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Place Caspian Sea
Asked 9 times across 4 UPSC exams over 5 years (2019–2024), peaking in 2020.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 5 of 9 PYQs
- Most asked in 2020
- Recurs across 4 years (2019–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2019 → NDA 2020 → CISF 2020 → GEO 2022
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (6 of 9) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
NDA2024
Which one among the following is a landlocked water body ?
- A Mediterranean Sea
- B Black Sea
- C Red Sea
- D Caspian Sea ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Geography › Oceanography
GEO2022
Volga River drains into which one of the following seas?
- A Adriatic Sea
- B Black Sea
- C North Sea
- D Caspian Sea ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Geography › World Regional Geography
CSE2020
Consider the following pairs : River — Flows into
- Mekong — Andaman Sea
- Thames — Irish Sea
- Volga — Caspian Sea
- Zambezi — Indian Ocean
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 3 only
- C 3 and 4 only ✓
- D 1, 2 and 4 only
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Geography › World Regional Geography
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