UPSC Prelims PYQ
UPSC Prelims History Questions
147 History questions from previous UPSC Prelims papers, from the latest year backwards, each with its answer and explanation.
- Questions
- 147
- Years covered
- 2017–2025
- Exam years
- 9
- With answers
- 147
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UPSC Prelims History Questions
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Consider the following statements:
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Who was the Provisional President of the Constituent Assembly before Dr. Rajendra Prasad?
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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 the British Indian Provinces and Princely States.
2. Defence and Foreign Affairs were kept under the control of the federal legislature.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? -
Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhasa?
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Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:
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Consider the following pairs:
1. Bharatiya Jana Sangh — Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
2. Socialist Party — C. Rajagopalachari
3. Congress for Democracy — Jagjivan Ram
4. Swatantra Party — Acharya Narendra Dev
How many of the above are correctly matched?
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