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Topic Monotheism
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 7 years (2014–2021), peaking in 2014.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2014
- Recurs across 2 years (2014–2021)
Across exams
CDS · 2CSE · 1How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (2 of 3) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2021
Which of the following ideas was preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har movement in the 1870s?
- A Acceptance of the Hindu pantheonic order
- B Monotheism and internal social reform ✓
- C Philosophy of Yoga and Mimansa
- D Polytheism
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Society & Social Institutions
CDS2014
Statement IRam Mohan Roy in his famous work Gift to Monotheism put forward weighty arguments against belief in many Gods and for the worship of a single God
Statement IIRam Mohan Roy in his Precepts of Jesus tried to separate the moral and philosophic message of the New Testament
- A Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
- B Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I ✓
- C Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- D Statement I is false but Statement II is true
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CSE
The Brahmo Samaj is based on the principles of
- A ✓
- B Polytheism
- C Atheism
- D Monism
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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