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Topic

Arid landforms

Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 2 years (2022–2024), peaking in 2022.
2
PYQs
2
Exams
2
Years active
2022–2024
Span
2022
Peak
2/2
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CDS — 1 of 2 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2022
  • Recurs across 2 years (2022–2024)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2022 NDA 2024

How the concept evolved

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Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.

Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
NDA2024
The lowest part of most bolsons is occupied by a landform called playa. Which category of landform formation does it represent ?
  1. A Fluvial landforms
  2. B Arid landforms ✓
  3. C Glacial landforms
  4. D Periglacial landforms
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Geomorphology
CDS2022
A peripediment in a desert or semi-desert region is also known as :
  1. A Inselberg
  2. B Zeugen
  3. C Bajada ✓
  4. D Playa
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Geography › Geomorphology

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