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Polity PYQs (previous year questions) for CDS: Polity (General Knowledge) had 333 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: Fundamental Rights, Judiciary, Parliament.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 11 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| CDS 2026 | 28 |
| CDS 2025 | 20 |
| CDS 2024 | 26 |
| CDS 2023 | 18 |
| CDS 2022 | 31 |
| CDS 2021 | 40 |
| CDS 2020 | 32 |
| CDS 2019 | 29 |
| CDS 2018 | 32 |
| CDS 2017 | 36 |
| CDS 2016 | 41 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamental Rights | 30 | 16 | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| Judiciary | 18 | 15 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Parliament | 26 | 11 | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Constitutional Amendments | 13 | 10 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016 |
| Writs | 8 | 8 | 2026, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| Local Government | 10 | 7 | 2026, 2023, 2021, 2017 |
| Elections | 9 | 7 | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Constitutional Bodies | 8 | 7 | 2026, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2016 |
| Emergency Provisions | 8 | 7 | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| President | 7 | 6 | 2023, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| Statutory Bodies | 7 | 6 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2021, 2018, 2017 |
| Centre-State Relations | 6 | 6 | 2026, 2024, 2021 |
| Constituent Assembly | 6 | 6 | 2026, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| State Legislature | 6 | 6 | 2026, 2022, 2019, 2018 |
| Federalism | 6 | 5 | 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Special Provisions | 6 | 5 | 2026, 2024, 2019, 2018 |
| Citizenship | 5 | 5 | 2024, 2023, 2020, 2016 |
| Fundamental Duties | 5 | 5 | 2025, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2016 |
| Preamble | 5 | 5 | 2025, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2017 |
| Political Theory | 9 | 4 | 2024, 2022, 2021 |
| Schedules of Constitution | 7 | 4 | 2022, 2017, 2016 |
| Union Executive | 7 | 4 | 2023, 2022, 2021 |
| Directive Principles | 5 | 4 | 2023, 2021, 2017 |
| Governance | 5 | 4 | 2026, 2023, 2017, 2016 |
| Human Rights | 6 | 3 | 2024, 2018 |
| Panchayati Raj | 6 | 3 | 2020, 2019 |
| Governor | 5 | 3 | 2020, 2018 |
| Anti-Defection Law | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2023, 2016 |
| Parliamentary Committees | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2023, 2020 |
| Scheduled Areas | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2023, 2019 |
| Constitution | 3 | 2 | 2017, 2016 |
| Constitution Making | 2 | 2 | 2024, 2019 |
| Constitutional Remedies | 2 | 2 | 2024, 2020 |
| Delimitation | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2020 |
| Eighth Schedule | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Electoral System | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2025 |
| International Organisations | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Parliamentary Motions | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Parliamentary Privileges | 2 | 2 | 2025, 2020 |
| Political Thinkers | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rajya Sabha | 2 | 2 | 2025, 2019 |
| State Executive | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2019 |
| Union Ministries | 2 | 2 | 2020, 2019 |
| Zonal Councils | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2019 |
| Schedules | 4 | 1 | 2018 |
| Civil Services | 2 | 1 | 2017 |
| Constitutional History | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| Important Legislation | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Attorney General | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Backward Classes | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Backward Classes Commissions | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Basic Structure | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| CAG | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Chief Minister | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Constitutional Offices | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Constitutional Review | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Council of Ministers | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Criminal Laws | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Democracy | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Disaster Management | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Election Commission | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Forest Rights | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Fundamental Rights and DPSP | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Government Funds | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Institutions | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Inter-State Council | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Law Officers | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Legal Aid | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Legal Principles | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Legal System | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| MPLADS | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Green Tribunal | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| National Symbols | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NITI Aayog | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Political Parties | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| President and Vice-President | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Public Administration | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Reservation for Women | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Secularism | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Seventh Schedule | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Social Justice | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Social Policy | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Sources of Constitution | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Special Provisions for States | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| States and Union Territories | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Statutory Laws | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Supreme Court | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Table of Precedence | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Tribunals | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Union and its Territory | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Union Budget | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Union Territories | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Vice President | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Women's Rights | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
How to practise Polity PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Polity questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- 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.
