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Topic Community development
Asked 2 times in CSE over 21 years (1979–2000), peaking in 1979.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 1979
- Recurs across 2 years (1979–2000)
Across exams
CSE · 2How the concept evolved
Largely a pre-2016 idea — watch for a comeback.
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Sample questions
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CSE2000
. " ...... .instill into the vast millions of workers, men and women, who actually do the job, a sense of partnership and of cooperative performance ....... " The above passage relates to
- A Planned Development
- B Community Development ✓
- C Panchayati Raj System
- D Integrated Development Programme
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Polity & Governance › Governance & e-Gov
CSE1979
Q. Panchayati Raj administration is primarily aimed
- A To increase agricultural production
- B To ensure rural development
- C To work for the upliftment ofHarijans
- D To arouse in the people of each area intensive and continuous interest in the community development programme ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Polity & Governance › Local Government
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