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Modern History UPPSC Prelims PYQs
460 questions on Modern History asked in UPPSC Prelims, sorted into 6 sub-topics. In the app you practise each sub-topic as a timed test (longer sub-topics in sets of about 25 questions) with the UPPSC marking (+1.33 / −0.44 per question), followed by a full analysis.
About Modern History in UPPSC Prelims
Modern History is the 4th largest of the 12 topics in the UPPSC bank: 460 of its 4,128 topic-wise PYQs (11.1%). The biggest sub-topics are National Movement (246), British Expansion & Colonial Rule (60), Modern History: Miscellaneous (58).
Sub-topics and question counts
| Sub-topic | PYQs | Latest year |
|---|---|---|
| National Movement | 246 | 2025 |
| British Expansion & Colonial Rule | 60 | 2025 |
| Modern History: Miscellaneous | 58 | 2024 |
| Social Reform, Education & Press | 56 | 2024 |
| Revolt of 1857 & Early Uprisings | 33 | 2025 |
| Constitutional Development | 7 | 2021 |
| Total | 460 | 2025 |
Sub-topics with fewer than 20 questions are practised inside the Modern History tests in the app and have no page of their own.
Modern History PYQs by the latest year asked
Each question is counted once, under the latest year it was asked in the exam.
| Period | PYQs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 and later | 52 | |
| 2016–2020 | 43 | |
| 2011–2015 | 88 | |
| 2001–2010 | 146 | |
| Before 2001 | 131 |
Sample Modern History questions from the free tests
Question text only. The options, the answer and the explanation open in the free test (free sign-in with your mobile number).
Asked in 2025
Which of the following events took place in the year 1911 ?
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1. Partition of Bengal revoked
2. Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
3. Lucknow pact between Congress and Muslim League
Select the correct answer from the code given below :
Code :Asked in 2025
Consider the following wars and arrange them in correct chronological order.
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1. First Anglo-Mysore War
2. Second Anglo-French War
3. First Anglo-Sikh War
4. First Anglo-Afghan War
Select the correct answer from the code given below :Asked in 2025
Which of the following sites were obtained by the British East India Company under the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816 ?
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1. Kathmandu
2. Shimla
3. Ranikhet
4. Nainital
Select the correct answer from the code given below :
Questions students ask
How many Modern History questions has UPPSC Prelims asked?
Sovereign IAS has 460 Modern History previous-year questions from UPPSC Prelims in 6 sub-topics, the latest from 2025.
Which Modern History sub-topics come up most often?
National Movement (246 questions), British Expansion & Colonial Rule (60 questions), Modern History: Miscellaneous (58 questions).
Can I practise UPPSC Modern History PYQs for free?
Partly. 14 of these 460 questions are in the free UPPSC tests (the latest papers and two topic-wise tests, free with a sign-in); the full set is part of the Destiny Pass.