Explore: All CDS topics · CDS General Knowledge PYQs · CDS hub · Syllabus & pattern · CDS 2026
Answer first
History and Culture PYQs (previous year questions) for CDS: History and Culture (General Knowledge) had 463 questions across the 66 official CDS papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 22 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Social Reform Movements, National Movement, Vijayanagara Empire.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 11 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| CDS 2026 | 41 |
| CDS 2025 | 50 |
| CDS 2024 | 40 |
| CDS 2023 | 45 |
| CDS 2022 | 40 |
| CDS 2021 | 42 |
| CDS 2020 | 45 |
| CDS 2019 | 42 |
| CDS 2018 | 40 |
| CDS 2017 | 38 |
| CDS 2016 | 40 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Reform Movements | 20 | 10 | 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017 |
| National Movement | 20 | 9 | 2024, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Vijayanagara Empire | 11 | 9 | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016 |
| Delhi Sultanate | 9 | 8 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016 |
| Ancient India | 16 | 7 | 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Art and Architecture | 14 | 7 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2018 |
| Mughal Empire | 12 | 7 | 2025, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 |
| Mauryan Empire | 9 | 7 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2019, 2016 |
| World History | 8 | 7 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2016 |
| Ancient Literature | 11 | 6 | 2025, 2022, 2020, 2017, 2016 |
| Modern India | 11 | 6 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2017, 2016 |
| Harappan Civilisation | 8 | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2020, 2018 |
| Bhakti Movement | 9 | 5 | 2024, 2023, 2019, 2018 |
| Medieval Literature | 6 | 5 | 2025, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019 |
| Historiography | 7 | 4 | 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| Buddhism | 6 | 4 | 2025, 2023, 2018 |
| Post-Independence India | 6 | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Peasant Movements | 5 | 4 | 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Vedic Period | 5 | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2022, 2018 |
| Early Medieval India | 4 | 4 | 2024, 2022, 2018, 2017 |
| Sangam Age | 4 | 4 | 2024, 2019, 2018, 2016 |
| Indian National Movement | 14 | 3 | 2022, 2021 |
| Freedom Struggle | 13 | 3 | 2025, 2023 |
| Medieval India | 7 | 3 | 2024, 2022 |
| British Administration | 5 | 3 | 2022, 2021 |
| Revolt of 1857 | 5 | 3 | 2025, 2020, 2019 |
| Gupta Empire | 4 | 3 | 2020, 2017, 2016 |
| Harappan Civilization | 4 | 3 | 2017, 2016 |
| Political Thought | 4 | 3 | 2020, 2019, 2017 |
| Art and Culture | 3 | 3 | 2023, 2020 |
| Industrial Revolution | 3 | 3 | 2017, 2016 |
| Religious Movements | 3 | 3 | 2024, 2023 |
| Sangam Literature | 3 | 3 | 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Temple Architecture | 3 | 3 | 2021, 2016 |
| Ancient Indian History | 11 | 2 | 2026 |
| Modern Indian History | 8 | 2 | 2026 |
| Medieval Indian History | 5 | 2 | 2026 |
| Prehistoric India | 5 | 2 | 2026 |
| Gandhian Thought | 4 | 2 | 2017, 2016 |
| Constitutional Development | 3 | 2 | 2020, 2019 |
| Labour Movement | 3 | 2 | 2022, 2020 |
| Marathas | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Non-Cooperation Movement | 3 | 2 | 2019, 2018 |
| Prehistory | 3 | 2 | 2023, 2020 |
| Revolutionary Movements | 3 | 2 | 2022, 2020 |
| Ancient Philosophy | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2022 |
| Ancient Society | 2 | 2 | 2018, 2016 |
| Ancient Trade | 2 | 2 | 2019, 2018 |
| Archaeological Sites | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bhakti and Sufi Movements | 2 | 2 | 2022, 2021 |
| British Expansion | 2 | 2 | 2024, 2022 |
| British Land Revenue | 2 | 2 | 2021, 2017 |
| British Rule | 2 | 2 | 2022, 2018 |
| Foreign Travellers | 2 | 2 | 2019, 2016 |
| Indian Independence Act | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2019 |
| Jainism | 2 | 2 | 2025, 2023 |
| Later Mughals | 2 | 2 | 2018, 2017 |
| Modern Indian Personalities | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Social Organisations | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Tribal Movements | 2 | 2 | 2021, 2019 |
| Vedic Age | 2 | 2 | 2024, 2017 |
| British Agrarian Policy | 3 | 1 | 2019 |
| American Revolution | 2 | 1 | 2017 |
| Ancient Science | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| British Economic Policy | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| British Rule in India | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colonial Economy | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| European Travellers | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| Maratha History | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medieval Technology | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mughal Agrarian System | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Sufism | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| Ajivikas | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ancient Dynasties | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ancient History | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ancient Inscriptions | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Ancient Kingdoms | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ancient Tamil Society | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ancient Warfare | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Battle of Plassey | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bhakti and Sufi | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| British Foreign Policy | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Caste Movements | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chalcolithic Cultures | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chola Art | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chola Empire | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Civil Disobedience | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Colonial Administration | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Colonial Architecture | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Colonial Foreign Policy | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Colonial India | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Colonial Legislation | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Colonialism | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Communities of India | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Culture | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Depressed Classes Movement | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| East India Company | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Education Policy | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| European Powers in India | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| European Warfare in India | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Festivals | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Festivals of India | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Foreign Policy | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| French Revolution | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Gandhian Era | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Gupta Architecture | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gurjara-Pratiharas | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| History of Science | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Integration of States | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jainism and Buddhism | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Kushanas | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Land Tenure | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Languages and Literature | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Liberal Party | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Literature | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maratha Administration | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Maratha Empire | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medieval Art | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Medieval Dynasties | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medieval History | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Medieval Kashmir | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Medieval Music | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medieval Religion | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Medieval Science | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medieval Society | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medieval Sources | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Medieval South India | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Medieval Warfare | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Moderates | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Modern Economic History | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Modern Indian Literature | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Modern