Topic Home Rule
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 3 years (2022–2025), peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 2 years (2022–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2022 → EPFO 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) 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.
EPFO2025
Which of the following statements about Home Rule Movement is/are correct ?
- The advocates of the Home Rule Movement believed in constitutional methods and were opposed to violence and revolutionary action
- In 1917, the two Home Rule Leagues of Lokmanya Tilak and Annie Besant worked in cooperation with each other
- Annie Besant confined her activities to the Bombay Presidency and the Central Provinces and the rest of India was left to Lokmanya Tilak. Select the answer
using the codes given below :
- A 1 and 2
- B 2 and 3
- C 1 only
- D 3 only
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2022
The year 1916 is important in Indian history for
- Lucknow Session of the Congress
- Congress – League Pact
- Formation of Home Rule League
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- A 1 and 3 only
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1 and 2 only
- D 1, 2 and 3 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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