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Topic Religious Tolerance
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2020.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2020
- Recurs across 1 years (2020–2020)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2020 → CAPF 2020
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2020
Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription ? "Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely."
- A Ashoka ✓
- B Samudragupta
- C Harshavardhana
- D Krishnadeva Raya
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Ancient India
CAPF2020
Consider the following statements about sulh-i kul
- It means 'absolute peace'
- It provided for freedom of expression to all religions and schools of thought
- The ideal of sulh-i kul was implemented through state policies
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 1, 2 and 3 ✓
- C 3 only
- D 2 and 3 only
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Medieval India
CSE
Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? "Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very severely."
- A Ashoka ✓
- B Samudragupta
- C Harshavardhana
- D Krishnadeva Raya
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Ancient India
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