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World History: SPI History
World History has 5 questions in the SPI bank, two of them from the 2022 paper, and all five are MODERATE. The 2022 pair came from the opening chapters of the Class 10 Balbharati History book, on how history is written; the other three ask a year or a country from the modern world. Each answer is one fact, so the page is two short tables to learn by heart, with the look-alike names and dates marked as traps.
The handout has every subtopic, worked example, formula and trap with answers shown. The formula sheet is the chapter’s formulas and traps alone, on one page.
Subtopic notes
Formula & revision sheet
0 formulas · 2 reference tables · 4 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet
Formula & revision sheet
0 formulas · 2 reference tables · 4 gotchas across all subtopics — the exam-eve cheat-sheet
Reference tables (2)
Thinkers who shaped history writing8 rows
| Thinker | Idea or work |
|---|---|
| Herodotus | The Histories; the father of history |
| René Descartes | Doubt everything until it is proved |
| Voltaire | History of society, trade and customs, not only rulers |
| Hegel | Dialectics: thesis, antithesis, synthesis |
| Leopold von Ranke | Original documents, critical method |
| Karl Marx | Class struggle; Das Kapital |
| Michel Foucault | The Archaeology of Knowledge; not only chronological |
| Applied History | Also called Public History |
Votes for women and the founder of modern Turkey4 rows
| Country | Women's vote |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1893, the first country |
| United Kingdom | 1918 for women over 30; 1928 on equal terms with men |
| United States | 1920, the 19th Amendment |
| India | 1950, every adult under the Constitution |
Watch out for (4)
- Foucault, not Ranke or Hegel→ Thinkers who shaped history writing
- Public, not Social→ Thinkers who shaped history writing
- Two dates for the United Kingdom→ Votes for women and the founder of modern Turkey
- Kemal's birthplace was Turkish then→ Votes for women and the founder of modern Turkey
Question weightage by concept
2 concepts · 5 questions — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first
Question weightage by concept
2 concepts · 5 questions — where the marks actually sit, so you know what to drill first
| Concept | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Votes for women and the founder of modern Turkey | 3 | 60% |
| Thinkers who shaped history writing | 2 | 40% |
Test yourself on a real paper
Sit a past SPI paper, timed and marked the way the exam marks it. You see your score and every answer the moment you finish. Free to start.