UPSC History Optional Previous Year Question Papers (2014–2026)
Every question of History Paper I and History Paper II from 2014–2026: 676 parts, year-wise and chapter-wise, in English and Hindi, with marks, a suggested time and 676 model answers. Write an answer first, then compare it with the model answer, or send it to answer-writing practice for evaluation.
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History 2026
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2025
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2024
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2023
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2022
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2021
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2020
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2019
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2018
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2017
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2016
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2015
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History 2014
52 questions · History I: 24 · History II: 28
52 model answers
History Paper I: chapter-wise questions
- Sources, Prehistory and the Indus Civilization23 questions since 2014Notes
- Megaliths, the Vedic Age and the Mahajanapadas27 questions since 2014Notes
- The Mauryas and the Post-Mauryan World24 questions since 2014Notes
- The Deccan, the Sangam Age and the Guptas17 questions since 2014Notes
- Regional States and Early Indian Cultural History16 questions since 2014Notes
- Early Medieval India, 750–120035 questions since 2014Notes
- The Delhi Sultanate, 13th–14th Centuries28 questions since 2014Notes
- Society, Culture and Economy under the Sultanate23 questions since 2014Notes
- The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries29 questions since 2014Notes
- Akbar and the Mughal State in the 17th Century25 questions since 2014Notes
- Mughal Economy, Society and Culture32 questions since 2014Notes
- The Eighteenth Century20 questions since 2014Notes
- Historical Sites for the Map Question13 questions since 2014Notes
History Paper II: chapter-wise questions
- European Penetration and British Expansion23 questions since 2014Notes
- Early British Raj and Its Economic Impact28 questions since 2014Notes
- Social, Cultural and Reform Movements24 questions since 2014Notes
- Peasant and Tribal Uprisings and the Revolt of 185718 questions since 2014Notes
- The Rise of Indian Nationalism17 questions since 2014Notes
- The Gandhian Era, 1915–194720 questions since 2014Notes
- Constitutional Developments, Other Strands and Partition26 questions since 2014Notes
- India after Independence25 questions since 2014Notes
- Enlightenment, Revolutions and Modern Politics53 questions since 2014Notes
- Industrialisation, Nationalism and Imperialism41 questions since 2014Notes
- Revolutions, World Wars and the Post-War World51 questions since 2014Notes
- Decolonisation, European Unity and the End of the Cold War38 questions since 2014Notes