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Topic Glacial landforms
Asked 4 times across 3 UPSC exams over 4 years (2018–2022), peaking in 2021.
Key insights
- Most tested in NDA — 2 of 4 PYQs
- Most asked in 2021
- Recurs across 3 years (2018–2022)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2018 → NDA 2021 → GEO 2021
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (4 of 4) are since 2016.
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.
NDA2022
If you want to observe moraines, eskers and outwash plains, which one of the following Union Territories you may have to visit?
- A Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- B Lakshadweep
- C Puducherry
- D Ladakh ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Geography › Geomorphology
NDA2021
Basket-of-eggs topography is related to
- A Drumlins. ✓
- B Eskers.
- C Cirques.
- D Moraines.
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Geography › Geomorphology
GEO2021
Roughly conical hills, composed of sorted glacio-fluvial deposits, are called:
- A Erratics
- B Drumlins
- C Kames
- D Eskers
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Geography › Geomorphology
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