World History | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Mughal Administration | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mughal Art | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Mughal Painting | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Muslim Politics | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Orientalist Scholars | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Partition | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Partition of India | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Prehistoric Art | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Quit India Movement | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Religion and Culture | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Religion and Philosophy | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Religious Reform Movements | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Revolts Against British | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Russian Revolution | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Sikh History | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Sikhism | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Reform | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Socio-Religious Reform | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| South Indian Dynasties | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Swarajists | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tribal Revolts | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Education | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Women's Movement | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| World Heritage Sites | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World War II | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
How to practise History and Culture PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s History and Culture questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
CDS2026
- Q.46 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian History: Opening words of Vivekananda's 1893 Chicago speech PDF
- Q.47 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian History: Person Gandhi called his Rajya Guru in 1915 PDF
- Q.48 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian History: Statements on the origin and spread of the Swadeshi Movement PDF
- Q.49 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Statements on Rudradaman's Junagadh inscription PDF
- Q.50 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Subject on which the Bower Manuscript is a source PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian History: Only Indian member present for the Vernacular Press Bill PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Statements on the Ranigumpha cave in Odisha PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Prehistoric India: State where the Mesolithic site of Bagor lies PDF
- Q.54 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Prehistoric India: Neolithic sites known for pit-dwellings PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Prehistoric India: River systems associated with the Ahar culture PDF
- Q.56 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Prehistoric India: Identify the Neolithic site among given options PDF
- Q.57 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Coromandel coast site with evidence of maritime trade PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Statements on Gupta royal titles and epithets PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Indian History: Author of the Arabic travel book Rihla PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Indian History: Name of Basavanna's followers in Karnataka PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · World History: Statements on features of the Industrial Revolution PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Match Ashokan inscriptions with their locations PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Meaning of 'aurei' in Indo-Roman trade PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Region associated with Basohli miniature painting PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Factors behind the rise of Magadha PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Post-Independence India: Incorrect statement about Indian political leaders PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Prehistoric India: Specialists who study human societies across time PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilisation: Match Harappan sites with modern states or regions PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilisation: Statements on Harappan cotton and food items PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Vedic Period: Lesson taught by the stories of Shvetaketu and Nachiketa PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Philosophy: School holding that only the material world exists PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Statements on Deogarh and Bhitargaon temples PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian History: Statements on the Treaty of Allahabad, 1765 PDF
- Q.83 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilisation: North-to-south order of Harappan settlements PDF
- Q.84 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian History: Chronology of early steps in preserving monuments PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Eligibility for sabha membership in the Uttaramerur inscription PDF
- Q.86 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Indian History: Why Vijayanagara enclosed farmland within its fortifications PDF
- Q.87 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: What Mahendravarman I's titles suggest about him PDF
- Q.88 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Meaning of 'pendentive' in Indian architecture PDF
- Q.89 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Indian History: European traveller who did not write on Vijayanagara PDF
- Q.90 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian History: Founder president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Sangam term used for ploughmen PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Indian History: Dynasty of four women rulers in the absence of a male heir PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian History: State where the SNDP movement took place PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Indian History: Location of Madhyamika mentioned by Patanjali PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Post-Independence India: Year of the Sylhet referendum PDF
CDS2025
- Q.31 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Jainism: One of the three gems of Jainism PDF
- Q.32 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilisation: Motif absent from Harappan seals PDF
- Q.33 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Earliest text among given options PDF
- Q.34 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Correct statement about Ashoka's inscriptions PDF
- Q.35 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ajivikas: Incorrect statement about the Ajivikas PDF
- Q.36 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Technology: Statements on the use of stirrups in India PDF
- Q.37 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vedic Period: What ishukrit and isukara made in the Rig Veda PDF
- Q.38 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Warfare: Term not referring to bow and arrow PDF
- Q.39 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Warfare: Military device called manjaniq PDF
- Q.40 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Technology: Improvement in indigo extraction in medieval India PDF
- Q.41 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Indian science prescribed by Akbar in the Ain-i Akbari PDF
- Q.42 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · European Warfare in India: Statements on European firearms and cannons PDF
- Q.43 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Correct statement about the grammarian Katyayana PDF
- Q.44 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vedic Period: Correct statement about Rig Vedic goddesses PDF
- Q.45 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Buddhism: Correct statement about the goddess Hariti PDF
- Q.46 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Languages and Literature: Statements about Apabhramsha PDF
- Q.47 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Kashmir: Author of Zainavilas PDF
- Q.48 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: Work of Amir Khusrau praising India PDF
- Q.49 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Literature: Work of the poet Rameshwar Bhattacharya PDF
- Q.50 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Territory outside Ashoka's empire PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Partition of India: Person who demarcated the India-Pakistan border PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian Personalities: Incorrect statement about Muthulakshmi Reddy PDF
