{"id":37630,"date":"2024-04-13T14:09:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T14:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/?p=37630"},"modified":"2024-04-13T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T14:09:47","slug":"learning-to-answer-the-why-upsc-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/learning-to-answer-the-why-upsc-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Answer the &#8220;WHY&#8221;- UPSC History!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Learning to Answer the &#8220;WHY&#8221;- UPSC History!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In UPSC Mains 2017, the following question was asked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/examine-how-the-decline-of-traditional-artisanal-industry-in-colonial-india-crippled-the-rural-economy-250-words-15-marks\/\">Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we know HOW the colonial power destroyed the Indian Handicraft industry, but <strong><em>why did the Britishers ruin Indian Handicrafts?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you be able to write an answer to this? At first, you might as well start writing the \u201cHOW\u201d part, despite it not being asked in the exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first step towards writing an answer. YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE QUESTION WELL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the exam hall, we take one look at the question &#8211; see the keyword, and start writing whatever we know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But to ensure that we are writing the right things, we need to build this habit of understanding what the question is demanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be able to answer \u201cWHY\u201d parts rather than \u201cWHAT &amp; HOW\u201d, is the real test of in-depth understanding. While reading a topic, you need not just read how things happened, but rather why things happened!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decline of Indian handicrafts under British colonial seemed to be a deliberate policy of destruction. This destruction was a consequence of various economic, political, and cultural factors inherent in colonialism. Here&#8217;s why this happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Agenda of Industrialization<\/strong> &#8211; The British promotion of industrialization in India was to serve their interest primarily. They wanted to increase the profits of British industries &amp; traders, who helped the Company! Thus, they imposed tariffs, duties, &amp; other restrictions on locally produced handicrafts!<\/li><li><strong>Mercantilist Policies<\/strong> &#8211; The Britishers aimed to accumulate wealth! Indian Handicrafts &#8211; for them, was a hindrance to this agenda! They didn\u2019t want these local industries to compete with their manufactured goods!<\/li><li><strong>Cultural Superiority<\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp; The British Colonial Mindset viewed Indian culture including Indian Handicrafts as backward compared to British Culture. British administrators encouraged adopting consumption patterns &amp; lifestyle &#8211; eroding the demands of Indian Handicrafts!<\/li><li><strong>Taking hold of Social Life<\/strong> &#8211; The British colonial administration sought to control Indian society &amp; ensure their dominance! Disrupting traditional economic structures like Handicrafts, meant exerting control over the local population!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>British wanted economic dependency which would help them govern India while extracting resources to their benefit!<br><br>The UPSC CSE Exam is not your university level exam &#8211; you don\u2019t get marks for filling the pages!<br><br>Instead, what UPSC demands is in-depth understanding &#8211; the focus on\u00a0YOUR UNDERSTANDING of the topic &#8211; of course after knowing the context!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We fulfill these requirements in our GS Integrated Batch, where Uttam Sir takes you through the depth in History!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the following for details!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/upsc\/upsc-cse-gs-integrated-course?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog-%20GS%20Integrated\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GS-Integrated-1280\u00d7300.svg\" alt=\"If you are reading History for UPSC like it should be - focusing on concepts rather than just facts - History will be fun &amp; rewarding!\" class=\"wp-image-22516\" width=\"778\" height=\"181\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Best IAS Coaching<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can also join our Telegram Channel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/WithEdukemy4IAS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to Telegram Channel!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out our Blog on UPSC History where we take a question from UPSC Mains PYQs, and try giving it a twist!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":37631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37632,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37630\/revisions\/37632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}