Previous Year UPSC Mains Questions – Literature

Though not very useful from the point of view of a connected political history of South India, the Sangam literature portrays the social and economic conditions of its time with remarkable vividness. Comment.  2013
Taxila university was one of the oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of renowned learned personalities of different disciplines. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a university in the modern sense. Discuss    2014
Krishnadeva Raya, the king of Vijayanagar, was not only an accomplished scholar himself but was also a great patron off learning and literature. Discuss.  2016
Assess the importance of accounts of Arab and Chinese travellers in the reconstruction of history of India.2018
Persian literary sources of medieval India reflect the spirit of the age. Comment.2020
Evaluate the nature of the Bhakti Literature and its contribution to Indian culture.2021

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