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Place Soviet Union
Asked 6 times across 3 UPSC exams over 45 years (1980–2025), peaking in 1980.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 4 of 6 PYQs
- Most asked in 1980
- Recurs across 6 years (1980–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1980 → NDA 2020 → CAPF 2025
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (4 of 6) 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.
CAPF2025
Consider the following statements about international events
- The First Gulf War was related to the Iraq invasion of Kuwait
- Mikhail Gorbachev was the President of the Soviet Union at the time of its disintegration
- Boris Yeltsin was the first elected President of Russia
How many of the statements given above are correct?
- A Nil
- B 1
- C 2
- D 3
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › World History
NDA2020
The Five Year Plan was first launched in
- A China
- B USSR
- C India ✓
- D Bhutan
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Economy › Planning & Reforms
CSE1994
Assertion (A)The USA reemerged as India's single largest import source in the early nineties
Reason (R)With swift political developments in the erstwhile Soviet Union, India gradually began to rely on the USA for its defense requirements
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
- A Both A and Rare true, and R is the correct explanation of A
- B Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
- C A is true, but R is false ✓
- D A is false, but R is true
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Economy › External Sector & Trade
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