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Person Dadabhai Naoroji
Asked 21 times across 3 UPSC exams over 10 years (2012–2022), peaking in 2015.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 18 of 21 PYQs
- Most asked in 2015
- Recurs across 5 years (2012–2022)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2012 → CAPF 2016 → CDS 2022
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (18 of 21) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
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CDS2022
Who among the following formulated the concept of poverty as a measurable development indicator in the Indian subcontinent ?
- A Dadabhai Naoroji ✓
- B Romesh Chandra Dutt
- C V.K.R.V. Rao
- D M. Ranade
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Economy › Poverty/Employment/Inclusion
CAPF2017
Statement IDadabhai Naoroji argued that what was being drained out was 'potential surplus' that could generate more economic development in India if invested in India
Statement IIImperialists believed that India was brought into the large capitalist world market and that was in itself a progress towards modernization
- A Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
- B Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of Statement I ✓
- C Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- D Statement I is false but Statement II is true
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CAPF2016
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists
| List I (Author) | List II (Book) |
|---|
| A. Dadabhai Naoroji | 1. Essays on Indian Economics |
| B. Prafulla Chandra Ray | 2. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India |
| C. Mahadev Govind Ranade | 3. Economic History of India |
| D. R.C. Dutt | 4. The Poverty Problem in India |
Codes:
- A A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3
- B A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2
- C A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
- D A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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