Topic Floods
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 16 years (1998–2014), peaking in 1998.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 1998
- Recurs across 2 years (1998–2014)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1998 → CDS 2014
How the concept evolved
Largely a pre-2016 idea — watch for a comeback.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2014
Which of the following are the most important reason/reasons of flood becoming a destructive natural hazard in the Ganga-Brahmaputra valley?
- Due to population pressure more and more people are living in flood prone areas
- Increased frequency and magnitude of landslide and soil erosion in the upper catchments
- Increase in the amount and intensity of rainfall in the north-western part of India
- A 1 only
- B 1 and 2 only ✓
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
CSE1998
Assertion (A)Floods are a recurring feature in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
Reason (R)The Indo-Gangetic Plain is built of porous and soft alluvium
- A Both A and Rare true, and R is the correct explanation of ✓
- 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: (A)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
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