As far as interesting subjects go, history is one of the most interesting subjects UPSC has to offer. Of course ‘interesting’ can be a subjective term, but it doesn’t take away the essence of the topic at hand.

Besides being interesting, there is also the matter of History being scorable in the UPSC Exam, especially Ancient History.

This article will attempt to answer that question in the most objective way possible

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How scorable if UPSC Ancient History?

Like all subjects in the UPSC Exams, Ancient History is practically scorable, but it is dependent upon how much a candidate has interest in the subject. This also is applicable to other subjects as well.

The more interested a candidate is in the subject, the likelihood of him/her scoring a higher mark. Regardless, a few tips on how to score high with ancient history will work wonders.

Some of the tips:

1. Going through the NCERT books will help magnificently as most of the questions asked in the subject are always from NCERT. It will certainly help those who are not interested in history as they need not study anything extra on the side.
2. Memorise dates in sequences. For example: The Battle of Colachel took place in 1758 can be easily remembered as Colachael 13. (1+7+4+1=13)
3. Make notes of whatever has been perused. They will be handy when the exam time comes as a quick reference.
4. In case the candidate is interested in history, they can refer to external sources such as encyclopaedia, biographies etc. This will be especially helpful for those who have taken history for their mains as the extra information will increase chances of a higher score.

Candidates can find UPSC Prelims Ancient Indian History Question papers in the given link

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