- Q.1 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Post-Independence India: Chronological order of Simla Agreement, Agra Summit, SAARC Charter, nuclear test (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.10 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Chronology of Chipko, Bardoli Satyagraha and Satyashodhak Samaj (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.11 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Post-Independence India: Correct statement about the Tashkent Agreement (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.13 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Texts that form part of Smriti literature (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.14 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Post-Independence India: India's first woman Chief Minister (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.15 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian Personalities: Statements on Rajagopalachari and Integral Humanism (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.17 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Festivals of India: Statements on Erok Sim and Sangken festivals (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.20 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Founder of the Congress Socialist Party (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · British Rule in India: Bengal countryside under the Permanent Settlement (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Match journals and pamphlets with their founders or editors (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Statements about the Ghadar Movement (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.54 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Chronology of early political associations (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilisation: Period with evidence of a ploughed field at Kalibangan (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.56 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Chronology of Pakistan Resolution, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Dandi March, RTC (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.57 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient History: Historical places and what they are known for (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: Incorrect statement about the Amara-Nayaka system (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Revolt of 1857: Author of the poem on the Rani of Jhansi (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Statements about Ellora caves and the Kailasa temple (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: State where Guntupalle Buddhist caves are located (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Statements about Ajanta cave paintings (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · British Rule in India: English translator of the play 'Neel Darpan' (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Revolt of 1857: Statements on Shah Mal and Gonoo in the 1857 revolt (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern Indian Literature: Book portraying three images of the Mother Goddess (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Statements on Pandita Ramabai, Tarabai Shinde, Sarojini Naidu (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Location of the Sanikatta salt works (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.68 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: State of the Kalaram temple entry movement (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.69 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Movement in which Matangini Hazra and Lakshman Naik died (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval History: What the word 'kopeki' is associated with (official answer: B) PDF
CDS2024
- Q.1 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Chalcolithic Cultures: Statements on a Chalcolithic culture spread across Maharashtra (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.2 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Sangam Age: Statements on Madurai as the Pandya capital (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.3 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Science: Statements on a ruler's astronomers and their telescope observations (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.4 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Music: Patron under whom the music text Man Kautuhal was prepared (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.6 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Item not part of the Non-Cooperation Movement programme (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.7 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Statements on the Mauryan state's policy towards forest people (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.8 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: Place of diamond mining in the Delhi Sultanate period (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.49 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Chola painting found at the Brihadisvara Temple in 1931 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.50 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Economic Policy: Statements on early railway investment terms under British rule (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Economic Policy: Industry hit hardest by deindustrialisation in the 19th century (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Statements on early political associations before the Congress (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · World History: Statements on the Industrial Revolution (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval India: Statements on Rana Kumbha of Mewar (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Chola Empire: Chola king linked to a given achievement (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: Person not a court poet of Krishnadevaraya (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Mamallapuram cave temple with Pallava royal portraits (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Statements on the Bhakti poet Namdev (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval India: Statements on medicine in medieval India (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.97 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Statements on Virashaivism (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.98 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Religious Movements: Founder of Kashmir Shaivism (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.40 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Post-Independence India: Chronological order of India-Pakistan agreements PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Religious Movements: Statements on founders of Advaita and Dvaita philosophy PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Body that decided wide distribution of charkhas PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Vedic Age: Terms for cereals used in the Rig Veda PDF
- Q.54 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform: Statements on the condition of widows in 18th-century India PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Maratha Empire: Statements on Shivaji's administrative measures PDF
- Q.56 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Prehistoric Art: Statements on discovery of Mesolithic rock art in India PDF
- Q.57 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Meaning of the stupa decoration term Kinjalkini PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Components of the Lion Capital at Sarnath PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Chronological order of events leading to independence PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval India: People known for casting matchlocks in medieval times PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Statements on Chola metal images PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Description of the antariya garment of the Mauryan period PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Early Medieval India: Statements on Avantivarman of Kashmir's Utpala dynasty PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Pairs of Mauryan high offices and their departments PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · British Expansion: Kingdom Dalhousie called a cherry that would drop into British hands PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Statements on the early history of the Census in India PDF
- Q.68 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Statements on the Round Table Conference and civil disobedience era PDF
- Q.69 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Statements on the Cabinet Mission plan PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval India: Pairs of royal titles and dynasties such as Gajapati and Narapati PDF
CDS2023
