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Unit 01: Ancient India (125 questions) · Unit 02: Medieval India (113 questions) · Unit 03: Modern India and the National Movement (115 questions) · Unit 04: World History (46 questions) · Unit 05: India after Independence (1947–1964) (40 questions) · Unit 06: Social History: Colonialism, Nationalism and Social Change (40 questions) · Unit 07: Social Movements and Reform in India (38 questions)

TGT History H01 Ancient Indian History

RECONSTRUCTING THE PAST - ARCHAEOLOGICAL, EPIGRAPHIC, AND NUMISMATIC FOUNDATIONS · LITERARY SOURCES AND FOREIGN ACCOUNTS · PREHISTORIC HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - THE PALEOLITHIC AND MESOLITHIC AGES · INDIGENOUS LITERARY SOURCES AND FOREIGN ACCOUNTS · HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT & PALEOLITHIC CULTURE · MESOLITHIC TRANSITION - TOOLS, ART, AND SEDENTARY BEGINNINGS · THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION – AGRICULTURE, POTTERY, AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS · THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (IVC) – ORIGINS, CHRONOLOGY, AND GEOGRAPHY · URBAN MORPHOLOGY - TOWN PLANNING AND ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS · MAJOR SITES ANALYSIS - HARAPPA AND MOHENJO-DARO · PORT CITIES AND FRONTIER OUTPOSTS - LOTHAL, KALIBANGAN, AND DHOLAVIRA · IVC ECONOMY - AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, AND INTERNAL TRADE · IVC EXTERNAL TRADE RELATIONS, SEALS, AND THE SCRIPT · IVC SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND FUNERAL CUSTOMS · HARAPPAN ART, CRAFTS, AND METALLURGY · THEORIES OF DECLINE - THE END OF THE FIRST URBANIZATION · THE ARYAN PROBLEM - EARLY VEDIC GEOGRAPHY AND POLITY · RIG VEDIC SOCIETY - VARNA ORIGINS AND THE POSITION OF WOMEN · RIG VEDIC ECONOMY AND NATURE-BASED RELIGION · LATER VEDIC TRANSITION - POLITICAL EXPANSION AND KINGSHIP · LATER VEDIC SOCIAL EVOLUTION – ASHRAMAS, SAMSKARAS, AND THE GOTRA SYSTEM · LATER VEDIC ECONOMY - THE SHIFT TO IRON, AGRICULTURE, AND PGW CULTURE · SOCIO-ECONOMIC CAUSES FOR THE RISE OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM · JAINISM - PHILOSOPHY, TIRTHANKARAS, AND SECTARIAN DIVISIONS · BUDDHISM - THE ENLIGHTENMENT, DOCTRINE, AND THE CONCEPT OF NIRVANA · BUDDHIST COUNCILS, SECTS, AND GLOBAL SPREAD · CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM TO ART, LITERATURE, AND PHILOSOPHY · MAURYAN SOURCES AND THE RISE OF CHANDRAGUPTA · ASHOKA THE GREAT - THE KALINGA WAR AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF DHAMMA · MAURYAN ADMINISTRATION – CENTRAL, PROVINCIAL, AND THE ESPIONAGE SYSTEM · MAURYAN ECONOMY, SOCIETY, AND STATE-SPONSORED ART · DECLINE OF THE MAURYAS AND THE RISE OF SUCCESSOR STATES · FOREIGN INVASIONS - INDO-GREEKS, SHAKAS, PARTHIANS, AND KUSHANAS · THE RISE OF THE GUPTAS - CHANDRAGUPTA I AND SAMUDRAGUPTA · CHANDRAGUPTA II (VIKRAMADITYA) - THE CULTURAL PEAK · KUMARAGUPTA I, SKANDAGUPTA, AND THE HUNA INVASIONS · GUPTA ADMINISTRATION, SOCIETY, AND THE BIRTH OF INDIAN FEUDALISM · GUPTA ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND SCIENCE - THE CULTURAL SYNTHESIS · HARSHAVARDHANA - THE LAST GREAT EMPEROR OF NORTH INDIA · THE TRIPARTITE STRUGGLE AND THE TRANSITION TO EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA

