History Questions & Answers for IAS Exam

UPSC exam is considered to be one of the toughest exams conducted in the country and the preparation for the same requires thorough preparation and deep knowledge of various subjects included in the IAS syllabus. History constitutes to be one of the most important subjects for both prelims and mains examination.

Aspirants looking for brief answers to clear their queries regarding the wide-ranging ancient, medieval and modern history questions have landed at the correct place. We, at BYJU’S, bring to you direct, brief and crisp answers to questions based on history topics for your IAS Exam preparation.

Given below is the list of questions and candidates can find their answers for a better and easy understanding of concepts, with a special focus on General Studies I paper for the mains examination.

Lord Hardinge, who succeeded Lord Curzon, reversed the partition of Bengal due to violence and the rise of movements such as the Swadeshi and...
Mahatma Gandhi joined the Indian National Congress following his return from South Africa in 1915. He had joined the party at the request of...
The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911 by Lard Hardinge. It was done in response to the Swadeshi movement's riots in protest against the...
The other name of the Quit India Movement is also known as the August Movement. It was launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress...
Home rule movement calls for the governance of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.   It is thus the power of a...
The period from 1885 to 1905 is called the Moderates period because they believed in demanding reforms while adopting constitutional and peaceful...
Yugantar (also spelt as Jugantar) was founded by Barindra Kumar Ghosh. Barindra Kumar Ghosh Was an Indian revolutionary and journalist and a...
Some of the important leaders of the Moderates were Pherozeshah Mehta and Dadabhai Naoroji. The Early Nationalists, also known as the Moderates,...
A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers...
The major achievements of the moderates were as follows: They sowed the seeds of the Indian Independence movement by organizing it in an...
The moderates of the Indian National Congress had faith in the British Administration and believed in achieving their aims through peaceful...
As per scholars there are many types of nationalism. They are as follows: Ethnic Nationalism Cultural Nationalism Civic Nationalism...
Nationalism was a factor in the outbreak of World War I as many nations, particularly the Great powers of -Britain, France and Germany, of the...
The Anti-Partition movement was a movement initiated on 7 August 1905 to protest against the partition of Bengal. The leaders of the protest...
Nationalism as derived from the noun designating 'nations' is a newer word; in the English language, the term dates back from 1798.The term first...
The examples of nationalism in World War I was ethnic nationalism and cultural nationalism. It was Serbian nationalism that was the immediate...
The Swadesh movement did not have an effective organisation and party structure to be its vanguard.  The movement did not have another line...
Following the Partition of Bengal in 1905, the Swadeshi movement was started to curb foreign goods by relying on domestic production. The...
Some of the main features of the Swadeshi movement was Boycott of all British made goods To cripple the trade of colonial government Encourage...
The partition of Bengal resulted in the entity of Bengal being divided into West and East Bengal. West Bengal was majority Hindu while East...