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Topic Deindustrialization
Asked 8 times across 4 UPSC exams over 8 years (2014–2022), peaking in 2020.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 4 of 8 PYQs
- First appeared in CDS 2014 — 6 years before CSE 2020 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2020
- Recurs across 5 years (2014–2022)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2014 → CAPF 2015 → CSE 2020 → GEO 2022
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (5 of 8) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2022
Which one of the following caused the ruin of the rural artisan industries in India in the 19th Century?
- A Flooding of Indian markets with machine-produced goods on a mass scale ✓
- B Promotion of urban craftsmen
- C Promotion of expensive silk and woolen goods
- D Import of raw materials from Britain at high prices
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CSE2020
Which of the following statements correctly explains the impact of Industrial Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century ?
- A Indian handicrafts were ruined. ✓
- B Machines were introduced in the Indian textile industry in large numbers.
- C Railway lines were laid in many parts of the country.
- D Heavy duties were imposed on the imports of British manufactures.
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CDS2018
The Economic historian, who has used the data collected by Buchanan-Hamilton to support the thesis of deindustrialization in the 19th century India, is
- A Tirthankar Roy
- B Amiya Kumar Bagchi ✓
- C Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
- D Irfan Habib
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
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