CDS2026
- Q.45 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Governance: Index used to rank governance across states and UTs PDF
- Q.89 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · President and Vice-President: Former Presidents who also served as Vice-President PDF
- Q.90 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Incorrect statement about Fundamental Rights PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Statements on the Article 368 amendment procedure PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Qualifications for appointment as a Supreme Court judge PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Mismatched pair of Article 243 clause and panchayat provision PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Centre-State Relations: Item not in the State List PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Special Provisions: Mismatched pair of Article 371 clause and state PDF
- Q.98 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · State Executive: Statements on Governor's powers over Advocate-General and SPSC PDF
- Q.101 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Important Legislation: Act correctly paired with its year of enactment PDF
- Q.102 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Statements on the National Commission for Backward Classes PDF
- Q.103 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Important Legislation: Acts counted as sexual harassment under the 2013 workplace law PDF
- Q.105 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Table of Precedence: Order of dignitaries in the Table of Precedence PDF
- Q.1 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Statements on how Constituent Assembly members were chosen PDF
- Q.3 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Institutions: Match institutions with their official mottos PDF
- Q.5 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Writs: Writ whose name means 'you have the body' PDF
- Q.6 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Statutory Bodies: Statements on powers of the National Human Rights Commission PDF
- Q.7 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Electoral System: Statements on FPTP and proportional representation PDF
- Q.8 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Union Territories: Statements on the merged UT of Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu PDF
- Q.9 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Anti-Defection Law: Statements on exceptions to disqualification for defection PDF
- Q.10 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Backward Classes: Statements on Article 342A and lists of backward classes PDF
- Q.11 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Centre-State Relations: Statements on GST in inter-State trade under Article 269A PDF
- Q.12 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Statements on the State Election Commissioner PDF
- Q.13 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliamentary Committees: Correct statement on composition of parliamentary committees PDF
- Q.15 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · State Legislature: Statements on ordinances under Article 213 PDF
- Q.17 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Mismatched pair of state formation and amendment act PDF
- Q.18 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Delimitation: Statements on the 2023 delimitation exercise in Assam PDF
- Q.19 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Scheduled Areas: Statements on administration and control of Scheduled Areas PDF
CDS2025
- Q.81 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Amendment introducing GST on inter-state trade PDF
- Q.83 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Statutory Bodies: Statements about the Central Vigilance Commission PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · NITI Aayog: Statements about the NITI Aayog Governing Council PDF
- Q.86 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Statutory Bodies: Statements about the National Commission for Women PDF
- Q.87 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Eighth Schedule: Latest language added to the Eighth Schedule PDF
- Q.88 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Rajya Sabha: State with most seats in the Council of States PDF
- Q.90 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights and DPSP: Statements on Right to Education and Right to Work PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: What 'State' includes under Article 12 PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliamentary Privileges: Statements on parliamentary privilege PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliamentary Motions: Incorrect statement on adjournment motion PDF
- Q.99 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Criminal Laws: Statements on the Law Commission, IPC and BNS PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Backward Classes Commissions: Statements on Kalelkar and Mandal commissions PDF
- Q.2 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Electoral System: Correct feature of the First Past the Post election system (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.3 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Special Provisions for States: Match Articles 371 to 371-I with the states they cover (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.4 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Reservation for Women: Constitutional provisions on reservation of seats for women (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.5 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Seventh Schedule: Mismatched subject and list pair under the Seventh Schedule (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.6 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Preamble: Order of words like secular, socialist, justice in the Preamble (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.7 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliamentary Motions: Correct statement about motions in Parliament (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.8 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Duties: Subject dealt with by Part IV-A of the Constitution (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.12 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Eighth Schedule: Language not listed in the Eighth Schedule (official answer: B) PDF
CDS2024
- Q.15 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Statements on normative and empirical approaches to political analysis (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.16 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Feature that cannot belong to a totalitarian state (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.17 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Incorrect statements on power and related political concepts (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.18 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Enforcement of Part III rights against state action and inaction (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.19 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Human Rights: Statements on the ICCPR and India's position on it (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.20 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Legal Aid: Statements on the right to free legal aid (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.21 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Human Rights: Statements on provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Statements on the right to marry a person of one's choice (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.59 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · International Organisations: Statements on members and election of the ICJ (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.99 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Human Rights: Body not covered by the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Remedies: Article Ambedkar called the heart and soul of the Constitution (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.101 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Petitioner in the Right to Privacy case (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.102 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Preamble: Changes made to the Preamble by the 42nd Amendment (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.103 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Centre-State Relations: State List subjects on agricultural land (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.105 (CDS (I) GK) · Matching · Political Thinkers: Match political ideas on freedom and dignity with thinkers (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.32 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · National Symbols: Statements on the Flag Code and state emblem of India PDF
- Q.34 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Legal System: Components of the Indian legal system PDF
- Q.37 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Citizenship: Areas exempted from the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 PDF
- Q.38 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Political Thinkers: Thinker who described a just society as compassionate PDF
- Q.39 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Centre-State Relations: List placement of criminal law and civil procedure PDF
