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Topic Electoral system
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 31 years (1994–2025), peaking in 1994.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 1994
- Recurs across 2 years (1994–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1994 → LDCE 2025
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
LDCE2025
In the First Past the Post System, that candidate is declared winner who :
- A secures the largest number of postal ballots
- B belongs to the party that has highest number of votes in the country
- C has more votes than any other candidate in the constituency
- D submits first nomination without mistakes
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Polity & Governance › Elections & Representation
CSE1994
Q.
Assertion (A)In India, the political parties which formed the governments represented the majority of seats secured in the elections to the House of the People at the Centre and the Legislative Assemblies in the States but not the majority ofvotes
Reason (R)The elections based on the majority vote system decide the result on the basis of relative majority of votes secured
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
- A Both A and Rare true, and R is the correct explanation of A
- B Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
- C A is true, but R is false ✓
- D A is false, but R is true
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Polity & Governance › Elections & Representation
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