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Indian History - The question trend in UPSC PreliminaryExamination 2001 2008

S.No Topic No. of questions asked in prelim's

Section - A 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2

1 Prehistoric cultures in India 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 0

2 Indus Civilization 2 3 2 5 4 4 3 4

3Pastoral and farming communities outside the Indus

region1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0

4 Vedic Society 4 4 4 9 5 6 4 5

5 Mahajanpadas to Nandas 6 4 7 4 5 5 5 3

6 The Mauryan Empire 7 6 5 7 2 5 3 5

7 Post-Mauryan India (BC 200-AD 300) 9 13 10 10 10 7 9 9

8 The Guptas and their successors (AD 300-750) 9 4 5 10 7 5 9 9

Total for section A 40 41 37 47 34 34 34 3

Section - B

9 Early Medieval India 8 3 5 3 3 5 2 3

10 Cultural Trends (AD 750-1200) 4 4 2 6 3 8 6 3

11&12 Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries 6 14 9 3 10 10 11 8

13 The Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries 9 8 10 9 16 7 9 13

14&15 The Mughal Empire (AD 1556-1707) 16 10 7 14 11 8 9 14

16 Decline of Mughals (AD 1707-61) 2 1 8 2 3 3 4 0Total for section B 40 40 41 37 46 41 41 4

Section - C

17 British Expansion 8 1 6 3 6 7 6 7

18 Economic Impact of British Raj 3 4 6 2 3 5 3 2

19 Cultural Encounter and Social changes 6 6 6 8 7 8 1 2

20 Resistance to British Rule 4 6 6 2 2 3 1 5

21 Indian Freedom Struggle - The First Phase 3 7 5 7 7 9 9 7

22 Gandhi and his thought 9 10 9 7 8 7 17 8

23 Separatist trends in Indian Nationalist Politics 2 1 3 5 3 2 1 2

24 Independence to 1964 5 1 1 2 4 4 7 1

Total for section C 40 39 42 36 40 45 45 44

Grand Total 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 12

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