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Person Harcourt Butler
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 1 years (2022–2023), peaking in 2023.
Key insights
- Most tested in EPFO — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2023
- Recurs across 2 years (2022–2023)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CISF 2022 → EPFO 2023
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.
EPFO2023
In 1927, Lord Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India, appointed a Committee of three members to enquire into the relationship between the Indian States and the British Government and to make suggestions for more satisfactory adjustment of the existing economic relations between the Indian States and British India. Who among the following was not a member of the Committee?
- A Harcourt Butler
- B A.J. Wilson ✓
- C W.S. Holdsworth
- D S.C. Peel
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CISF2022
Who among the following headed the Indian States Committee formed in the year 1928 ?
- A Motilal Nehru
- B Sir Harcourt Butler ✓
- C Ian Copland
- D M.A. Jinnah
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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