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Event Partition of Bengal
Asked 15 times across 2 UPSC exams over 9 years (2014–2023), peaking in 2014.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 14 of 15 PYQs
- Most asked in 2014
- Recurs across 3 years (2014–2023)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2014 → GEO 2023
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (13 of 15) 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.
GEO2023
Who among the following was the Viceroy of India in 1905, when the Partition of Bengal was announced?
- A Lord Ripon
- B Lord Canning
- C Lord Curzon ✓
- D Lord Minto
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE2016
The 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott' were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the
- A agitation against the Partition of Bengal
- B Home Rule Movement
- C Non-Cooperation Movement ✓
- D visit of the Simon Commission to India
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE2014
The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in 1905 lasted until
- A the First World War when Indian troops were needed by the British and the partition was ended
- B King George V abrogated Curzon's Act at the Royal Durbar in Delhi in 1911 ✓
- C Gandhiji launched his Civil Disobedience Movement
- D the Partition of India in 1947 when East Bengal became East Pakistan
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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