- Q.29 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Author of the book Bandi Jivan (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.30 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Provinces where Congress was not the largest party in 1937 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.31 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Statements on Subhas Bose and the Indian National Army (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.32 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Wrongly matched pair among forms of Bhakti (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.35 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Communities of India: Ethnic community of Assam (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.56 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · World Heritage Sites: UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Delhi (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Leader who proposed dissolving Congress into Lok Sevak Sangh (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Kushanas: Evidence of the Kushana notion of kingship (official answer: dropped in the final key) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Buddhism: Who the Theris were in ancient India (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Servants of India Society member who founded Seva Samiti (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Marathas: Treaty that ended the First Anglo-Maratha War (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Battle in which Travancore defeated the Dutch in 1741 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Tribal Revolts: Revolt of Koya and Konda chiefs against a Mansabdar family (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.97 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Dynasties: Dynasty linked to titles Rayagajakesari and Dayagajakesari (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.98 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Art and Culture: Location of a 7th-8th century musical inscription (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.99 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Meaning of Dastak in 18th-century India (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Activity associated with the Dadni system (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.101 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Archaeological Sites: Statements on the Kanaganahalli archaeological site (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.111 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · World History: Leader not in the core leadership of early NAM (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.112 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Society: Statements on the Balutedars (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.113 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: First Viceroy to shift his Council to Simla in summer (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.114 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Literature: Author of the poem Maze Vidyapeeth (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.115 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Founder of the Hindu Dharma Sabha (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.15 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Literature: Language of the political treatise Amuktamalyada (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.16 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Jainism: Incorrect statement about the Shvetambara sect (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.17 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Archaeological Sites: State where the Vikramkhol cave is located (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.18 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Prehistory: Statements on the Levallois technique (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.19 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Science: Statements on Bakshali Manuscript and ancient Indian mathematics (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.20 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Indian Independence Act: Incorrect statement about the Indian Independence Act 1947 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.50 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Marathas: Chronological order of events in Shivaji's career (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Freedom Struggle: Author of The Indian Struggle 1920-1942 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Person who was not a woman Nayanar saint (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Tamil Society: Wrongly matched term and meaning from early South India (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.54 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Gupta Architecture: State where the Gupta-era Deogarh temple stands (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Chola Art: Statements on the Chola Nataraja bronze (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Marathas: Statements on Shivaji's embassy to the English at Bombay (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.71 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Kingdoms: Age of the Tamil confederacy in Kharavela's inscription (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.72 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Statements on the Assamese saint Shankardeva (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.73 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: What impressed Abdur Razzaq at Calicut (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.84 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Prehistory: Statements on Palaeolithic tools and Isampur (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Science: Statements on science in medieval South India (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.86 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · South Indian Dynasties: Dynasty that issued records first in Prakrit then Sanskrit (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.87 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Gurjara-Pratiharas: Author of Mihira Bhoja's Gwalior Prashasti (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.88 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Religious Movements: Tradition the Sahajiya cult is associated with (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.111 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Festivals: Match north-east festivals with states (official answer: C) PDF
CDS2022
- Q.50 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Statements on the Shalabhanjika motif at Sanchi (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Administration: Year of the first telegraph link between Europe and India (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti and Sufi Movements: Founder of the Virashaiva movement in Karnataka (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: British officer who brought Hampi's ruins to light (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.54 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: Krishnadevaraya's Telugu work on statecraft (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Terms for a peasant in Mughal-era Indo-Persian sources (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.68 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Bengali woman who serialised 'Amar Katha' (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.69 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Chronological order of early Gandhian events (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Events that make 1916 important (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Members of the Serampore Mission (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Peasant Movements: Statements on 19th-century peasant revolts (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Which is not part of Kautilya's Saptanga theory (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.83 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Statements about Ashoka's faith in Buddhism (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Identify the gana-sangha among Mahajanapadas (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Administration: Reform that gave separate electorates to Muslims (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Revolutionary Movements: Founders of the HSRA in 1928 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Who was not a No-Changer (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.97 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Revolutionary Movements: Headquarters of the Ghadar Party (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.98 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Mismatched newspaper and editor pair (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.99 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Expansion: Term not part of Wellesley's Subsidiary Alliance (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.35 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval India: What Manigramam and Nanadesi were (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.36 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Battle in which Marthanda Varma defeated the Dutch (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.37 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: School of philosophy