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Eighth Schedule

Asked 11 times across 5 UPSC exams over 46 years (1979–2025), peaking in 2024.
11
PYQs
5
Exams
8
Years active
1979–2025
Span
2024
Peak
10/11
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 5 of 11 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2024
  • Recurs across 8 years (1979–2025)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1979 EPFO 2020 CDS 2022 CISF 2024 LDCE 2024

How the concept evolved

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Rising — more than half its appearances (7 of 11) are since 2016.

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Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
Which, amongst the following, is the latest language to be included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ?
  1. A Maithili ✓
  2. B Nepali
  3. C Konkani
  4. D Manipuri
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework
CDS2025
Which among the following is not a language listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ?
  1. A Manipuri
  2. B Gondi
  3. C Nepali
  4. D Dogri
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework
CSE2024

The Constitution (71st Amendment) Act, 1992 amends the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution to include which of the following languages ?

  1. Konkani
  2. Manipuri
  3. Nepali
  4. Maithili

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A 1, 2 and 3 ✓
  2. B 1, 2 and 4
  3. C 1, 3 and 4
  4. D 2, 3 and 4
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework

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