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Topic Women in freedom struggle
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 4 years (2021–2025), peaking in 2021.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2021
- Recurs across 2 years (2021–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2021 → GEO 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
GEO2025
Salt March was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. Who among the following was instrumental in persuading Mahatma Gandhi not to restrict the protest to men alone?
- A Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ✓
- B Avantika Bai Gokhale
- C Sarojini Naidu
- D Mithuben Petit
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2021
Who among the following socialist activists persuaded Gandhiji not to restrict the salt march protest to men alone?
- A Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ✓
- B Sarojini Naidu
- C Matangini Hazra
- D Mithuben Petit
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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