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Topic Untouchability
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 8 years (2017–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- First appeared in CAPF 2017 — 8 years before CSE 2025 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2017–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2017 → CSE 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
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.
CSE2025
Subsequent to which one of the following events, Gandhiji, who consistently opposed untouchability and appealed for its eradication from all spheres, decided to include the upliftment of 'Harijans' in his political and social programme?
- A The Poona Pact ✓
- B The Gandhi-Irwin Agreement (Delhi Pact)
- C Arrest of Congress leadership at the time of the Quit India Movement
- D Promulgation of the Government of India Act, 1935
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CAPF2017
Which of the following active step(s) was/were taken by the Congress in 1823 to eradicate untouchability from India?
- Effort to educate and mobilize opinion among caste Hindus
- Efforts to educate the 'avarnas' about the evils of untouchability
- Forcibly open the doors of temples for 'avarnas'
- Petition the Government to pass laws that would declare untouchability unlawful
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- A 1 only
- B 1 and 2
- C 2, 3 and 4
- D 4 only
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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