of Kumarila Bhatta and Prabhakara (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.38 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: What the Tolkappiyam is (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.39 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: River on which ancient Mahishmati stood (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: What a munjaniq was (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Match Sanskrit works with their authors (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Vedic Period: River of the Battle of Ten Kings (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · British Rule: What worsened the Bengal famine of 1769-70 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.68 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Work not by Ashvaghosha (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Philosophy: Schools of the Charvaka tradition (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval India: Terms used for Muslims in Sanskrit texts (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilisation: Harappan city with many large reservoirs (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval India: Statements on iron stirrups in cavalry warfare (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.97 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · British Foreign Policy: Aim of 19th-century British policy towards Afghanistan (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.113 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Early Medieval India: Who seized Kanyakubja after Harshavardhana (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.114 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Purana first narrating the Prahlad legend (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.115 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Incorrect statement on ownership in Smriti texts (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.116 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Labour Movement: Who was not a woman labour leader in the 1920s (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.118 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Thinker who first proposed food-for-work in famines (official answer: A) PDF
CDS2021
- Q.7 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Correct statement about the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.8 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Founder of the Bhil Seva Mandal in 1922 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.9 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Who moved a 1911 bill for free compulsory primary education (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.10 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Administration: Correct statement on Act V of 1843 on slavery (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.11 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Maratha History: Maratha statesman who signed the Treaty of Bassein, 1802 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.12 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: Rulers associated with the Amara-Nayaka system (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.29 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Whom Francois Bernier served as physician (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.30 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern Economic History: British firm taken over by the Soorajmull-Nagarmull group (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.31 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Land Revenue: Incorrect statement about the ryotwari settlement (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.32 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Administration: Incorrect statement about the Indian Medical Service (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.33 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · East India Company: When the Company lost its China trade monopoly (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.44 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Maratha History: Chronological order of Anglo-Maratha treaties (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.45 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Revolts Against British: Statements about the Sanyasi and Faqir rebellions (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.46 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: District where a parallel government was set up in 1943 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.47 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Founder of the Central Hindu School at Benaras (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Who was known as 'Lokahitwadi' (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Socialist who urged women's inclusion in the salt march (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Painter not associated with Humayun (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Literature: Match Bengali poets with their poetical works (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Akbar's scholar who translated Lilavati into Persian (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Founder of the Marathi newspaper 'Kesari' (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.41 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: King praised in the Prayaga Prashasti (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.42 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Founder of the Self-Respect Movement (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.43 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Location of ancient Taxila (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.44 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Who was not a Jain Tirthankara (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.45 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Gandhi's first major public appearance in India (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.46 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Statements about historical personalities in sources (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.57 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: Source with an illustration of moving the Topra pillar (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Temple Architecture: Identify the Vaishnavite temple (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Jahanara's biography of Muinuddin Chishti (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Which was not a method of the Moderates (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Source of Dayanand Saraswati's inspiration (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Movement that called for renouncing ties with government (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · British Administration: Official made Governor-General after the 1773 Act (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Tribal Movements: Ideas preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har movement (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Founding year of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Pandya port famous for pearls (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti and Sufi Movements: Location of Chisht, home of the Chishti order (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Sikhism: Who organised rules for Sangat worship (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.90 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Indian National Movement: Incorrect statement about the Cripps Mission (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: What Akbar's 1598 farman at Cambay permitted (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: City described by Domingo Paes (official answer: B) PDF
CDS2020
