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UPSC History PYQ Practice

History PYQs move across ancient India, medieval developments, modern India, freedom struggle, culture, and art-history themes. Use this page to understand the trend, then start a timed subject-wise drill with negative marking and instant review.

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Year-wise History PYQ count

2026

21

2025

16

2024

11

2023

13

2022

16

2021

21

2020

19

2019

15

2018

22

2017

14

2016

16

2015

17

2014

21

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Art & Culture · 53Freedom Struggle · 41Modern & Colonial India · 40Ancient India · 31Religion & Philosophy · 29Medieval India · 23

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UPSC 2026

Which of the following factors contributed to the formation of the Forward Bloc by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939 ? 1. Bose failed to win the confidence...

UPSC 2026

The artificially fixed rupee-sterling exchange rate prescribed by the Hilton-Young Commission (1926) was adopted by the British Government for which o...

UPSC 2026

Consider the following statements : I. Pali texts contain the first definite references to coins, e.g., kahapana, nikkha, kamsa, and kakanika. II. The...

UPSC 2026

Consider the following statements about the archaeological findings in Harappan towns : I. There is wide occurrence of spindle-whorls in the houses bu...

UPSC 2026

The Hallisalasya painting in the Bagh Caves represents :

UPSC 2026

Consider the following statements regarding the British policy in Awadh immediately after its annexation in 1856 : 1. The taluqdars were dispossessed...

UPSC 2026

Which one of the following statements about the Eka Movement and Bardoli Satyagraha is correct ?

UPSC 2026

Which of the following pairs of ancient and modern names of rivers is/are correctly matched ? 1. Vitasta : Chenab 2. Asikni : Jhelum 3. Parushni : Rav...

UPSC 2026

Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, the famous classical singer from Karnataka, represented the :

UPSC 2026

Which of the following temples has/have a Nagara-style shikhara ? 1. Malegitti Shivalaya, Badami 2. Huchimalligudi Temple, Aihole 3. Dashavatara Templ...

UPSC 2026

In which one among the following texts does the term kshetra-patni ('mistress of the field') originate ?

UPSC 2026

Consider the following assertion : The genesis of political alliances based on community lay in the very nature of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 19...