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Person S. A. Dange
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 4 years (2015–2019), peaking in 2019.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2019
- Recurs across 2 years (2015–2019)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2015 → CAPF 2019
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.
CAPF2019
Who among the following were jailed in the Kanpur Bolshevik conspiracy case in 1924?
- Muzaffar Ahmad, S. A. Dange, Shaukat Usmani, Nalini Gupta
- Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Usmani
- S. A. Dange and S. V. Ghate
- Muzaffar Ahmad and S. S. Mirajkar
- A Congress Democratic Party : B. G. Tilak ✓
- B Congress Socialist Party : M. N. Roy
- C
- D
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2015
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists
| List I (Leader) | List II (Party) |
|---|
| A. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | 1. Communist Party of India |
| B. Minoo Masani | 2. Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| C. S | 3. Swatantra Party |
| A. Dange | 4. Praja Socialist Party |
| D. Ashok Mehta | |
Codes:
- A A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4 ✓
- B A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2
- C A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4
- D A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Post-Independence India
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