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Topic Maratha administration
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 1 years (2024–2025), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 2 years (2024–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2024 → GEO 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2025
Among the Ashtapradhans of Shivaji, who among the following did not hold any military commands besides civil duties?
- Peshwa
- Amatya
- Sumanta
- Pandit Rao
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A 1 only
- B 2 and 3
- C 1 and 4
- D 4 only ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Medieval India
CDS2024
Consider the following statements about the administrative measures of Shivaji
- The scheme of Ashta Pradhan (eight ministers) was completed and announced at the time of Shivaji's coronation with regulations and duties properly defined
- Shivaji introduced Marathi in place of Persian and coined Sanskrit technical terms for administrative purposes
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2 ✓
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Medieval India
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