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Person Amartya Sen
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 9 years (2016–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 3 years (2016–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
EPFO 2016 → CDS 2017 → CAPF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2025
Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists
| List I (Author) | List II (Book) |
|---|
| A. John M. Keynes | 1. Poor Economics |
| B. Paul Samuelson | 2. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money |
| C. Amartya Sen | 3. Collective Choice and Social Welfare |
| D. Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo | 4. Foundations of Economic Analysis |
Codes:
- A A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
- B A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1
- C A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
- D A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CDS2017
Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to
- A Monetary Economics
- B Welfare Economics ✓
- C Environmental Economics
- D Development Economics
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Economy › Macroeconomics
EPFO2016
Who among the following is the author of the book, Choice of Techniques?
- A A. K. Sen ✓
- B K. N. Raj
- C V. K. R. V. Rao
- D Sukhamoy Chakravarty
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Economy › Planning & Reforms
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