- Q.43 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · International Organisations: UNGA matters that need a two-thirds majority PDF
- Q.45 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Organisation that challenged Section 377 IPC in court PDF
- Q.46 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Special Provisions: Matter not covered by Article 371G for Mizoram PDF
- Q.47 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Statutory Laws: Statements on electronic signatures under the IT Act 2000 PDF
- Q.50 (CDS (II) GK) · Matching · Parliament: Match Lok Sabha Speakers with their Lok Sabha terms PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitution Making: Term used for states in Ambedkar's Draft Constitution PDF
CDS2023
- Q.27 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Writs: Conditions needed for issuing a writ of certiorari (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.28 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: CJI who set up the Social Justice Bench (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.73 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Union Executive: Department or authority not under the Home Ministry (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.74 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Scheduled Areas: Authority with discretion to set up a Tribes Advisory Council (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.75 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Zonal Councils: Members of the Northern Zonal Council (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Law Officers: Incorrect statement about the Solicitor General of India (official answer: A, C) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliamentary Committees: Committee without Rajya Sabha members (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · President: Incorrect statement on election of the President (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Citizenship: Date from which the Citizenship Act 1955 determines citizenship (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.110 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Item not part of Article 51 of the Constitution (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.22 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Term for advance grant to the executive at the start of the year (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.89 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Basic feature linked to the Subhash Sharma (1991) case (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.90 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Statements on Panchayats under the Constitution (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Amendment that introduced EWS reservation (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Fundamental Right not suspended during Emergency (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Anti-Defection Law: Authority deciding defection disqualification of Lok Sabha members (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Statutory Bodies: Incorrect statement about NHAI (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.101 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Governance: Statements on the National Centre for Good Governance (official answer: B) PDF
CDS2022
- Q.43 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Emergency Provisions: Which is not a form of emergency in the Constitution (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.44 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Which is not a provision of a Money Bill (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.46 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Statements about parliamentary committees (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.47 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Which is not an Indian form of socialism (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.49 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Federalism: Which is not a feature of Indian federalism (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Freedoms included in Article 19(1) as amended (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Incorrect statement about the Election Commission (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Preamble: Statements about the Preamble (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Duties: Which is not a fundamental duty (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.75 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Union Executive: Incorrect statement on the President's office (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Union Executive: Article on the PM informing the President (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Union Executive: Incorrect statement about the Union executive (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Case that decided on Section 377 IPC (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Writ meaning 'you may have the body' (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.89 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Legal Principles: Term for the maxim that none be condemned unheard (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.90 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Incorrect statement about the Lok Sabha Speaker (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Incorrect statement about a constitutional amendment bill (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Method used to elect the President (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.34 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules of Constitution: Language added to the Eighth Schedule in 1967 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.40 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Incorrect statement about the Public Accounts Committee (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.41 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: How many listed persons were Lok Sabha Speakers (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.42 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules of Constitution: Match Schedules with their contents (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.43 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Correct statement on rights to education and religion (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Emergency Provisions: State with most impositions of President's Rule (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Year EPIC cards were introduced (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Electoral system used to elect the President (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Incorrect statement about a Money Bill (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · State Legislature: States having bicameral legislatures (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Amendment that inserted Article 21A (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.103 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Which is not a category for presidential nomination to Parliament (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.107 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Which is not a benefit of bicameralism (official answer: D) PDF
CDS2021
- Q.34 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Statutory Bodies: Who heads the National Disaster Management Authority (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.35 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Correct statements about the casting vote in Parliament (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.36 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Article guaranteeing equality before the law (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.37 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Who developed the theory of legal positivism (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.38 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Thinker who called democracy government by consent (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.48 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Which is not a feature of centralisation (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.49 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Which is not an objective of NITI Aayog (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.50 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Who may establish a common High Court under Article 231 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Motion not permissible when introducing an ordinary bill (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Right removed by the 44th Amendment (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Review: Chairman of the 2000 Constitution review commission (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Centre-State Relations: Punchhi Commission time limit for reserved bills (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · States and Union Territories: Procedure for creating or altering states (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.74 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Correct statements about the Panchayati Raj system (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.75 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Statements on the State Election Commission (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Union Executive: Incorrect description of the Union Cabinet (official answer: dropped in the final key) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Incorrect statement about the composition of Parliament (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Fundamental rights available to non-citizens (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Union Executive: Incorrect statement about the Vice-President (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Against whom a no-confidence motion is moved (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.31 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Federalism: Federation called an indestructible union of indestructible states (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.32 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Author of 'The End of History and the Last Man' (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.33 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Incorrect statement about High Court benches (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.34 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Which is not a ground for disqualifying an MP (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.35 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Who saw DPSPs as furthering social inclusion goals (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Part with the provision separating judiciary from executive (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Statements on languages used in Parliament (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.54 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Meaning of 'State' under Article 12 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.55 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: State with the most Rajya Sabha seats (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.56 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Article on reservation for women in panchayats (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.73 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Centre-State Relations: Incorrect statement on subjects in legislative lists (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.74 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Federalism: Incorrect statement on India's federal system (official answer: dropped in the final key) PDF
- Q.75 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Grounds for restricting freedom of speech (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Amendment making emergency immune from judicial review (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.89 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Incorrect statement on constitutional provisions (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Statements about amending the Constitution (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Emergency Provisions: Which is not a ground for emergency under Article 352 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.99 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Statements about electoral rolls (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Political Theory: Incorrect statement about totalitarianism (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.109 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Union Executive: Ministry that the Department of Public Enterprises is under (official answer: A) PDF
CDS2020
- Q.45 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Panchayati Raj: Incorrect statement on functioning of Panchayats (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.47 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · MPLADS: Incorrect statement on MPLADS (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Conditions for overseas Indians to vote (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.73 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Duties: Duty added by the 86th Amendment (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.74 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Article against double jeopardy (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Emergency Provisions: Article Ambedkar called a last resort (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Remedies: Ground for refusing relief under Article 32 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Union Ministries: Departments of the Heavy Industries ministry (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Delimitation: Year of the first Delimitation Commission (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Who spoke of a life of contradictions (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Supreme Court: Jurisdiction over disputes between states (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.106 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Panchayati Raj: Who legislates on Panchayat elections (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.107 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Panchayati Raj: What the Eleventh Schedule distributes (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.108 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Panchayati Raj: State where Panchayat provisions do not apply (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.111 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Order of formation of four commissions (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.19 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Incorrect statement on the Lok Sabha Secretary General (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.21 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · President: Incorrect statement on the President's term (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.22 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Articles that are exceptions to Articles 14 and 19 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.23 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Writs: Not a condition for a writ of quo warranto (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.24 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Commission under Article 338A (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.48 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Disaster Management: Ministry over the National Disaster Management Authority (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.50 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Secularism: Not a feature of a secular state (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.51 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Governor: When the Governor gives a special address (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.52 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Panchayati Raj: Incorrect statement on Panchayats (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.53 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Democracy: Incorrect statement about democracy (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.74 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliamentary Privileges: Statements on privileges of MPs (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.75 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliamentary Committees: How members of parliamentary committees are chosen (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.76 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Political Parties: Not a party category of the Election Commission (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Preamble: Words added to the Preamble in 1976 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.78 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Constitutional adviser to the Constituent Assembly (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.79 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Courts that can issue writs (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.80 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Citizenship: Part of the Constitution covering citizenship law (official answer: B) PDF
CDS2019
- Q.7 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Inter-State Council: Commission that recommended the Inter-State Council (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.8 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Writs: Writ issued to quash an order of a court or tribunal (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.9 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Basic Structure: Statements on power to change the basic structure (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.10 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Emergency Provisions: Fundamental rights that stay enforceable during Emergency (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.11 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Article barring denial of public wells and tanks to citizens (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.34 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · State Legislature: Incorrect statement on State Legislative Councils (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.35 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Panchayati Raj: Incorrect statement on Panchayats under Part IX (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.36 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Tribunals: Incorrect statement on Administrative Tribunals (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.45 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitution Making: Statements about a drafting member of the Constitution (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.102 