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Nobel Prize

Asked 4 times across 2 UPSC exams over 1 years (2025–2026), peaking in 2026.
4
PYQs
2
Exams
2
Years active
2025–2026
Span
2026
Peak
4/4
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 3 of 4 PYQs
  • First appeared in CDS 20251 years before CSE 2026 (allied exams preview CSE)
  • Most asked in 2026
  • Recurs across 2 years (2025–2026)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2025 CSE 2026

How the concept evolved

125
226
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 4) are since 2016.

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Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2026

Consider the following UN organisations/agencies

  1. World Food Programme
  2. United Nations Children's Fund
  3. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  4. International Labour Organisation

How many of the above has/have been awarded the Nobel Prize twice?

  1. A 1 ✓
  2. B 2
  3. C 3
  4. D 4
✓ Correct answer: (A)
International Relations › International Organizations & Groupings
CSE2026
'X', born in the UK, was conferred the Nobel Prize in 2025. He was a professor in an American university when this prize was announced. Identify 'X':
  1. A Michel H. Devoret
  2. B Richard Robson
  3. C John Clarke ✓
  4. D Joel Mokyr
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Current Affairs & Static GK › Persons in News
CDS2025
Which one among the following UN agencies has received the Nobel Prize more than once ?
  1. A ILO
  2. B WFP
  3. C UNICEF
  4. D UNHCR ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
International Relations › International Organizations & Groupings

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