Place Vietnam
Asked 5 times across 2 UPSC exams over 43 years (1979–2022), peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 4 of 5 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 4 years (1979–2022)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1979 → CDS 2014
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (4 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.
CSE2022
Consider the following statements
- Vietnam has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world in the recent years
- Vietnam is led by a multi-party political system
- Vietnam's economic growth is linked to its integration with global supply chains and focus on exports
- For a long time Vietnam's low labour costs and stable exchange rates have attracted global manufacturers
- Vietnam has the most productive e-service sector in the Indo-Pacific region
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- A 2 and 4
- B 3 and 5
- C 1, 3 and 4 ✓
- D 1 and 2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Economy › External Sector & Trade
CDS2014
Consider the following statements about colonial economy of Vietnam (Indo-China)
- The colonial economy in Vietnam was primarily based on rice cultivation and rubber plantations
- All the rubber plantations in Vietnam were owned and controlled by a small Vietnamese elite
- Indentured Vietnamese labour was widely used in the rubber plantations
- Indentured labourers worked on the basis of contracts that did not specify any rights of labourers but gave immense power to the employers
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1, 3 and 4 ✓
- B 1 and 4 only
- C 2 and 3
- D 1 only
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › World History
CSE1995
The final Agent Orange raid in Vietnam took place in 1970- areas have begun to bloom again. But 19 years after the war's end, it seems plain that Agent Orange is killing and maiming human beings, something it never intended to do. The apparent toxic fallout from those clouds-is a crop of human miseries including cancers, miscarriages and birth defects that may persist for decades." The offensive substance referred to in this quotation is:
- A DDT used as insecticide
- B A complex mixture of herbicides and weedicides used to increase agricultural output in the South Vietnam under the
- C A complex mixture of DDT and other insecticides used at aerial sprays for protection against malaria and other tropical
- D Dioxin used as defoliants ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Environment & Ecology › Pollution & Waste
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