TGT History H02 Medieval Indian History

THE DAWN OF MEDIEVAL INDIA - RAJPUT ORIGINS & THE PRATIHARAS · THE PALAS, THE RASHTRAKUTAS, AND THE TRIPARTITE CONFLICT · THE IMPERIAL CHOLAS - NAVAL SUPREMACY AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT · THE GATHERING STORM - MAHMUD OF GHAZNI, MUHAMMAD GHORI, AND THE FALL OF THE RAJPUTS · THE SLAVE DYNASTY – FOUNDATIONS, CONSOLIDATION, AND THE THEORY OF KINGSHIP · THE KHALJI REVOLUTION AND THE AGE OF ALAUDDIN KHALJI · THE TUGHLAQ DYNASTY – EXPERIMENTS, TOKEN CURRENCY, AND THE CRISIS OF EMPIRE · FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ – THE SULTAN OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SEED OF DECLINE · THE SAYYIDS AND LODIS - THE TWILIGHT OF THE SULTANATE · ADMINISTRATION OF THE DELHI SULTANATE – CENTRAL, PROVINCIAL, AND THE IQTA SYSTEM · SOCIETY AND ECONOMY UNDER THE DELHI SULTANATE · SULTANATE ART AND ARCHITECTURE - THE INDO-ISLAMIC SYNTHESIS · THE VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE - FOUNDATIONS AND THE FOUR DYNASTIES · VIJAYANAGARA ADMINISTRATION, ECONOMY, AND SOCIAL LIFE · VIJAYANAGARA ART AND ARCHITECTURE - THE SPLENDOR OF HAMPI · THE BAHMANI KINGDOM - RISE, ADMINISTRATION, AND THE FIVE SULTANATES · THE FALL OF VIJAYANAGARA - THE BATTLE OF TALIKOTA AND ITS AFTERMATH · THE BHAKTI MOVEMENT - ORIGINS, PHILOSOPHY, AND THE SOUTHERN PIONEERS · THE BHAKTI MOVEMENT IN NORTH INDIA – RAMANANDA, KABIR, AND GURU NANAK · SAGUNA BHAKTI - TULSIDAS, SURDAS, MIRABAI, AND CHAITANYA · THE SUFI MOVEMENT - SILSILAS, PHILOSOPHY, AND CULTURAL SYNTHESIS · REGIONAL SULTANATES & THE SOCIAL SYNTHESIS OF BHAKTI-SUFISM · THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE – BABUR, HUMAYUN, AND THE SUR INTERREGNUM · AKBAR THE GREAT – CONSOLIDATION, CONQUESTS, AND THE MANSABDARI SYSTEM · AKBAR’S RELIGIOUS POLICY - IBADAT KHANA, MAZHAR, AND DIN-I-ILAHI · THE REIGN OF JAHANGIR - JUSTICE, PAINTING, AND THE NUR JAHAN ERA · SHAH JAHAN - THE GOLDEN AGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECCAN CRISIS · AURANGZEB ALAMGIR - IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND INTERNAL FRICTION · THE DECCAN ULCER - AURANGZEB’S SOUTHERN CAMPAIGNS AND THE MARATHA CHALLENGE · THE LATER MUGHALS & THE DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE (1707-1761) · THE ERA OF THE PESHWAS – FROM CHHATRAPATI TO PRIME MINISTER (1713-1761) · MEDIEVAL LITERATURE - THE PERSIAN BLOOM AND SANSKRIT RESILIENCE · MEDIEVAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY – INNOVATION, ADAPTATION, AND ASTRONOMY · MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS - THE INDO-ISLAMIC SYNTHESIS · BHAKTI MOVEMENT - PART 1: ORIGINS, PHILOSOPHY, AUR SAGUNA VS NIRGUNA · NIRGUNA BHAKTI – THE RADICAL REFORMATION (KABIR, NANAK, RAIDAS, AND DADU) · THE SUFI MOVEMENT - MYSTICISM, SILSILAS, AND CULTURAL SYNTHESIS · THE MARATHAS – SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, GUERRILLA WARFARE, AND THE "ASHTA PRADHAN" · THE SIKHS - FROM THE BHAKTI OF GURU NANAK TO THE KHALSA OF GURU GOBIND SINGH · SOVEREIGNTY RECLAIMED – THE SIKH MISLS, RANJIT SINGH, AND THE RAJPUT STATES · MEDIEVAL SOCIETY & ECONOMY - THE FEUDAL DEBATE AND RURAL STRUCTURE · TRADE, COMMERCE, AND THE "MONETIZATION" OF MEDIEVAL INDIA · URBAN CENTERS, GUILDS, AND THE "URBAN REVOLUTION" · FINE ARTS - THE BLOOM OF MINIATURE PAINTING AND CLASSICAL MUSIC

