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Event Deccan Riots
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 3 years (2022–2025), peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 2 years (2022–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2022 → GEO 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2025
The Deccan Riots of 1875 were peasant rebellions against which of the following classes?
- A Zamindars
- B British Officials at Poona
- C Moneylenders/Sahukars ✓
- D Patels/Village Headmen
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CDS2022
Consider the following statements
- In the 19th century, peasants in various parts of India rose in revolt against moneylenders and grain dealers
- In May 1875, at village Supa in Poona District in the Bombay Deccan, peasants attacked shopkeepers, burnt the bahi khatas (account books), looted grain shops and set fire to the houses of Sahukars
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 › Modern India (1757–1857)
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