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Web browsers

Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 4 years (2020–2024), peaking in 2020.
2
PYQs
2
Exams
2
Years active
2020–2024
Span
2020
Peak
2/2
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in EPFO — 1 of 2 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2020
  • Recurs across 2 years (2020–2024)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
EPFO 2020 ESE 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.
ESE2024
Which one of the following code modules is/are used where the browser fetches from a special directory on the disk and installs as an extension to itself?
  1. A Uniform Resource Locators
  2. B Browser
  3. C Plug-in ✓
  4. D Client server
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Science & Technology › IT/Computing/Cyber
EPFO2020
Which one of the following is not a web browser ?
  1. A Internet Explorer
  2. B Firefox
  3. C Fedora ✓
  4. D Google Chrome
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Computer Science & IT › Web & Markup

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