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Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC

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Modern History Syllabus : UPSC Mains

Topic 1 – Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues.

Topic 2 – The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.

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Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC – Year wise Marks Weightage (2013-2024)

Year	Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2024	25 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2023	25 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2022	20 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2021	40 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2020	25 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2019	50 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2018	25 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2017	65 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2016	37.5 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2015	37.5 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2014	40 Marks
Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC 2013	30 Marks

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Modern History Mains PYQs UPSC – Year wise & Topic wise Collection (2013 – 2024)

2024

1. What were the events that led to the Quit India Movement? Point out its results. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. How far was the Industrial Revolution in England responsible for the decline of handicrafts and cottage industries in India? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2023

1. What was the difference between Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore in their approach towards education and nationalism? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. How did the colonial rule affect the tribals in India and what was the tribal response to the colonial oppression? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2022

1. Why did the armies of the British East India Company – mostly composed of Indian soldiers – win consistently against the more numerous and better equipped armies of the then Indian rulers? Give reasons. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Why was there a sudden spurt in famines in colonial India since the mid-eighteenth century? Give reasons. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)

2021

1. Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. To what extent did the role of the moderates prepare a base for the wider freedom movement? Comment. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
3. Bring out the constructive programmes of Mahatma Gandhi during Non-Cooperation Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2020

1. Evaluate the policies of Lord Curzon and their long-term implications on the national movement. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Since the decade of the 1920s, the national movement acquired various ideological strands and thereby expanded its social base. Discuss. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2019

1. The 1857 Uprising was the culmination of the recurrent big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Examine the linkages between 19th century ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
4. Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2018

1. Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Why indentured labour was taken by British from India to other colonies? Have they been able to preserve their cultural identity over there? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks) (History + Art & Culture + Society)

2017

1. Clarify how mid-eighteenth-century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Why did the ‘Moderates’ fail to carry conviction with the nation about their proclaimed ideology and political goals by the end of the nineteenth century? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
4. The women’s questions arose in modern India as a part of the 19th century social reform movement. What were the major issues and debates concerning women in that period? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
5. Highlight the importance of the new objectives that got added to the vision of Indian independence since twenties of the last century. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2016

1. Explain how the Uprising of 1857 constitutes an important watershed in the evolution of British policies towards colonial India. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
2. Discuss the role of women in the freedom struggle especially during the Gandhian phase. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
3. Highlight the differences in the approach of Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle for freedom. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2015

1. How different would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi? Discuss. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
2. It would have been difficult for the Constituent Assembly to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India in just three years but for the experience gained with the Government of India Act, 1935. Discuss. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
3. Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, despite having divergent approaches and strategies, had a common goal of amelioration of the downtrodden. Elucidate (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks) (History + Society)

2014

1. The third battle of Panipat was fought in 1761. Why were so many empire-shaking battles fought at Panipat? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from the mid-eighteenth century till independence. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. In what ways did the naval mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
4. What were the major political, economic and social developments in the world which motivated the anti-colonial struggle in India? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks) (Modern History + World History)

2013

1. Defying the barriers of age, gender and religion, the Indian women became the torch bearer during the struggle for freedom in India. Discuss. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Several foreigners made India their homeland and participated in various movements. Analyze their role in the Indian struggle for freedom. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. In many ways, Lord Dalhousie was the founder of modern India. Elaborate. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)

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