Place Chennai
Asked 8 times across 2 UPSC exams over 42 years (1979–2021), peaking in 2014.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 7 of 8 PYQs
- Most asked in 2014
- Recurs across 4 years (1979–2021)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1979 → NDA 2021
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (7 of 8) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
NDA2021
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists
| List I (Place) | List II (Feature) |
|---|
| A. Mumbai | 1. Queen of the Arabian Sea |
| B. Visakhapatnam | 2. Biggest port of India |
| C. Chennai | 3. Land-locked harbour |
| D. Kochi | 4. Oldest port on the Eastern Coast |
Codes:
- A A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1
- B A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1 ✓
- C A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
- D A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Maps & Location
CSE2014
Consider the following pairs : National Highway : Cities connected
- NH 4 : Chennai and Hyderabad
- NH 6 : Mumbai and Kolkata
- NH 15 : Ahmedabad and Jodhpur
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 3 only
- C 1, 2 and 3
- D None ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Geography › Indian Economic Geography
CSE2009
. In India, the first Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following?
- A Calcutta
- B Madras ✓
- C Bombay
- D Delhi
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Polity & Governance › Local Government
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