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Topic Land Reforms
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 1 years (2024–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in NDA — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2024–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
LDCE 2024 → NDA 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
NDA2025
Which one of the following statements about the Bhoodan Movement is correct?
- A The target was to get one-sixth of cultivable land in India as donation ✓
- B It was approved through a Central Government Act
- C It was ensured that the donated land was free from all litigation
- D The first donation of land was in Bihar
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Post-Independence India
LDCE2024
The purpose of land reforms was
- Increase in production
- Increase the purchasing power of the rural population
- Ensure distributive justice with economic growth
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Economy › Planning & Reforms
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