- Q.20 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Civil Disobedience: What the Dandi March was associated with (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.31 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Congress session that declared Purna Swaraj (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.32 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Development: Act that reserved seats for women by community (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.33 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Depressed Classes Movement: Demand of the 1931 Depressed Classes leaders' conference (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.34 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Art and Culture: Founder of the Indian Society of Oriental Art (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.35 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: Sultan who broke the power of the Forty (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.36 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: Mongol leader who did not cross the Indus (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Painting: Painter of Jahangir embracing Shah Abbas (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Administration: Statements on the mansab system (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval South India: Mismatched pair of land terms (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Dynasties: Rulers identified by matronymics (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Correct statement on the Panchatantra (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.75 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Prehistory: Statements on the Stone Age in India (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilisation: Site that mass-produced chert blades (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Battle of Plassey: Author of Siyar-ul-Mutakherin (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Colonial Foreign Policy: Who saw Russian designs as a peril in 1836 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Founder of the Tattvabodhini Sabha (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Colonialism: First Europeans to trade in Africa (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.102 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Development: Act or body that advocated a Federal Court (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.103 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Organisations: Founder of the Seva Samiti at Allahabad (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.104 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Integration of States: Year Hyderabad acceded to India (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.105 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Education Policy: Focus of the Hunter Commission of 1882 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.13 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Women's Movement: Who argued for female franchise before the 1919 committee (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.14 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Religious Reform Movements: Place where the Ahmadiyya movement began (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.15 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Bose's ally in the Holwell Monument agitation (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.16 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Labour Movement: Founder of the All India Trade Union Congress in 1920 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.17 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Labour Movement: India's first proper trade union (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.18 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Organisations: Founder of the Seva Samiti Boy Scouts Association (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.20 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Quit India Movement: Mover of the secret sitting motion in 1942 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.42 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Author of the Satapatra series (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.43 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Moderates: Not a demand of the Congress moderates (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.44 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Muslim Politics: Founder of the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental Defence Association (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.45 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Caste Movements: Community that formed the Triveni Sangh (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.46 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Swarajists: First to accept a ministry in Central Provinces in 1925 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.47 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Liberal Party: Founders of the National Liberal Federation (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.49 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Political Thought: Proposer of the Sapta Kranti idea (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · World War II: What 'Little Boy' was (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Art and Culture: When stucco replaced stone in Gandhara art (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Gupta Empire: Incorrect statement on Gupta coins (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.68 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Revolutionary Movements: Author of The Philosophy of the Bomb (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.69 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Session that passed the Fundamental Rights resolution (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Revolt of 1857: Town that was not a centre of the 1857 revolt (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.71 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Revolt of 1857: Statements on the Azamgarh Proclamation (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.72 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: Sultan who sent Ibn Battuta to China (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.73 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Literature: Language of Al-Biruni's Kitab-ul-Hind (official answer: A) PDF
CDS2019
- Q.1 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Orientalist Scholars: Institution where H. T. Colebrooke taught Sanskrit (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.2 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Agrarian Policy: Aim of the Deccan Agriculturalists' Relief Act of 1879 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.3 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Tribal Movements: Community settled in the Damin-i-Koh by the British (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.4 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Agrarian Policy: Issue addressed by the Limitation Law of 1859 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.5 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Revolt of 1857: Leader of 1857 known as Danka Shah (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.6 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Agrarian Policy: Assumption behind the Summary Settlement of 1856 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.12 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Founder of the All India Scheduled Castes Federation (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.26 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Colonial Architecture: Designer of the Bombay Secretariat (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.27 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Women's Education: Founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.28 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · European Powers in India: European ruler quoted on the commerce of India (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.29 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Foreign Travellers: European traveller quoted on Hindu women's freedom (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.30 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Historiography: Author of the book Plagues and Peoples (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.31 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Historiography: Theorist who called homogenised Hinduism a European construct (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.33 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Indian Independence Act: Change not made by the Indian Independence Act 1947 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.42 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · History of Science: Arab scholar credited with naming a branch of mathematics (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.43 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · World History: Outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.101 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Foreign Policy: Prime Minister who began Afro-Asian solidarity policy (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.106 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Gandhian Era: Tour during which Gandhi adopted the loincloth in 1921 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.107 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Colonial India: War for which Simla was used as a troop base (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.108 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Partition: Politician who opposed a Pakistan meaning separate Raj (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.109 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Historiography: Match historians with their books (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.21 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Colonial Legislation: Chronological order of four colonial laws and reforms (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.29 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: What the Dutt-Bradley thesis proposed (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.30 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Land Tenure: Region of the khuntkatti tenure system (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.31 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Historiography: Author of the book Plagues and Peoples (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.32 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Colonial Administration: Viceroy who started the Indian Agriculture Service (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.33 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Literature: Language of the 16th century text Chandimangala (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.34 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern World History: Soviet leader who blamed China for the 1962 war (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.39 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Political Thought: Author of The Managerial Revolution (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Who the Nayanars were (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Sangam Age: Match Tamil eco-regions with occupations (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Mughal emperor who followed a Naqshbandi leader (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Development: Incorrect statement on the Government of India Act 1919 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Political Thought: Who proposed the Four Pillar State (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.69 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Sources on Ashoka's turn to Buddhism (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Trade: Site showing maritime links on the Coromandel coast (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.73 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Literature: Author of the Vraja Bhakti Vilasa (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.107 (CDS (II) GK) · Assertion-Reason · Ancient India: Assertion-reason on Greek views of Indian farming (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.108 (CDS (II) GK) · Assertion-Reason · Non-Cooperation Movement: Assertion-reason on Non-Cooperation in Punjab (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.109 (CDS (II) GK) · Assertion-Reason · Peasant Movements: Assertion-reason on the Oudh Kisan Sabha (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.110 (CDS (II) GK) · Assertion-Reason · Non-Cooperation Movement: Assertion-reason on UP and Bengal in Non-Cooperation (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.111 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Who the Alvars were (official answer: A) PDF
CDS2018
- Q.60 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Traditions in which Kabir's verses were compiled (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Sufism: What Sufi silsilas signified around the 12th century (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vedic Period: Rigvedic hymn in Mandala 10 on marriage ceremonies (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Non-Cooperation Movement: Statements on participation and features of Non-Cooperation Movement (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · World History: Origin and Roman use of the term 'barbarian' (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Sufism: Incorrect statement on Al-Biruni, Sufism and Yoga (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: European traveller who described Mughal peasants' plight (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Religion: Literary genre developed by the Khojas (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.83 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti Movement: Composers of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Who said a sound body bends itself to the spirit (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Founder of the Phoenix Settlement (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: Ritual platform used by Vijayanagara kings (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Sufi who first developed the idea of Farr-i Izadi (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.97 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Buddhism: Buddhist text with an account of Ashoka (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.98 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Buddhism: Incorrect statement on Buddhist stupas (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.114 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Person who deciphered Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.115 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Early Medieval India: Features of Brahmadeya grants c. 600-1200 AD (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.116 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Sangam Literature: Author of Manimekalai (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.117 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Art and Architecture: Correct statement about Elephanta Island (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.118 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Socio-Religious Reform: Statements on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's ideas (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilisation: Major Harappan site close to Kot Diji (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.56 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Buddhism: Language of the Gandatindu Jataka (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.57 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Sangam Age: Large landowners in Tamil Sangam texts (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Society: Means by which women could acquire wealth per Manusmriti (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Buddhism: Buddhist text with the Avantiputta-Kachchana dialogue on varna (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Trade: Item not a major Indian export to Rome in 1st century AD (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · European Travellers: European traveller who settled in India (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: Who the Amar Nayakas were (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Author of Tarikh-i-Akbari (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Empire: Mughal emperor who favoured Muqarrab Khan (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Later Mughals: First Nawab Wazir of Awadh (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · European Travellers: Material of Varanasi houses per Tavernier (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · British Rule: Governor-General who founded the College of Fort William (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Colonial Economy: Historian who used Buchanan-Hamilton data on deindustrialisation (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Colonial Economy: Person who made tea growing possible in 19th-century India (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Country where Bose started Azad Hind Radio (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Party that accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan on 6 June 1946 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.97 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Peasant Movements: President of All India Kisan Sabha at Vijayawada 1944 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.119 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Peasant Movements: Who took over the Eka Movement in Awadh (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.120 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Organisation founded at the 1915 Haridwar Kumbh (official answer: D) PDF
CDS2017
- Q.57 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Statements on the Ilbert Bill (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Gandhian Thought: Gandhi's meanings of Swaraj (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.60 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Gandhian Thought: Formative influences on Gandhi (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Statements on the SGPC (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Gandhian Thought: Gandhi's speech at the opening of BHU (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Match events with years (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Statements on the Salt March (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.83 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Statements on 1937 provincial elections (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.84 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Social base of the Arya Samaj (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Author of 'A Comparison between Women and Men' (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.87 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Industrial Revolution: Workers' life span in 19th century Manchester (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.88 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · American Revolution: When Washington became commander-in-chief (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.89 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Russian Revolution: