# Geography CDS PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)

> Geography CDS PYQs: all 433 questions from 66 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/cds/topics/cds-geography/

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## Answer first

Geography PYQs (previous year questions) for CDS: Geography (General Knowledge) had **433 questions** across the 66 official CDS papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 22 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Atmosphere, Soils, Rivers of India.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Geography PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Geography questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Other General Knowledge topics

- [History and Culture PYQs](/cds/topics/cds-history/)
- [Polity PYQs](/cds/topics/cds-polity/)
- [Economy PYQs](/cds/topics/cds-economy/)
- [Physics PYQs](/cds/topics/cds-physics/)
- [Chemistry PYQs](/cds/topics/cds-chemistry/)
- [Biology PYQs](/cds/topics/cds-biology/)
- [Current Affairs, Defence and Sports PYQs](/cds/topics/cds-current-affairs/)

## FAQ

### How many Geography questions come in CDS?
In the official papers we tagged: 32 in 2026, 43 in 2025, 41 in 2024, 36 in 2023, 44 in 2022, 40 in 2021, 41 in 2020, 40 in 2019, 40 in 2018, 38 in 2017 and 38 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 433 questions in all, about 16% of General Knowledge.

### Which Geography topics repeat in CDS?
Asked in the most papers: Atmosphere, Soils, Rivers of India. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official CDS questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CDS paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.