Place Korkai
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 2 years (2021–2023), peaking in 2023.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- First appeared in CDS 2021 — 2 years before CSE 2023 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2023
- Recurs across 2 years (2021–2023)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2021 → CSE 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.
CSE2023
With reference to ancient South India, Korkai, Poompuhar and Muchiri were well known as
- A capital cities
- B ports ✓
- C centres of iron-and-steel making
- D shrines of Jain Tirthankaras
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Ancient India
CDS2021
Which one of the following was an important Pandya port, celebrated for its pearls in Sangam poems and Greek accounts?
- A Muchiri
- B Korkai ✓
- C Puhar
- D Arikamedu
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Ancient India
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