Place Tapti
Asked 4 times across 3 UPSC exams over 5 years (2020–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 4 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2020–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CISF 2020 → CAPF 2025
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (2 of 4) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2025
Consider the following pairs with reference to National Waterways (NW) in India and the associated rivers : NW No. : River
- NW-1 : Ganga
- NW-4 : Amba
- NW-100 : Tapi
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
- A 1 only
- B 1 and 2 only
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
CISF2020
Which among the following is a west flowing river?
- A Teesta
- B Tapti ✓
- C Subarnarekha
- D Betwa
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
CSE
What is the correct sequence of the rivers Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths?
- A Godavari - Mahanadi - Narmada - Tapi
- B Godavari - Narmada - Mahanadi -Tapi ✓
- C Narmada - Godavari-Tapi-Mahanadi
- D Narmada - Tapi - Godavari - Mahanadi
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
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