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Organization Congress Socialist Party
Asked 7 times across 4 UPSC exams over 10 years (2015–2025), peaking in 2015.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 4 of 7 PYQs
- Most asked in 2015
- Recurs across 4 years (2015–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2015 → EPFO 2020 → CAPF 2021 → CDS 2025
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (4 of 7) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
Who among the following is the founder of the Congress Socialist Party ?
- A Acharya Narendra Dev
- B Jawaharlal Nehru
- C Motilal Nehru
- D Asoka Mehta
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CAPF2021
Consider the following statements
- The growth of socialist tendency in the national movement led to the foundation of the Congress Socialist Party in 1934 under the leadership of Acharya Narendra Deva and Jayaprakash Narayan
- In 1936, Jawaharlal Nehru urged the Congress to accept socialism as its goal and to bring itself closer to the peasantry and the working class
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2 ✓
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
EPFO2020
Who among the following was not a member of the Socialist group in the Congress Party ?
- A Jayaprakash Narayan
- B Rajendra Prasad ✓
- C N.G. Ranga
- D Narendra Dev
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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