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Person Colin Mackenzie
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 10 years (2014–2024), peaking in 2014.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2014
- Recurs across 3 years (2014–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2014 → GEO 2024
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2024
Which among the following statements about Vijayanagara are correct ?
- Colin Mackenzie was the first Surveyor General of India to visit Vijayanagara
- John Marshall was the first to take detailed photographs of the site
- James Burgess was the first to undertake conservation of Hampi. Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 1 only ✓
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1, 2 and 3
- D 1 and 2
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CDS2022
The ruins of Hampi were brought to light by which of the following British officers of the East India Company ?
- A Colonel Colin Mackenzie ✓
- B James Prinsep
- C William Jones
- D James Rennell
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CDS2014
The ruins of the Vijayanagara at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by
- A Colonel Colin Mackenzie ✓
- B Sir John Shore
- C Andrew Fraser
- D John Marshall
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Medieval India
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