History topic analysis

Modern & Colonial India UPSC PYQs

This cluster examines European expansion, British administration, colonial economic and educational change, constitutional development, and early post-independence themes. This live collection contains 37 classified questions across 12 exam years, from 2014 to 2025.

Year-by-year frequency

Counts show how many questions in this library were assigned to the category in each represented exam year. A zero is not implied for omitted years, and frequency alone is not a prediction of a future paper.

Source topic labels in this cluster

Modern Indian History26
Modern History2
Post-Independence India2
Advent of Europeans1
British Economic Policies1
British Expansion in India1
Constitutional History of India1
Economic History of British India1
Economic Impact of British Rule1
Medieval History1

Recurrent concept labels

Colonial administration · 9Constitutional history · 5Economic history · 3Agrarian policies · 2British administration · 2British India · 2Colonial Administration · 2Columbian Exchange · 2De-industrialization · 2Economic Exploitation · 2Federalism · 2Imperialism · 2

Representative solved questions

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UPSC 2025 · History

Consider the following fruits : I. Papaya II. Pineapple III. Guava How many of the above were introduced in India by the Portuguese in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

UPSC 2024 · History

With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the following statements : 1. It provided for the establishment of an All India Federation based on the union of...

UPSC 2023 · History

By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?

UPSC 2022 · History

With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements : 1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapat...

UPSC 2021 · History

Consider the following statements : 1. St. Francis Xavier was one of the founding members of the Jesuit Order. 2. St. Francis Xavier died in Goa and a church is dedicated to h...

UPSC 2020 · History

Which of the following statements correctly explains the impact of Industrial Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century?

UPSC 2019 · History

Consider the following pairs : Movement/Organization : Leader 1. All India Anti-Untouchability League : Mahatma Gandhi 2. All India Kisan Sabha : Swami Sahajanand Saraswati 3....

UPSC 2018 · History

In the Federation established by The Government of India Act of 1935, residuary powers were given to the

UPSC 2017 · History

The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to

UPSC 2016 · History

The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to

How this page is built

Topic and concept labels are AI-assisted enrichment, not official UPSC classifications. We map them into a conservative editorial taxonomy using deterministic label rules, publish a category only when it has at least 10 questions across at least three exam years, and keep ambiguous records out of topic pages. Counts update with the question bank. See the full methodology and correction policy.