Topic Vaccines
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 3 years (2021–2024), peaking in 2021.
Key insights
- Most tested in GEO — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2021
- Recurs across 3 years (2021–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2021 → GEO 2022
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) 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.
GEO2024
Which one among the following diseases does not yet have any effective vaccine ?
- A Chicken pox
- B Typhoid
- C Viral Hepatitis C ✓
- D Human Papilloma virus
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Science & Technology › Biology & Health
GEO2022
Covaxin, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in India, is
- A a live attenuated virus vaccine
- B an inactivated whole virus vaccine ✓
- C a messenger RNA vaccine
- D a protein subunit vaccine
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Science & Technology › Biology & Health
CSE2021
With reference to recent developments regarding 'Recombinant Vector Vaccines', consider the following statements
- Genetic engineering is applied in the development of these vaccines
- Bacteria and viruses are used as vectors
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: (C)
Science & Technology › Biotech & Genetics
Study how UPSC repeats — not just the papers
₹199 / 1 year · Founding Member
Full access unlocks the three things no PYQ PDF gives you:
① Cross-exam learning — see the same idea recur across CSE, CAPF, CDS and NDA.
② Topic evolution — how each idea is framed, year by year.
③ Question intelligence — every PYQ + answer, linked to related concepts and similar questions.
e.g. Round Table Conference: CDS 2017 → CSE 2017 → … → CAPF 2024
15 days free, no card required — then ₹199 for 1 year.
Start your 15-day free trial →