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Topic Fold mountains
Asked 5 times across 3 UPSC exams over 12 years (2012–2024), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 3 of 5 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 4 years (2012–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2012 → CAPF 2021 → NDA 2023
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 5) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2024
Consider the following information : Region | Name of the mountain range | Type of mountain
- Central Asia | Vosges | Fold mountain
- Europe | Alps | Block mountain
- North America | Appalachians | Fold mountain
- South America | Andes | Fold mountain In
how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched ?
- A Only one
- B Only two ✓
- C Only three
- D All four
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Geomorphology
NDA2023
Which one of the following is NOT an example of Fold Mountain ?
- A Mt. Fuji ✓
- B Alps
- C Andes
- D Rockies
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Geography › Geomorphology
CAPF2021
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists
| List I (Fold Mountain) | List II (Country/Continent) |
|---|
| A. Ural | 1. South America |
| B. Appalachians | 2. South Africa |
| C. Drakensberg | 3. Russia |
| D. Andes | 4. North America |
Codes:
- A A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1
- B A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1 ✓
- C A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3
- D A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › World Regional Geography
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