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Topic Per capita income
Asked 7 times across 2 UPSC exams over 45 years (1979–2024), peaking in 1979.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 6 of 7 PYQs
- Most asked in 1979
- Recurs across 6 years (1979–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1979 → CDS 2024
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (5 of 7) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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.
CDS2024
Level of per capita GDP depends upon which of the following?
- Proportion of population in the working age
- Work participation rate
- Per worker productivity
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A 3 only
- B 1 and 3 only
- C 1 and 2 only
- D 1, 2 and 3 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CSE2018
Increase in absolute and per capita real GNP do not connote a higher level of economic development, if
- A industrial output fails to keep pace with agricultural output.
- B agricultural output fails to keep pace with industrial output.
- C poverty and unemployment increase. ✓
- D imports grow faster than exports.
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CSE2011
In the context of Indian economy, consider the following statements
- The growth rate of GDP has steadily increased in the last five years
- The growth rate in per capita income has steadily increased in the last five years
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: (D)
Economy › Macroeconomics
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