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Viral disease

Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 8 years (2016–2024), peaking in 2016.
2
PYQs
2
Exams
2
Years active
2016–2024
Span
2016
Peak
2/2
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 2 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2016
  • Recurs across 2 years (2016–2024)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2016 CDS 2024

How the concept evolved

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Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.

Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2024
The causal organism of dengue fever is a mosquito-borne virus which belongs to which one among the following categories?
  1. A Flavi-ribo virus ✓
  2. B Adenovirus
  3. C Vaccinia virus
  4. D Nipah virus
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Science & Technology › Biology & Health
CAPF2016
Which one of the following statements regarding Zika virus is not correct?
  1. A It was first isolated from a monkey in the Zika forest of Uganda
  2. B It is transmitted by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes
  3. C It does not cause mother to child infection ✓
  4. D Zika virus in pregnant women results in abnormal brain development of the fetus
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Science & Technology › Biology & Health

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