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Government Funds: Body that operates the PM's National Relief Fund (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.104 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · National Green Tribunal: Incorrect statement on the National Green Tribunal (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.105 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Special Provisions: Incorrect statement on constitutional provisions for J&K (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.2 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Union Ministries: Department not under the Ministry of Home Affairs (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.4 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Union Budget: Article requiring the annual financial statement (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.22 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Special Provisions: State given special provisions by Article 371A (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.23 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Zonal Councils: Number of Zonal Councils set up in 1956 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.24 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · President: Article giving the President immunity from courts (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.25 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Law requiring Supreme Court proceedings in English (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.26 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Council of Ministers: Limit on size of the Union Council of Ministers (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.36 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · State Legislature: State without a Legislative Council (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.38 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Duties: Item not listed as a fundamental duty (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.40 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Writs: Incorrect condition for a writ of quo warranto (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.47 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Scheduled Areas: Incorrect statement on the Fifth Schedule (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.48 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Union and its Territory: Statements on Parliament's power over states' boundaries (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.49 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · State Executive: Statements on the Advocate General and High Courts (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.50 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Federalism: Constitution type with unitary and federal features (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Item not part of the Fundamental Rights (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.99 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Offices: Incorrect statements on resignation and removal (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Rajya Sabha: Exclusive power of the Rajya Sabha (official answer: D) PDF
CDS2018
- Q.56 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Statutory Bodies: Functions of the National Human Rights Commission (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.57 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Grounds for disqualification of Members of Parliament (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Number of States needed for National Party recognition (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.71 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Amendment capping Council of Ministers at 15 percent (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Attorney General: Incorrect statements about the Attorney General of India (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.86 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Amendment by which Sikkim joined the Indian Union (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.88 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Federalism: Incorrect statement on States, J&K and Delhi's ministers (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.99 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · State Legislature: State with the largest Legislative Assembly (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Governor: Statements on Governor's ordinance-making power (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.103 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Human Rights: Which is not an international human rights treaty (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.104 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Full form of VVPAT (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.112 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Subject of the Supreme Court's Vishakha judgment (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.61 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional History: Statements on the Government of India Act 1858 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional History: Statements on the Indian Councils Act 1861 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Statements on the Objectives Resolution (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Governor: Statements on parliamentary scrutiny of Governor's duties (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.83 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Special Provisions: Article with special provision for Assam (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.84 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Special Provisions: Article applying to Jammu and Kashmir (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules: Schedule providing for Autonomous District Councils (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.98 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules: Tenure of elected members of Autonomous District Councils (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.99 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules: Who audits Autonomous District Council funds (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.100 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules: Who can annul or suspend District Council acts (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.101 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · CAG: To whom CAG reports on Union accounts are submitted (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.102 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Governor: Power not related to the Governor (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.103 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Incorrect statement on business in Parliament (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.104 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Election Commission: Which is not a power of the Election Commission (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.105 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Criterion not required for a Supreme Court judge (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.106 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Chief Minister: Which is not a duty of the Chief Minister (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.107 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · State Legislature: Which is not part of the State Legislature (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.108 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Governor: Incorrect statement on Governor's ordinance power (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.109 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Human Rights: Incorrect statement on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.110 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Human Rights: Incorrect statement on the UN Human Rights Council (official answer: A) PDF
CDS2017
- Q.63 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Eligibility under Haryana Panchayati Raj Act 2015 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Governance: Order commissions by date of setting up (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Statements on Panchayats (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Federalism: Statements on India's federal system (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.68 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Powers of the Supreme Court (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · President: Statements on President's powers (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Statements on Article 21 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Statements on the Right to Education (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.97 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Incorrect statement on religious affairs (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.98 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Incorrect statement on Article 22 (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.116 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Preamble: Statements on the Preamble (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.117 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Incorrect statement on cultural and educational rights (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.118 