How is this test marked?

+2 for a correct answer, −2/3 for a wrong one, 0 for a question you leave. The maximum is 200.

Are these UPSC's questions?

No. They are original questions written in UPSC's style, built from the NCERT history books, with a few that go slightly beyond them. Each answer says where to read it.

What do I get after the test?

Your score at once, then the report (by cluster, evidence, question type, difficulty, trap words, guess risk), what to read next and a 7-day revision order, with every answer explained. The report needs you to be signed in.

No. The history tests are part of the PYQ Test Pass: ₹299 until 30 November (₹499 after), one payment, valid until the Prelims 2027 result (30 June 2027). The Pass also opens every Prelims and CSAT paper as a timed test.

NCERT-based history · in the Test Pass

Ancient India · Test 1

100 questions on Ancient India, written in UPSC's style from the NCERT history books. 2 hours, negative marking. With the Pass: your score at once, then where exactly your marks went.

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100

questions

2 hours

timed

200

maximum marks

What's in this test

Cluster	Questions
Prehistory & the Harappans	15
Vedic age & Mahajanapadas	12
The Mauryas	9
Post-Mauryan, Gupta & knowledge	20
Sangam age & the south	13
Buddhism, Jainism & art	31

Marking: +2 for a correct answer, −2/3 for a wrong one, 0 if you leave it.

What the report shows

Where your marks went by cluster, by type of evidence, by question type and difficulty; the trap words that caught you; what guessing cost you; what to read next and a 7-day revision order. Every answer is explained, with the NCERT chapter or the source to read.

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About this test

How is this test marked?: +2 for a correct answer, −2/3 for a wrong one, 0 for a question you leave. The maximum is 200.
Are these UPSC's questions?: No. They are original questions written in UPSC's style, built from the NCERT history books, with a few that go slightly beyond them. Each answer says where to read it.
What do I get after the test?: Your score at once, then the report (by cluster, evidence, question type, difficulty, trap words, guess risk), what to read next and a 7-day revision order, with every answer explained. The report needs you to be signed in.
Is it free?: No. The history tests are part of the PYQ Test Pass: ₹299 until 30 November (₹499 after), one payment, valid until the Prelims 2027 result (30 June 2027). The Pass also opens every Prelims and CSAT paper as a timed test.

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