Place Hiroshima
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 5 years (2020–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2020–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2020 → CAPF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2025
The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are situated on which of the following islands?
- A Kyushu and Shikoku respectively
- B Kyushu and Honshu respectively
- C Honshu and Kyushu respectively
- D Honshu and Shikoku respectively
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Geography › World Regional Geography
CDS2020
What is 'Little Boy'?
- A The fission bomb dropped at Hiroshima ✓
- B The fusion bomb dropped at Nagasaki
- C The first nuclear bomb tested by America
- D The first nuclear bomb tested by North Korea
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › World History
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