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Person Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 9 years (2015–2024), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- First appeared in CDS 2015 — 9 years before CSE 2024 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 2 years (2015–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2015 → CSE 2024
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) 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.
CSE2024
Consider the following pairs : Party | Its Leader
- Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
- Socialist Party | C. Rajagopalachari
- Congress for Democracy | Jagjivan Ram
- Swatantra Party | Acharya Narendra Dev
How many of the above are correctly matched ?
- A Only one
- B Only two ✓
- C Only three
- D All four
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Post-Independence India
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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