How to Crack History for Prelims — Practice

Question 1

Approximately how many questions does History & Culture contribute to UPSC Prelims GS Paper I?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 2

Which period, within the History syllabus, typically contributes the largest share of History questions in Prelims?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 3

The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by

Accepted Answer

A

Question 4

A question asking 'arrange the following events in chronological order' primarily tests

Accepted Answer

A

Question 5

The Champaran Satyagraha and the Kheda Satyagraha, though both led by Gandhi in a similar era, differ in that they

Accepted Answer

A

Question 6

In the standard chronological study order for UPSC History, which period comes immediately after Medieval India?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 7

Why does the Modern India/Freedom Struggle period generate more current-affairs-linked Prelims questions than Ancient India?

Accepted Answer

Freedom fighters' birth/death anniversaries, renaming of schemes or institutions after freedom-era figures, and commemorative events regularly create natural news hooks into this period's static facts — Ancient India has comparatively few such recurring current-affairs triggers, since its facts are more purely archaeological/textual and less tied to modern commemorative calendars.

Practice — How to Crack History for Prelims

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