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Topic Press and nationalism
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 1 years (2022–2022)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2022 → GEO 2022
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.
CDS2022
Which one of the following pairs of Newspaper and Editor is not correctly matched ? (Newspaper / Editor)
- A Navjivan / Mahatma Gandhi
- B Mahratta / Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- C Bengalee / Surendranath Banerjea
- D Voice of India / Gopal Krishna Gokhale ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
GEO2022
Which one of the following was a nationalist newspaper published from Bombay?
- A Som Prakash
- B Rast Goftar ✓
- C Advocate
- D Akhbar-e-Am
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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