+ Map)

Unit 19

Unit 20

Unit 21

The Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Century - Society and

Culture: Regional cultural specificities; Literary traditions; Provincial

architecture; Society, culture, literature and the arts in Vijayanagara

Empire.

Akbar: Conquests and consolidation of the Empire; Establishment of Jagir

and Mansab systems; Rajput policy; Evolution of religious and social

outlook, theory of Sulh-i-kul and religious policy; Court patronage of art

and technology.

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.

12. 21/01/2020 Paper I

(Medieval IV + Map)

Unit 22

Economy and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth

Centuries: Population, agricultural production, craft production; Towns,

commerce with Europe through Dutch, English and French companies : a

trade revolution; Indian mercantile classes, banking, insurance and credit

systems; Condition of peasants, condition of women; Evolution of the Sikh

community and the Khalsa Panth.



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Unit 23

Unit 24

Culture in the Mughal Empire: Persian histories and other

literature; Hindi and other religious literature; Mughal

architecture; Mughal painting; Provincial architecture and

painting; Classical music; Science and technology.

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 politics, culture and economy on the eve of the British

conquest.

13. 31/01/2020 Paper II

(Modern India I)

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

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 Anglo-Maratha 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.



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Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

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.

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.



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14. 07/02/2020 Paper II

(Modern India II)

Unit 7

Unit 8

Unit 9

Indian Response to British Rule: Peasant movements 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.

Rise of Gandhi; Character of Gandhian nationalism; Gandhi’s popular

appeal; Rowlatt Satyagraha; the Khilafat Movement; the Non-cooperation

Movement; National politics from the end of the Non-cooperation movement

to the beginning of the Civil Disobedience movement; the two phases of the

Civil Disobedience Movement; Simon Commission; The Nehru Report; the

Round Table Conferences; Nationalism and the Peasant Movements;



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Nationalism and Working class movements; Women and Indian youth and

students in Indian politics (1885-1947); the election of 1937 and the

formation of ministries; Cripps Mission; the Quit India Movement; the

Wavell Plan; The Cabinet Mission.

15. 14/02/2020 Paper II

(Modern India III)

Unit 10

Unit 11

Unit 12

Unit 13

Unit 14

Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935.

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; Transfer of power;

Independence.

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.

Caste and Ethnicity after 1947; Backward castes and tribes in postcolonial

electoral politics; Dalit movements.



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Unit 15 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.

16. 12/06/2020 Paper I

(Ancient I + Map) UNIT 1 TO UNIT 7

17. 19/06/2020 Paper I

(Ancient II + Map) UNIT 8 TO UNIT 13

18. 26/06/2020 Paper II

(World History I) UNIT 16 TO UNIT 20

19. 03/07/2020 Paper II

(World History II) UNIT 21 TO UNIT 27

20. 10/07/2020 Paper – II

(Modern India I) UNIT 1 TO UNIT 8

21. 17/07/2020 Paper – II

(Modern India II) UNIT 9 TO UNIT 15

22. 24/07/2020 Paper I

(Medieval I + Map) UNIT 14 TO UNIT 19

23. 07/08/2020 Paper I

(Medieval II + Map) UNIT 20 TO UNIT 24



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24. 14/08/2020 FULL TEST –PAPER 1

25. 21/08/2020 FULL TEST –PAPER 2

26. 08/09/2020 ALL INDIA MOCK TEST-1

27. 08/09/2020 ALL INDIA MOCK TEST-2

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