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Topic Acceleration
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 3 years (2020–2023), peaking in 2020.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2020
- Recurs across 3 years (2020–2023)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2020 → CDS 2021 → NDA 2023
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
NDA2023
A particle is moving in a circle of radius R with a constant speed v. Its average acceleration over the time when it moves over half the circle is :
- A v^2/R
- B πv^2/2R
- C 2v^2/πR ✓
- D 0
✓ Correct answer: (C)
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CDS2021
A bus starting from a bus-stand and moving with uniform acceleration attains a speed of 20 km/h in 10 minutes. What is its acceleration?
- A 200 km/h2
- B 120 km/h2 ✓
- C 100 km/h2
- D 240 km/h2
✓ Correct answer: (B)
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CAPF2020
Which one of the following statements for an object falling freely under the influence of gravity is correct?
- A Zero acceleration always implies zero velocity
- B Zero acceleration has no relation with the velocity of the object
- C Zero velocity at any instant necessarily means zero acceleration at that instant
- D Acceleration is constant all throughout the free fall ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
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