TGT History H03 Modern Indian History and the National Movement

THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE IN INDIA (1498-1961)

TGT History H04 World History

EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY · I. The Economic Impact: The New Wealth and the New Poverty · II. Urbanization: The Rise of the Industrial City · III. Social Impact: The Changing Fabric of Life · IV. The Rise of Labor Movements and Trade Unionism · V. The Ideological Response: The Birth of "Isms" · VI. The Legislative Response: Factory Acts · VII. Analytical Table: Consequences of the Industrial Revolution · VIII. Historiographical Perspectives · IX. Key Facts for Quick Revision (PYQ Focus) · X. Summary of Social & Economic Effects · I. The Roots of Rebellion: Structural and Immediate Causes · II. Key Events of the War (1775-1783) · III. The Treaty of Paris (1783) · IV. Analytical Table: Participants and Their Roles · V. Why Did Britain Lose? · VI. Impact and Significance of the Revolution · VII. Historiographical Perspectives · VIII. Key Facts for Quick Revision (PYQ Focus) · IX. Summary of the Birth of a Nation · I. The Causes: Why 1789? · II. Key Events: The Revolutionary Timeline · III. The Radical Phase: The Reign of Terror (1792-1794) · IV. The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte · V. Analytical Table: Impact of the French Revolution · VI. Why the French Revolution Matters for India · IX. Summary of the French Upheaval · I. Pre-Revolutionary Russia: The Seeds of Decay · II. The Dual Revolution of 1917 · III. The Civil War and the Consolidation of Power (1918-1921) · IV. Analytical Table: Impact of the Russian Revolution · V. Global Consequences and the Indian Connection · VI. Historiographical Perspectives · VII. Key Facts for Quick Revision (PYQ Focus) · VIII. Summary of the Proletarian Rise · I. The "Roaring Twenties" and the Seeds of Collapse · II. The Trigger: Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929) · III. The Mechanism of Contagion: Why was it "Great"? · IV. Impact on Society and Politics · V. The Response: Keynesianism and the New Deal · VI. Analytical Table: Impact of the Depression on Different Regions · VII. The Indian Connection: The Colonial Squeeze · X. Summary of the Economic Shift · I. The Ideological Roots: What is a Nation? · II. The Post-Napoleonic Order: The Struggle Against Metternich · III. The Waves of Revolution · IV. The Architects of Nationalism · V. Analytical Table: The Evolution of Nationalism · VI. Nationalism and the "Other": The Case of Greece and Poland · VII. The "Balkan" Problem: The Dangerous Face of Nationalism · X. Summary of the Nationalist Rise · I. The Unification of Italy (Il Risorgimento) · II. The Unification of Germany (1862-1871) · III. Analytical Table: Comparing Italy and Germany · IV. The Unification of Other Regions (Brief Overview) · V. The Consequences of Unification · VIII. Summary of the Era of Unification · I. The "M.A.I.N." Causes of the War · II. The Trigger: The July Crisis (1914) · III. The Nature of the War: A New Kind of Conflict

TGT History H05 India after Independence 1947 1964

INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE (1947–1964): CHALLENGES OF NATION-BUILDING

TGT History H06 Indian Society Foundations Culture and Institutions

Indian Society: Foundations, Culture and Institutions

TGT History H07 Social Change Reform and Social Movements

Social Change, Reform and Social Movements

TGT History H08 Rapid Revision Fact Bank History

Rapid Revision Fact Bank: History