Topic Inflation
Asked 56 times across 4 UPSC exams over 46 years (1979–2025), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 34 of 56 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 26 years (1979–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1979 → CDS 2014 → EPFO 2016 → CAPF 2019
How the concept evolved
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Long-running — most appearances (29 of 56) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
While calculating the consumer price index, 'housing' as an item is classified as :
- A Core consumer durable
- B Core consumer non-durable
- C Core capital goods
- D Core service ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CDS2025
Core inflation is :
- A CPI headline inflation minus all non-food items
- B WPI inflation minus all food and non-food items
- C CPI headline inflation minus food and energy items ✓
- D WPI inflation minus food and energy items
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CDS2025
The practice of reducing the size of a product while maintaining its sticker price is called :
- A Shrinkflation
- B Reflation
- C Disinflation
- D Deflation
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Economy › Macroeconomics
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