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Water conservation

Asked 4 times across 4 UPSC exams over 12 years (2012–2024), peaking in 2012.
4
PYQs
4
Exams
4
Years active
2012–2024
Span
2012
Peak
4/4
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 1 of 4 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2012
  • Recurs across 4 years (2012–2024)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2012 CDS 2017 CBI 2023 GEO 2024

How the concept evolved

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Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 4) are since 2016.

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Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2024

Which of the following statements about 'Rehydrating the Earth' is/are correct ?

  1. It is a global campaign for raising consciousness about the water crisis
  2. It is an impact-driven campaign that highlights achievements at key global events such as COP28
  3. It is a campaign undertaken by a philanthropic organization 'Football for Peace'. Select the answer

using the code given below :

  1. A 1 and 2 only
  2. B 2 and 3 only
  3. C 1, 2 and 3 ✓
  4. D 2 only
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Current Affairs & Static GK › Government Initiatives in News
CBI2023
Which one of the following was launched as a campaign on March 22, 2021 with the theme "Catch the Rain—where it falls, when it falls" by the Ministry of Jal Shakti?
  1. A Jal Shakti Abhiyan ✓
  2. B Sahi Fasal Campaign
  3. C Water Talk
  4. D Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Current Affairs & Static GK › Government Initiatives in News
CDS2017
'Xeriscaping' is a concept related to
  1. A landscaping related to save water ✓
  2. B landscaping related to save soil erosion
  3. C weathering of rock surface
  4. D All of the above
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Environment & Ecology › Environmental Governance & Law

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