Topic Malware
Asked 4 times across 3 UPSC exams over 2 years (2023–2025), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in ESE — 2 of 4 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 3 years (2023–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CBI 2023 → ESE 2024 → CDS 2025
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.
CDS2025
Which among the following is a malicious software ?
- A Hacking
- B Password Cracking
- C Trojan Horse ✓
- D Firewall
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Science & Technology › IT/Computing/Cyber
ESE2024
Which one of the following is a harmful program that resides in the active memory of the computer and duplicates itself without human intervention, often sending copies of themselves to other computers by email?
- A Worms ✓
- B Viruses
- C Bugs
- D Spam
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Science & Technology › IT/Computing/Cyber
ESE2024
Which one of the following is a set of programs that enables its user to gain administrator-level access to a computer without the end user's consent or knowledge?
- A Distributed Denial-of-Service
- B Phishing
- C Smishing
- D Rootkit ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Science & Technology › IT/Computing/Cyber
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