How to prepare History for Competitive exams

In general, History syllabus is be broadly divided into three for all competitive exams, let it be UPSC, CDS, AFCAT, SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO, Stenographer or state PSC exams(SI Constable, VRO or others). GK questions of History mcq play a vital part in the success of the students. The areas in with students have to focus are:

• Ancient History
• Medieval History
• Modern Indian History

Type of questions asked in Ancient Indian History

Ancient history is the period from the start of known human history to about 1000 AD.  The most important part of Ancient History is Indus Valley Civilization, Paleolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic. Students are advised to cover all the topics covered in the mcq objective type questions of Early Art and Architecture, Indus valley civilization, Aryan Civilization, Gupta Age, Buddhism and Jainism, Battle of Hydapses, Invasion of India by Alexander, kingdoms such as Rashtrakudas, Chalukyas, Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas, Pallavas, etc., Achievements of Raja Raja Chola and Rajendra Chola such as the building of Tanjore big temple, annexing Odisha, Bengal, Sri Lanka and influence on parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Type of questions asked in Medieval History

Medieval history starts approximately from 10th century AD to the fall of the Mughals. Students have to cover the syllabus pertaining to Vijayanagar and Bahmini kingdoms, battle of Panipat, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi to establish the Mughal dynasty, and the Mughals and Marathas dominate Empires, Akbar, Din-i-ilahi, khilji empire, Sher Shah Suri, Shahjahan, Construction of Taj Mahal, Aurangazeb, slave dynasty, at the same time questions from Sikh empire are also asked.

Type of questions asked in Modern History

Syllabus for Modern Indian history starts with the advent of Vasco-da-Gama to India followed by French and Dutch. For answering the mcq of Modern Indian History students are advised to start with events of importance are the battles of Plassey, Buxar, Wandiwash, etc, various Viceroys and their reforms cum policies, sepoy mutiny of 1857, and 18^th century revolt etc..

Coming to the 19^th century, important events are Freedom struggle of India, Various freedom fighters, the establishment of Arya Samaj, Brahma Samaj, Swadeshi movements, the formation of INC, Theosophical Society, Non-co-operation movement, Quit India movement, etc are important, at the same it is often found that the mcq are asked from Also, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Chauri Chaura incident, Black Hole tragedy, Bengal famine,  Dandi March, India’s participation in the World Wars, Independence of India and Pakistan, Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Drafting of Constitution, etc.

We have covered most of the GK of History questions asked in previous years papers of various competitive exams of Indian History and will upgrade the content from time to time. Do follow the MCQ page for regular updates pertaining to mcq questions on history, history mcq for ssc cgl, History mcq  for rrb. mcq questions on history for cds exam, upsc history mcq