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Person Jawaharlal Nehru
Asked 33 times across 6 UPSC exams over 40 years (1982–2022), peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 26 of 33 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 8 years (1982–2022)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1982 → CAPF 2014 → CDS 2019 → NDA 2022 → CISF 2022 → GEO 2022
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (26 of 33) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
NDA2022
Who among the following introduced the 'Objective Resolution' in the Constituent Assembly on 13th December, 1946?
- A Jawaharlal Nehru ✓
- B Rajendra Prasad
- C B. R. Ambedkar
- D Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Post-Independence India
CISF2022
The era of planned development is said to have begun with which of the following ?
- A The People's Plan prepared by M.N. Roy in 1945
- B The Bombay Plan prepared by J.R.D. Tata and Others in 1944
- C The Gandhian Plan prepared by S.N. Agarwal in 1944
- D Five-Year Plan presented by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Economy › Planning & Reforms
GEO2022
A Bunch of Old Letters, originally published in 1958, is a collection of letters written to and by
- A Acharya Narendra Dev
- B N. G. Ranga
- C Jawaharlal Nehru ✓
- D Sarojini Naidu
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Art & Culture › Literature & Languages
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