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Topic Unemployment
Asked 6 times across 3 UPSC exams over 44 years (1979–2023), peaking in 1979.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 3 of 6 PYQs
- Most asked in 1979
- Recurs across 6 years (1979–2023)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1979 → CDS 2018 → CAPF 2021
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (3 of 6) 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.
CDS2023
The unemployment that occurs due to changes in the technology or in the demand for particular products is called
- A frictional unemployment
- B structural unemployment ✓
- C cyclical unemployment
- D disguised unemployment
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Economy › Poverty/Employment/Inclusion
CAPF2021
Which one among the following statements is not correct?
- A When the economy grows slowly than its potential, the unemployment rate rises.
- B Structural employment occurs when jobs are eliminated by changes in demand for particular goods or due to automation.
- C Recession in the economy leads to cyclical unemployment.
- D At full employment, the measured unemployment rate is negative. ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Economy › Poverty/Employment/Inclusion
CDS2018
The natural rate of unemployment hypothesis was advocated by
- A Milton Friedman ✓
- B A. W. Phillips
- C J. M. Keynes
- D R. G. Lipsey
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Economy › Macroeconomics
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