RBSE SS History study plan

Build a dated timeline of Delhi Sultanate dynasties (Slave, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi) with at least two administrative or military markers per dynasty

Map the rise of Vijayanagara and Bahmani states and explain in writing three causes of Vijayanagara's decline after 1565

Outline Mughal consolidation from Babur to Aurangzeb, listing one revenue or administrative innovation per major ruler

Trace Rajasthan's major dynasties (Chauhans, Guhilas of Mewar, Kachwahas, Rathores) onto a single annotated map with capitals and key rulers

Sequence the Indian National Movement from 1885 to 1947 into phases, naming the founding year and core demand of each phase

Compare Moderate, Extremist and Gandhian strategies on at least three criteria such as mass base, method and relationship with colonial law

Explain the constitutional milestones from Regulating Act 1773 to Government of India Act 1935, noting what each changed in centre-province relations

Describe Rajasthan's freedom movement with named individuals and at least four princely-state-specific episodes such as Bijolia, Begun and the Praja Mandal movements

Reconstruct the Vedic chronology from Rigvedic to Later Vedic society, contrasting pastoral and agrarian features

Explain the sixteen Mahajanapadas and identify the factors behind Magadha's rise

Summarise Mauryan administration using Arthashastra categories and evaluate Ashoka's dhamma policy from at least two source types

Compare Buddhist, Jain and Ajivika doctrines on karma, soul and liberation, and outline Gupta-era religious patronage

Trace Bhakti and Sufi traditions from Alvars and Nayanars through Chishti and Suhrawardi orders to Kabir and Nanak

Classify primary sources into inscriptions, coins, texts and monuments, and state the evidential limits of each category

Practise reading three short translated inscription extracts and identify what each reveals about polity or society

Explain Harappan town planning, drainage, seals and script with reference to named sites such as Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Lothal and Dholavira

List the debated causes of Harappan decline and evaluate which evidence supports each hypothesis

Place Chalcolithic and megalithic cultures and the Vedic transition in chronological relation to the Harappan phase

Sequence Company rule from Plassey 1757 to the Revolt of 1857, linking each major land revenue experiment to its social consequences

Analyse the causes, spread and historiography of the 1857 Revolt, distinguishing contemporary and later interpretations

Compare the American, French and Russian Revolutions on causes, class composition and outcomes

Explain the unification of Italy and Germany and identify the structural causes of the First World War

Outline the Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations and the interwar slide toward the Second World War

Trace the Second World War's course and consequences, including decolonisation and the emergence of the bipolar order

Explain the Cold War through containment, NATO and Warsaw Pact, proxy conflicts and détente, and describe the collapse of the USSR in 1991

Summarise Indian integration of princely states, linguistic reorganisation of states and the early Five Year Plans

Outline India's non-alignment, Panchsheel and role in the Non-Aligned Movement alongside its later economic liberalisation of 1991

Consolidate revision of Mughal revenue, mansabdari and jagirdari systems and explain the causes of Mughal decline after 1707

Explain Rajasthan's administrative and social institutions including khalsa, jagir, bhomias and the role of Charans and Bhats

Describe Rajasthan's art, architecture and literature with named examples such as Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Dilwara and Rajasthani miniature schools

Connect the 1857 Revolt in Rajasthan to the wider colonial narrative with named figures and centres

Run a full-length timed mock covering all ten domains and log accuracy by domain

Re-derive the source-types framework and apply it to two unseen-style source questions under time pressure

Revisit the ten weakest facts from mock review and rewrite each as a corrected flashcard with its date or context

Build a final one-page chronology spanning Harappan to post-1991 India for last-day revision