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Topic Aeolian processes
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 29 years (1994–2023), peaking in 1994.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 1994
- Recurs across 3 years (1994–2023)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1994 → CDS 2016
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2023
Which one of the following landforms is/are formed by wind erosion ?
- A Cirque
- B Stack
- C Zeugen ✓
- D Stack and Zeugen both
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Geography › Geomorphology
CDS2016
Which one of the following is not related to wind erosion?
- A Wind gap ✓
- B Zeugen
- C Dreikanter
- D Demoiselle
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Geography › Geomorphology
CSE1994
Barkhan is a
- A Crescent shaped sand-dune ✓
- B Depositional bar, separated by water from the coast
- C Dark coloured, fine-grained rock
- D Glacial erosional feature
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Geography › Geomorphology
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