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Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 9 years (2011–2020), peaking in 2011.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2011
- Recurs across 2 years (2011–2020)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2011 → CDS 2020
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2020
Which one of the following is not an objective of the MGNREGA?
- A Providing up to 100 days of skilled labour in a financial year ✓
- B Creation of productive assets
- C Enhancing livelihood security
- D Ensuring empowerment to women
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Social Issues & Welfare › Welfare Schemes & Programmes
CSE2011
Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act"?
- A Adult members of only the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households
- B Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households
- C Adult members of households of all backward communities
- D Adult members of any household ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Social Issues & Welfare › Welfare Schemes & Programmes
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