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Event Bhoodan Movement
Asked 7 times across 3 UPSC exams over 3 years (2022–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in NDA — 4 of 7 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 4 years (2022–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
NDA 2022 → CAPF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (5 of 7) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2025
Which of the following statements about the Bhoodan Movement are correct?
- It was aimed at attaining a non-violent society
- It included schemes such as 'Sampattidan' and 'Shramdan'
- It began in a village in Andhra Pradesh in 1951. Select the answer
using the code given below.
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Post-Independence India
NDA2025
Which one of the following statements about the Bhoodan Movement is correct?
- A The target was to get one-sixth of cultivable land in India as donation ✓
- B It was approved through a Central Government Act
- C It was ensured that the donated land was free from all litigation
- D The first donation of land was in Bihar
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Post-Independence India
NDA2024
Acharya Vinoba Bhave received the first donation of land under the Bhoodan Movement at
- A Ramgarh
- B Garhwa
- C Hyderabad
- D Pochampally ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Post-Independence India
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