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Place Maharashtra
Asked 15 times across 3 UPSC exams over 32 years (1993–2025), peaking in 2016.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 10 of 15 PYQs
- Most asked in 2016
- Recurs across 10 years (1993–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1993 → CDS 2014 → NDA 2022
How the concept evolved
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Rising — more than half its appearances (8 of 15) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
The Kalaram temple, known for temple entry movements in the early twentieth century, is located in which state of India ?
- A Maharashtra
- B Kerala
- C Tamil Nadu
- D Gujarat
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2024
Consider the following statements about the Jorwe culture of the Deccan
- It covers, practically, the whole of modern Maharashtra except the coastal Konkan district
- The Pravara-Godavari valleys seem to have been the nuclear zone
- The large sites of this culture yield evidence of shifting agriculture
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 1 and 2 only ✓
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Ancient India
NDA2022
Consider the following statements
- Maharashtra State has the maximum share of national highways (length in kilometres)
- The nature of terrain and the level of economic development is one of the reasons for the maximum share of national highways in Maharashtra
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2 ✓
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Geography › Indian Economic Geography
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