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Topic Disaster management
Asked 6 times across 2 UPSC exams over 5 years (2020–2025), peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 3 of 6 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 4 years (2020–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2020 → CISF 2022
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (6 of 6) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
Which of the following statements with reference to National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) is/are correct ?
- It was constituted in the year 2006
- Under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the Institute has been entrusted to assist in national level policy formulation with reference to Disaster Management. Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
CISF2022
Landslide caused due to civil construction work in a hilly area is :
- A a man-made disaster.
- B a natural disaster.
- C None of the above
- D Both (a) and (b) above ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Defence & Military Studies › Internal Security
CISF2022
In which of the following States, is an NDRF Battalion not located ?
- A Himachal Pradesh ✓
- B Uttar Pradesh
- C Arunachal Pradesh
- D None of the above
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Defence & Military Studies › Internal Security
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