Home / Topic / Colonial education
Topic

Colonial education

Asked 5 times across 4 UPSC exams over 8 years (2017–2025), peaking in 2018.
5
PYQs
4
Exams
3
Years active
2017–2025
Span
2018
Peak
5/5
Answers
📅 Full chronological timeline →

Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 2 of 5 PYQs
  • First appeared in CAPF 20171 years before CSE 2018 (allied exams preview CSE)
  • Most asked in 2018
  • Recurs across 3 years (2017–2025)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2017 CSE 2018 CDS 2018 CISF 2025

How the concept evolved

117
318
125
Rising — more than half its appearances (5 of 5) are since 2016.

Related concepts

Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.

Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CISF2025
In which year were the first modern universities set up in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay during the colonial rule ?
  1. A 1829
  2. B 1835
  3. C 1854
  4. D 1857 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CSE2018

Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India ?

  1. Charter Act of 1813
  2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
  3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A 1 and 2 only
  2. B 2 only
  3. C 1 and 3 only
  4. D 1, 2 and 3 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CSE2018

With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs : Institution Founder

  1. Sanskrit College at Benaras — William Jones
  2. Calcutta Madarsa — Warren Hastings
  3. Fort William College — Arthur Wellesley

Which of the pairs given above is/are correct ?

  1. A 1 and 2
  2. B 2 only ✓
  3. C 1 and 3
  4. D 3 only
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)

Study how UPSC repeats — not just the papers

₹199 / 1 year · Founding Member

Full access unlocks the three things no PYQ PDF gives you:
① Cross-exam learning — see the same idea recur across CSE, CAPF, CDS and NDA.
② Topic evolution — how each idea is framed, year by year.
③ Question intelligence — every PYQ + answer, linked to related concepts and similar questions.

e.g. Round Table Conference: CDS 2017 → CSE 2017 → … → CAPF 2024

15 days free, no card required — then ₹199 for 1 year.

Start your 15-day free trial →
CrispUPSC · YouTube · Telegram · About · What’s New · invite-only beta
💬 Feedback

Send feedback