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Asked 8 times across 2 UPSC exams over 1 years (2025–2026), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CISF — 7 of 8 PYQs
- First appeared in CISF 2025 — 1 years before CSE 2026 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2025–2026)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CISF 2025 → CSE 2026
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (8 of 8) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2026
Which of the following statements about a Zero First Information Report (Zero FIR) under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 is/are correct?
- A Zero FIR can be lodged at a police station, even though the place of commission of a cognizable/non-cognizable offence is outside the territorial jurisdiction of that police station
- The Officer-in-Charge of the police station where a Zero FIR has been lodged may, with the permission of the competent authority, initiate a preliminary enquiry
- Under Zero FIR, it is obligatory for the informant to furnish information electronically
- A 1, 2 and 3
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1 only
- D 2 only ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Polity & Governance › Governance & e-Gov
CISF2025
When can an arrest be made by a private person under the Bharatiya Nagarik Surakaha Sanhita, 2023 ?
- A When some person commits a bailable and non-cognizable offence in his presence
- B When a person commits a bailable offence in his presence
- C When a person commits a non-cognizable offence in his presence
- D When a person commits a non-bailable and cognizable offence in his presence ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Law › Procedure (CrPC/BNSS)
CISF2025
Under which one among the following Sections of Bharatiya Nagarik Surakaha Sanhita, 2023, can a registered medical practitioner examine a person accused of rape ?
- A Section 52 ✓
- B Section 53
- C Section 54
- D Section 49
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Law › Procedure (CrPC/BNSS)
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