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Person Immanuel Kant
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 11 years (2015–2026), peaking in 2015.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2015
- Recurs across 3 years (2015–2026)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2015 → ESE 2026
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
ESE2026
Duty ethics theory was proposed by
- A John Stuart Mill
- B Richard Brandt
- C Jeremy Bentham
- D Immanuel Kant
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Engineering › Engineering Mathematics & General
CDS2024
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists
| List I (Political idea) | List II (Thinker) |
|---|
| A. Human beings, unlike all other objects, possess dignity | 1. Aung San Suu Kyi |
| B. It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves | 2. Subhas Chandra Bose |
| C. Freedom implies not only emancipation from political bondage but also equal distribution of wealth | 3. Immanuel Kant |
| D. For me real freedom is freedom from fear | 4. Mahatma Gandhi |
Codes:
- A A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1
- B A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3
- C A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1 ✓
- D A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Polity & Governance › Political Theory & Jurisprudence
CDS2015
Which one of the following does not form part of Immanuel Kant's theory of 'perpetual peace'?
- A Republican Constitutionalism
- B Federal contract among States to abolish war
- C World Government ✓
- D Transformation of individual consciousness
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Polity & Governance › Political Theory & Jurisprudence
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