Topic-wise IAS History previous year questions with detailed solutions.
How many History questions each topic contributed per year in IAS — darker cells mean more questions that year. Tap a topic to open its questions.
| Topic | Weightage | Total | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
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| Modern History | 58.1% | 302 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 19 |
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| Ancient History | 23.3% | 121 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Medieval History | 18.7% | 97 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| All topics | 520 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 21 | 31 |
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