# History and Freedom Movement NDA PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)

> History and Freedom Movement NDA PYQs: all 291 questions from 42 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/nda/topics/gk-history/

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## Answer first

History and Freedom Movement PYQs (previous year questions) for NDA: History and Freedom Movement (General Knowledge) had **291 questions** across the 42 official NDA papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 21 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Freedom Movement, Medieval India, Ancient India.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise History and Freedom Movement PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's History and Freedom Movement questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. 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.

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## FAQ

### How many History and Freedom Movement questions come in NDA?
In the official papers we tagged: 19 in 2026 (2 papers), 26 in 2025 (2 papers), 28 in 2024 (2 papers), 31 in 2023 (2 papers), 30 in 2022 (2 papers), 25 in 2021 (2 papers), 13 in 2020 (1 paper), 35 in 2019 (2 papers), 27 in 2018 (2 papers), 32 in 2017 (2 papers) and 25 in 2016 (2 papers). That is 291 questions in all, about 14% of General Knowledge.

### Which History and Freedom Movement topics repeat in NDA?
Asked in the most papers: Freedom Movement, Medieval India, Ancient India. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official NDA questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official NDA paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.