Topics / Modern
History Colonial Rule And Impact
Asked 5 times in UPSC Mains · first asked 2014 · last asked 2023 · 60 total marks
Frequency timeline
Questions per year
Marks distribution
How many marks each question carried
Paper split
Which GS papers ask this topic
All 5 questions
Newest first — expand for options, answers, and explanations
How did the colonial rule affect the tribals in India and what was the tribal response to the colonial oppression?
2023GS-115 marks
How did the colonial rule affect the tribals in India and what was the tribal response to the colonial oppression?
Why did the armies of the British East India Company - mostly comprising of Indian soldiers-win consistently against the more numerous and better equipped armies of the then Indian rulers ? Give reasons.
2022GS-110 marks
Why did the armies of the British East India Company - mostly comprising of Indian soldiers-win consistently against the more numerous and better equipped armies of the then Indian rulers ? Give reasons.
Why was there a sudden spurt in famines in colonial India since the mid-eighteenth century ? Give reasons.
2022GS-110 marks
Why was there a sudden spurt in famines in colonial India since the mid-eighteenth century ? Give reasons.
Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.
2017GS-115 marks
Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.
Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from mid-eighteenth century till independence.
2014GS-110 marks
Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from mid-eighteenth century till independence.