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Topic Women's reservation
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 1 years (2024–2025), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 2 years (2024–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2024 → GEO 2025
How the concept evolved
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.
GEO2025
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 reserves one-third of all seats for women in various Legislatures. For how many years will the reservation be available under this Act?
- A 10 years
- B 12 years
- C 15 years ✓
- D 20 years
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Polity & Governance › Constitutional Framework
CSE2024
Consider the following statements regarding 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam'
- Provisions will come into effect from the 18th Lok Sabha
- This will be in force for 15 years after becoming an Act
- There are provisions for the reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes Women within the quota reserved for the Scheduled Castes
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
- A 1, 2 and 3
- B 1 and 2 only
- C 2 and 3 only ✓
- D 1 and 3 only
✓ Correct answer: (C)
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