Modern India
172 CDS History past-year questions from 20 papers, 2016 to 2026, with answers and worked solutions.
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- Difficulty: 19 easy · 75 moderate · 78 hard.
- Most-asked subtopics: Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence (63), British Administration, Acts and Legislation (27), 19th Century Social and Religious Reform (23).
- Updated 20 September 2026.
#1European Trading and Early British Conquest
#2Historiography and Historians of India
#3Historiography and Historians of India
#419th Century Social and Religious Reform
#5Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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#619th Century Social and Religious Reform
#7Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#8Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#9British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#10Post-Independence India
#11Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#12Revolt of 1857 and Popular Uprisings
#1319th Century Social and Religious Reform
#1419th Century Social and Religious Reform
#15British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#16Indian Literature, Poets and Cultural Figures
#17Revolt of 1857 and Popular Uprisings
#18British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#19British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#20British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#21British Economic Policy and Industrial India
#22British Economic Policy and Industrial India
#23Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#24Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#25Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#26Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#2719th Century Social and Religious Reform
#28British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#29Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#30British Economic Policy and Industrial India
#31British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#32Post-Independence India
#33British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#34Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#35Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#36Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#37British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#38British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#39British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#40British Administration, Acts and Legislation
#41Revolt of 1857 and Popular Uprisings
#42British Economic Policy and Industrial India
#43Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#44Art, Painting and Sculpture
#4519th Century Social and Religious Reform
#46European Trading and Early British Conquest
#47Indian Literature, Poets and Cultural Figures
#48Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
#49European Trading and Early British Conquest
#50Freedom Movement — INC, Gandhi and Independence
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