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Place North America
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 14 years (2005–2019), peaking in 2005.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2005
- Recurs across 2 years (2005–2019)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2005 → CAPF 2019
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (2 of 3) 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.
CAPF2019
Sonoran is
- A desert area of North America ✓
- B seasonal wind of France
- C cash crop of Mediterranean region
- D tribe in South Africa
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Geography › World Regional Geography
CSE2005
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Continents in the decreasing order of their percentage of Earth's land?
- A North America-Africa-South America-Europe
- B Africa-North America-South America-Europe ✓
- C North America-Africa-Europe-South America
- D Africa-North America-Europe-South America
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › World Regional Geography
CSE
Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World War I based?
- A Central America
- B North America ✓
- C West America
- D South America
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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