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Topic Indentured labour
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 11 years (2014–2025), peaking in 2019.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 3 PYQs
- First appeared in CDS 2014 — 5 years before CSE 2019 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2019
- Recurs across 3 years (2014–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2014 → CSE 2019 → CAPF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2025
The indentured system in tea gardens of Assam was abolished in
- A 1926
- B 1934
- C 1938
- D 1946
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE2019
With reference to the British colonial rule in India, consider the following statements
- Mahatma Gandhi was instrumental in the abolition of the system of 'indentured labour'
- In Lord Chelmsford's 'War Conference', Mahatma Gandhi did not support the resolution on recruiting Indians for World War
- Consequent upon the breaking of Salt Law by Indian people, the Indian National Congress was declared illegal by the colonial rulers
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 1 and 3 only
- C 2 and 3 only ✓
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2014
Consider the following statements about colonial economy of Vietnam (Indo-China)
- The colonial economy in Vietnam was primarily based on rice cultivation and rubber plantations
- All the rubber plantations in Vietnam were owned and controlled by a small Vietnamese elite
- Indentured Vietnamese labour was widely used in the rubber plantations
- Indentured labourers worked on the basis of contracts that did not specify any rights of labourers but gave immense power to the employers
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1, 3 and 4 ✓
- B 1 and 4 only
- C 2 and 3
- D 1 only
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › World History
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