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Event Third Battle of Panipat
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2023.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2023
- Recurs across 1 years (2023–2023)
Across exams
CSE · 1GEO · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
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GEO2023
Chronologically arrange the following events
- Third Battle of Panipat
- Invasion of Nadir Shah
- Impeachment of Warren Hastings
- The Diwani of Bengal transferred to the East India Company
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A 2-1-4-3 ✓
- B 3-4-2-1
- C 1-3-4-2
- D 4-3-2-1
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CSE
What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdaxli to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat?
- A He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore ✓
- B The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab
- C He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat,
- D He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Medieval India
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