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Topic Natural hazards
Asked 3 times in CDS over 11 years (2014–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 3 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 3 years (2014–2025)
Across exams
CDS · 3How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
Which one among the following is not an atmospheric natural disaster ?
- A Drought
- B Hailstorm
- C Frost
- D Avalanche
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Geography › Climatology
CDS2021
An avalanche is a type of which one of the following disasters?
- A Atmospheric
- B Terrestrial ✓
- C Aquatic
- D Biological
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Geomorphology
CDS2014
Which of the following are the most important reason/reasons of flood becoming a destructive natural hazard in the Ganga-Brahmaputra valley?
- Due to population pressure more and more people are living in flood prone areas
- Increased frequency and magnitude of landslide and soil erosion in the upper catchments
- Increase in the amount and intensity of rainfall in the north-western part of India
- A 1 only
- B 1 and 2 only ✓
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
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