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Mars

Asked 3 times in CSE over 14 years (1994–2008), peaking in 1994.
3
PYQs
1
Exams
3
Years active
1994–2008
Span
1994
Peak
2/3
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 3 of 3 PYQs
  • Most asked in 1994
  • Recurs across 3 years (1994–2008)

Across exams

CSE · 3

How the concept evolved

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Largely a pre-2016 idea — watch for a comeback.

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Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2008
In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?
  1. A Earth and Jupiter
  2. B Jupiter and Saturn ✓
  3. C Saturn and Earth
  4. D Saturn and Neptune
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Geomorphology
CSE2003
In the year 2001, NASA launched a spacecraft to Mars named (2002)
  1. A Mars Climate Orbiter
  2. B Mars Global Surveyor
  3. C Mars Odyssey
  4. D Mars Polar Lander
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Science & Technology › Space Tech
CSE1994
The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth'. This is true of
  1. A Uranus
  2. B Neptune
  3. C Saturn
  4. D Mars ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Science & Technology › Space Tech

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