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History & Culture for CGPSC

Prelims Paper I, Part A · Indian history, the national movement, art, literature and culture.

📊 Prelims Paper I (100 questions, 200 marks)

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Shared with UPSC CSE Prelims. The Chhattisgarh history and culture section is covered by the state history and culture chapters.

Chapters

Built to the CGPSC blueprint — notes, shortcuts, solved PYQ-style examples and practice in every chapter.

1How to Crack History for PrelimsWhy History rewards a timeline you can reason from rather than a pile of memorised dates, the current-affairs link that makes Modern India the highest-yield period, and the five-chapter study order this hub follows.⏱ 20 min read

2Ancient India & the Indus Valley CivilisationThe Indus Valley/Harappan civilisation's cities and trade, Vedic society, the rise of Buddhism and Jainism, and the Mauryan and Gupta empires — the administrative and cultural patterns that recur throughout later Indian history.⏱ 44 min read

3Medieval India — Sultanate to MughalsThe five Delhi Sultanate dynasties, the Vijayanagara and Bahmani kingdoms, the Bhakti-Sufi movements, and the Mughal Empire from Babur to Aurangzeb — administrative systems, key rulers, and the syncretic religious currents UPSC tests hardest.⏱ 46 min read

4Modern India — Company Rule to 1857The East India Company's conquest of India, the Regulating Acts and Charter Acts, land revenue systems, the economic drain, socio-religious reform movements, and the 1857 revolt — the watershed that ended Company rule.⏱ 46 min read

5Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885–1947From the founding of the Indian National Congress through the Moderate and Extremist phases, Gandhi's mass movements, revolutionary nationalism, and the final transfer of power — the single highest-yield period in UPSC History.⏱ 52 min read

6Indian Art, Culture & HeritageTemple architecture styles, classical dance and music forms, Indian painting schools, and India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites — a compact, structured-recall block that pays off fastest per hour studied.⏱ 44 min read

Topic-wise weightage in CGPSC

Expected question counts from previous-year paper analyses. Topics with an arrow already have a full chapter.

Topic	Prelims Q	Mains Q	Priority
How to Crack History for Prelims	—		High
Ancient India & the Indus Valley Civilisation	—		High
Medieval India — Sultanate to Mughals	—		High
Modern India — Company Rule to 1857	—		High
Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885–1947	—		High
Indian Art, Culture & Heritage	—		High

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