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Topic Colonial infrastructure
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 1 years (2022–2022)
Across exams
CSE · 1CDS · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
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CDS2022
In which one of the following years was the first telegraphic connection established between Europe and India ?
- A 1851
- B 1854
- C 1865 ✓
- D 1871
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CSE
Railway and Telegraphy systems were introduced in India by
- A Lord Dalhousie ✓
- B Lord Cornwallis
- C Lord Bentinck
- D Lord Wellesley
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
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