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Topic Communalism
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 4 years (2022–2026), peaking in 2026.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 3 PYQs
- First appeared in CDS 2022 — 4 years before CSE 2026 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2026
- Recurs across 2 years (2022–2026)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2022 → CSE 2026
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 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.
CSE2026
Consider the following assertion: The genesis of political alliances based on community lay in the very nature of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919. Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?
- Reforms retained and extended the principle of separate electorates
- Separate electorates were supposed to counter Indian nationalism, which was growing stronger
- Deprived classes rallied around the favours inherent in separate electorates
- A 1 only
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1 and 2 only
- D 1, 2 and 3 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2022
The provision for separate electorate for Muslims was given in :
- A Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909 ✓
- B Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
- C Communal Award, 1932
- D Government of India Act, 1935
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because:
- A The principal of two-Nation theory was then acceptable to them
- B It was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard
- C They wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots ✓
- D India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857?1947)
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