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.

Sindh was conquered by the Arab armies of Muhamad Bin Qasim, a general who served under the Umayyad caliphate. Invading the region in 712 AD, the...
The 712 AD Arab conquest of Sindh refers to the Umayyad military campaigns under General Mohammad Bin Qasim. These military campaigns led to the...
Sind was ruled by the Talpur Dynasty before the arrival of the British. They ruled from 1783 until 1843 until their defeat by the British at the...
There are multiple reasons as to why Sindh was not partitioned like Bengal and Punjab was. Some of them are as follows: The population of...
The first known invasion of Sindh is thought to have been  by the Persian Achaemenid Empire during their invasion of the Indus Valley...
The Arab Umayyads carried further military campaigns in India after the conquest of Sindh in 712 AD. Major arab expeditions were defeated by:...
Punjab was conquered by the East India Company in 1849. It was one of the last regions of the Indian subcontinent to fall to the British. In...
British colonialism began in India following the battle of Plassey in 1757. From then on the British began to consolidate its rule over India....
The following reasons were responsible for the rise of the Maratha: The efforts of the Maratha king Shivaji were crucial in fostering a Maratha...
The contribution of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the rise of Marathas are as follows: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj used a combination of...
The founder of the Maratha Empire is Shivaji. He was a Maratha aristocrat of the Bhosale clan who led a spirited resistance against the Mughal...
The Marathas lost Panipat for the following reasons: The heavy mounted artillery of the Afghans proved much better on the battlefield than the...
The Mughal-Maratha wars which had began in 1680, saw the Marathas overwhelm the Mughals by 1707. The long and exhausting campaign had emptied the...
The British consolidated their presence in India through the following ways: Expansion of trading activities by acquiring permission from the...
The principal British settlements in India were the major trading towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. They were called the Presidencies during...
The following factors made the British leave India: Increasing pressure from the local populace during the final phase of the Indian...
The British left India in 1947. Their withdrawal resulted in the partition of the subcontinent into the dominions of India and Pakistan. The saga...
Hyder Ali was aided in his wars by the French, who improved his artillery, arsenal and trained his army to be a quality fighting force. For...
Fath Muhammad was the father of Hyder Ali and a general of the kingdom of Mysore. He served with distinction at an early age as a commander of 50...
Following Hyder Ali’s defeat at the battle of moti talav near Srirangapatna, he ceded the region north of river Tungabhadra to the Marathas...