Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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📡 Full lecture youtube.com/live/4u4WjFoNEQg?si=sUcdxU-yCOcOnUuX

### DESCRIPTION:
Renowned History faculty Pratik Nayak Sir analyses every History and Art & Culture question from this year's UPSC Mains GS Paper 1, covering Ashokan inscriptions as a source of history, Vijayanagar architecture and sculpture, Gandhi's mass mobilisation movements, Macaulay's English education policy, and post-independence linguistic state creation.

Full model answers available on TheMrunalPatel channel, UPSC Educator and Economy Subject Expert Dr. Mrunal Patel's platform.

Useful for UPSC CSE, SSC-CGL, State PSC, Banking, IBPS, RBI Grade B, CAPF, CDS, ACIO, APFC aspirants for GS Paper 1 History strategy.


### TAGS:
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### Frequently asked / search topics answered in this video:
- What History questions came in UPSC GS Paper 1 this year?
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