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Organization Bombay Presidency Association
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 6 years (2019–2025), peaking in 2019.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2019
- Recurs across 3 years (2019–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2019 → CISF 2024 → CDS 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.
CDS2025
Chronologically arrange the formation of the following political associations, beginning from the earliest
- Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
- Indian Association
- Madras Mahajan Sabha
- Bombay Presidency Association Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 1, 2, 3, 4
- B 4, 3, 2, 1
- C 1, 2, 4, 3
- D 3, 4, 1, 2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CISF2024
Who among the following was involved in the formation of the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885?
- A Pherozeshah Mehta ✓
- B Dadabhai Naoroji
- C Allan Octavian Hume
- D M. G. Ranade
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CAPF2019
Arrange the establishment of the following in a chronological order (starting with the earliest)
- The East India Association
- The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
- The Madras Mahajan Sabha
- The Bombay Presidency Association
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- A 1, 2, 3, 4 ✓
- B 1, 3, 2, 4
- C 2, 3, 4, 1
- D 3, 2, 1, 4
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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