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Person Sarojini Naidu
Asked 5 times across 2 UPSC exams over 10 years (2015–2025), peaking in 2015.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 3 of 5 PYQs
- Most asked in 2015
- Recurs across 3 years (2015–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2015 → CDS 2020
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (3 of 5) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
With reference to the women achievers in modern India, consider the following statements
- Pandita Ramabai published a book "A Comparison Between Women and Men" where she protested against the colonial view that men enjoyed all the rights, opportunities and benefits of change
- Tarabai Shinde worked in the field of medicine to reduce child mortality in rural India
- Sarojini Naidu led a delegation to London to demand for female franchise. How many of statements given above is/are correct ?
- A 1
- B 2
- C 3
- D None
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2020
Who among the following gave evidence before the Joint Select Committee on the Government of India Bill, 1919 in favour of female franchise?
- Mrs. Annie Besant
- Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
- Mrs. Hirabai Tata
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A 1 only
- B 1 and 2 only
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE2015
Consider the following statements
- The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu
- The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only ✓
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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