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Uttar Pradesh

Asked 18 times across 6 UPSC exams over 46 years (1979–2025), peaking in 2018.
18
PYQs
6
Exams
12
Years active
1979–2025
Span
2018
Peak
16/18
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 9 of 18 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2018
  • Recurs across 12 years (1979–2025)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1979 CDS 2016 NDA 2021 GEO 2021 CISF 2023 CAPF 2025

How the concept evolved

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Long-running — most appearances (9 of 18) 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
The Ghatampur Thermal Power Project is located at
  1. A Bihar
  2. B Uttar Pradesh
  3. C Madhya Pradesh
  4. D Gujarat
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Geography › Indian Economic Geography
CDS2023
Where is the famous Gupta period Deogarh Temple situated ?
  1. A Uttar Pradesh ✓
  2. B Madhya Pradesh
  3. C Chhattisgarh
  4. D Rajasthan
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Art & Culture › Architecture & Sculpture
CISF2023

Which of the following coal-based power plants are situated in Uttar Pradesh?

  1. Darlipali
  2. Dadri
  3. Singrauli
  4. Vindhyachal

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A 1 and 3 only
  2. B 2 and 3 only ✓
  3. C 2 and 4 only
  4. D 3 and 4 only
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Indian Economic Geography

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