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Topic Social justice
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 18 years (2006–2024), peaking in 2006.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2006
- Recurs across 2 years (2006–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2006 → CDS 2024
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2024
Who among the following stated that 'A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society' ?
- A Vinoba Bhave
- B Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ✓
- C Rammanohar Lohia
- D Jayaprakash Narayan
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Polity & Governance › Political Theory & Jurisprudence
CSE2006
. Consider the following statements
- There is no provision in the Constitution of India to encourage equal pay for equal work for both men and women
- The Constitution of India does not define backward classes
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: (B)
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