Who Alexander Kerensky was (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.111 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · American Revolution: Coercive Acts and the Stamp Act (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.112 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Poona Pact and Ambedkar (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.113 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Incorrect statement on the Depressed Classes Association (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.114 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Incorrect statement on the Justice Party (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.115 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · British Land Revenue: Who started the Ryotwari system (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.35 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Movement: Communists leaving AITUC in 1931 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.36 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Vedic Age: Early Aryan polity and kingship (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.37 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Peasant Movements: Peasant struggle linked to British opium policy (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.38 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Later Mughals: Incorrect statement on the Sayyid brothers (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.39 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Jainism and Buddhism: Statements on heterodox sects (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.40 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · French Revolution: Correct year-event pair (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.41 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Political Thought: Author of The Social Contract (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.73 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Industrial Revolution: Why it began in 18th century England (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: Order Delhi monuments by date (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Historiography: Scholar who called the Mughal state an exploiter (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: Match ancient land types with meanings (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Editor of Indian Social Reformer (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Scholar who first compiled Nibandhas (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Historiography: Scholar on capital and underdevelopment (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Sangam Literature: River praised in Silappadikaram (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilization: Incorrect statement on Harappan culture (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Early Medieval India: Dynasty of Bhaskara in Harshacharita (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.103 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Reform Movements: Bodies founded by Ram Mohan Roy (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.104 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilization: Match Harappan sites with locations (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.105 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Gupta Empire: Incorrect statement on the Gupta period (official answer: B) PDF
CDS2016
- Q.51 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Gandhian Thought: Statements on Gandhi's Hind Swaraj (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · World History: Statements on the 1955 Bandung Conference (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.54 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilization: Archaeologist linking pre-Harappan and Harappan cultures (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Temple Architecture: Common feature of Kailasanatha and Shore Temple (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.56 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Art: Themes not seen in Rajput paintings (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Gupta Empire: Trait of Samudragupta not in Prayag Prashasti (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Subject of Kamandaka's Nitisara (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Subject of Bhaskara's Lilavati (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.75 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Bhakti and Sufi: What Gorakhnath's followers were called (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Sikh History: Name for the 12 Sikh confederacy states (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Gupta Empire: Features of Gupta coins (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.86 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient India: What an agrahara was (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: Statements on Vijayanagara kingship (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Delhi Sultanate: Meaning of iqta in medieval India (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Art: Book not illustrated at Akbar's court (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.104 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vijayanagara Empire: Kingdom of the Hazara Rama temple (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.105 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Inscriptions: Statements on votive inscriptions (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.106 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Literature: Abhinavagupta and Haribhadra tantric texts (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.114 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Ashokan inscriptions at Rummindei and Nigali Sagar (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.115 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Formation of Assam province (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.116 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Foreign Travellers: Statements on Faxian's account (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Agrarian System: Statements on Pahi-kashta peasants (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mughal Agrarian System: Statements on zamindars and peasant revolts (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Mauryan Empire: Ashoka, capital punishment and the army (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Religion and Culture: Gods known as Lokapalas (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Medieval Sources: Source on women's complaints against husbands (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Statements on the all-India census (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Historiography: Match historians with their books (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Temple Architecture: Form of Shiva at Brihadeshvara Temple (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.75 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Religion and Philosophy: Statements on Shankara's philosophy (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Modern India: Statements on the 1875 Deccan Riots (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Culture: Why Gypsies are seen as of Indian origin (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Maratha Administration: Meaning of the term Upari (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Industrial Revolution: Purpose of Arkwright's water frame (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · World History: Guomindang's four great needs (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · World History: Earlier name of Tokyo (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Sangam Literature: What the Silappadikaram refers to (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.83 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Ancient Society: Meaning of Rakshasa form of marriage (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.115 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Harappan Civilization: Statements on Harappan town planning (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.116 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Sangam Age: Match Tamil landscape terms with meanings (official answer: C) PDF
Other General Knowledge topics
- Geography PYQs
- Polity PYQs
- Economy PYQs
- Physics PYQs
- Chemistry PYQs
- Biology PYQs
- Current Affairs, Defence and Sports PYQs
FAQ
How many History and Culture questions come in CDS?
In the official papers we tagged: 41 in 2026, 50 in 2025, 40 in 2024, 45 in 2023, 40 in 2022, 42 in 2021, 45 in 2020, 42 in 2019, 40 in 2018, 38 in 2017 and 40 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 463 questions in all, about 18% of General Knowledge.
Which History and Culture topics repeat in CDS?
Asked in the most papers: Social Reform Movements, National Movement, Vijayanagara Empire. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official CDS questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CDS paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.