PYQ Solutions

Model answers to every UPSC History Optional question from 1979 to 2026, chapter by chapter for Papers I and II, in eight books.

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3 sections · 59 items · 1 year of access

  • Book 1 · Ancient India, Part 1

    Paper I, Chapters 1–8 · 344 pages · 165 answers

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  • Book 2 · Ancient India, Part 2

    Paper I, Chapters 9–14 · 321 pages · 148 answers

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  • Book 3 · Medieval India, Part 1

    Paper I, Chapters 15–19 · 278 pages · 139 answers

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  • Book 4 · Medieval India, Part 2

    Paper I, Chapters 20–24 · 311 pages · 149 answers

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  • Book 5 · Modern India, Part 1

    Paper II, Chapters 1–6 · 382 pages · 186 answers

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  • Book 6 · Modern India, Part 2

    Paper II, Chapters 7–15 · 424 pages · 217 answers

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  • Book 7 · Modern World, Part 1

    Paper II, Chapters 16–20 · 414 pages · 222 answers

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  • Book 8 · Modern World, Part 2

    Paper II, Chapters 21–27 · 363 pages · 188 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 1 · Sources

    Ancient India · 32 pages · 14 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 2 · Pre-history and Proto-history

    Ancient India · 21 pages · 8 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 3 · Indus Valley Civilization

    Ancient India · 64 pages · 33 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 4 · Megalithic Cultures

    Ancient India · 12 pages · 5 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 5 · Aryans and Vedic Period

    Ancient India · 53 pages · 28 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 6 · Period of Mahajanapadas

    Ancient India · 56 pages · 27 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 7 · Mauryan Empire

    Ancient India · 66 pages · 32 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 8 · Post-Mauryan Period

    Ancient India · 38 pages · 18 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 9 · Early State and Society in Eastern India, Deccan and South India

    Ancient India · 23 pages · 11 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 10 · Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas

    Ancient India · 91 pages · 43 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 11 · Regional States during Gupta Era

    Ancient India · 63 pages · 30 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 12 · Themes in Early Indian Cultural History

    Ancient India · 33 pages · 10 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 13 · Early Medieval India, 750-1200

    Ancient India · 62 pages · 30 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 14 · Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200

    Ancient India · 47 pages · 24 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 15 · The Thirteenth Century

    Medieval India · 37 pages · 20 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 16 · The Fourteenth Century

    Medieval India · 57 pages · 30 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 17 · Society, Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

    Medieval India · 53 pages · 26 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 18 · The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political Developments and Economy

    Medieval India · 117 pages · 58 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 19 · The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Society and Culture

    Medieval India · 12 pages · 5 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 20 · Akbar

    Medieval India · 51 pages · 24 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 21 · Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century

    Medieval India · 65 pages · 32 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 22 · Economy and Society in the 16th and 17th Centuries

    Medieval India · 62 pages · 30 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 23 · Culture during Mughal Empire

    Medieval India · 72 pages · 35 answers

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  • Paper I, Chapter 24 · The Eighteenth Century

    Medieval India · 59 pages · 28 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 1 · European Penetration into India

    Modern India · 40 pages · 20 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 2 · British Expansion in India

    Modern India · 77 pages · 38 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 3 · Early Structure of the British Raj

    Modern India · 39 pages · 18 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 4 · Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

    Modern India · 120 pages · 59 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 5 · Social and Cultural Developments

    Modern India · 38 pages · 18 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 6 · Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas

    Modern India · 66 pages · 33 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 7 · Indian Response to British Rule

    Modern India · 75 pages · 37 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 8 · Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism

    Modern India · 64 pages · 33 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 9 · Rise of Gandhi

    Modern India · 76 pages · 41 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 10 · Constitutional Developments, 1858-1935

    Modern India · 53 pages · 26 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 11 · Other Strands in the National Movement

    Modern India · 45 pages · 24 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 12 · Politics of Separatism

    Modern India · 35 pages · 18 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 13 · Consolidation as a Nation

    Modern India · 35 pages · 17 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 14 · Caste and Ethnicity after 1947

    Modern India · 16 pages · 8 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 15 · Economic Development and Political Change

    Modern India · 23 pages · 13 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 16 · Enlightenment and Modern Ideas

    World History · 73 pages · 40 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 17 · Origins of Modern Politics

    World History · 120 pages · 68 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 18 · Industrialization

    World History · 55 pages · 29 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 19 · Nation-State System

    World History · 82 pages · 42 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 20 · Imperialism and Colonialism

    World History · 82 pages · 43 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 21 · Revolution and Counter-Revolution

    World History · 96 pages · 50 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 22 · World Wars

    World History · 90 pages · 46 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 23 · The World after World War II

    World History · 41 pages · 23 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 24 · Liberation from Colonial Rule

    World History · 57 pages · 30 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 25 · Decolonization and Underdevelopment

    World History · 19 pages · 9 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 26 · Unification of Europe

    World History · 27 pages · 13 answers

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  • Paper II, Chapter 27 · Disintegration of Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World

    World History · 31 pages · 17 answers

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What you'll learn

  • See how every past question of Papers I and II can be answered
  • Write to the word limit for 10, 15 and 20 marks
  • Bring in historians, evidence and dates the way examiners reward
  • Spot the questions UPSC keeps asking, clustered by chapter

Who this course is for

  • Aspirants who have chosen History as their UPSC Optional
  • Anyone practising answer writing on past papers

Teacher

Sekhar

Sekhar History Classes · UPSC History

Sekhar History Classes is built around one subject — History — across every stage of the UPSC exam: History Optional, GS Prelims and GS1 Mains. The notes, past-year questions, model answers, maps and lectures on this site are the same material the courses are built on.

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