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Topic Civil Disobedience
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 8 years (2017–2025), peaking in 2017.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2017
- Recurs across 2 years (2017–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2017 → GEO 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2025
Salt March was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. Who among the following was instrumental in persuading Mahatma Gandhi not to restrict the protest to men alone?
- A Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ✓
- B Avantika Bai Gokhale
- C Sarojini Naidu
- D Mithuben Petit
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CAPF2017
Which among the following was NOT the provision of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
- A Immediate release of all political prisoners of the Civil Disobedience Movement
- B Clause 2 of the March 1931 pact defined 'reservations and safeguards' to cover financial credit of India
- C The return of confiscated land already sold to third parties
- D Reservation of 18 per cent seats for Depressed classes ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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