Place Konark
Asked 9 times across 5 UPSC exams over 3 years (2022–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 4 of 9 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2022–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2022 → CAPF 2025 → EPFO 2025 → CISF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (5 of 9) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2025
With reference to the history of Orissa, consider the following statements
- Anantavarman Chodaganga consolidated Orissa into a powerful kingdom and was patron of Sanskrit and Telugu literature
- Anantavarman Chodaganga built the great temple of the Sun God at Konark in Puri district
- Narasimha I effectively checked the external invasion and maintained prosperity in the kingdom. How many statements given above are correct?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D None
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Medieval India
CDS2025
Consider the following statements about the use of stirrup in India
- The Konarak horse sculpture (c. 1250) shows a ring-stirrup
- A broad, probably wooden, stirrup appears in Khajuraho sculptures (probably 10th century)
- The iron-stirrup was used in the Delhi Sultans' armies from the thirteenth century onwards
How many of the above statements is/are correct ?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3 ✓
- D Nil
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Medieval India
EPFO2025
Which one among the following temples in India is referred to as the "Black Pagoda" ?
- A Jagannath Temple, Puri
- B Sun Temple, Konark
- C Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati
- D Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Art & Culture › Architecture & Sculpture
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