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Incorrect statement on Directive Principles (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.119 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Vice President: Incorrect statement on the Vice President (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.120 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Authority deciding presidential election disputes (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.23 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: States requiring education to contest panchayat polls (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.24 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Public Administration: Statements on delegation of authority (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.25 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Sources of Constitution: Features borrowed from the British Constitution (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.26 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules of Constitution: Schedule fixing Rajya Sabha seats per state (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.65 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Emergency Provisions: How Fundamental Rights can be suspended (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.66 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Local Government: Statements on the 73rd and 74th Amendments (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Bills that can go to a joint sitting (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.68 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitution: Statements on DPSP, rights and secularism (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.69 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · President: Members of the presidential electoral college (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Special admission provisions for SC/ST (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.71 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Rights covered under Article 21 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.72 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Non-member of the Drafting Committee (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.85 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: How long Rajya Sabha can hold a Money Bill (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.86 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Civil Services: Article protecting civil servants (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.87 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Writs: Writ for release of a detained person (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.88 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: What cannot be introduced first in Rajya Sabha (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.89 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Statutory Bodies: How the National Commission for Women was created (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.90 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Chief Justice when PIL was introduced (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.102 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Incorrect statement on Uniform Civil Code (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.106 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Civil Services: Correct statement on All India Services (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.107 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Emergency Provisions: Incorrect statement on emergency provisions (official answer: D) PDF
CDS2016
- Q.52 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Which national commissions are constitutional (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.62 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Statements on the Lok Sabha Speaker (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.63 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Governance: Focus of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.64 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Writs: What the writ of prohibition relates to (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.72 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Prime Ministers who lost a no-confidence vote (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.73 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Parliament: Statements on Rajya Sabha strength and powers (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.74 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · President: Statements on the President's powers (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.77 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Statements on civil code and higher courts (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.81 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Schedules of Constitution: Provision on autonomous district councils (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.82 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Governance: Statements on the Aadhaar number (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.83 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Statements on the CAG (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.87 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Forest Rights: Statements on the Forest Rights Act 2006 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.90 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Case that laid down 'rarest of rare' (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.91 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · President: President's right to information from ministers (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.92 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Case upholding the Muslim Women Act 1986 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.98 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Social Policy: Age defining a child in the 2013 policy (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.101 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Statements on preventive detention rights (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.102 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Anti-Defection Law: When an MP is not disqualified (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.103 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Schedules of Constitution: Language not in the Eighth Schedule (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.112 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Citizenship: Year OCI category was added to the Act (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.113 (CDS (I) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Amendment that added the Right to Education (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.56 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitution: Acts repealed by Article 395 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.57 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitution: Provisions in force from 26 November 1949 (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.58 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Statements on the Constituent Assembly (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.67 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: What the basic structure doctrine relates to (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.68 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Rights available only to citizens (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.69 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Citizenship: Grounds for losing Indian citizenship (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.70 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Protections for persons accused of offences (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.93 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Incorrect statement on Article 32 (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.94 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Writs: Writ to free an unlawfully detained person (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.95 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Duties: Which is not a fundamental duty (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.96 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Emergency Provisions: Grounds for emergency under Article 352 (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.97 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Women's Rights: Incorrect statement on the Domestic Violence Act (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.111 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Social Justice: Laws protecting Scheduled Castes (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.112 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Judiciary: Incorrect statement on Supreme Court powers (official answer: D) PDF
- Q.113 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules of Constitution: States under the Sixth Schedule (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.114 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Schedules of Constitution: Incorrect statement on the Ninth Schedule (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.117 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Elections: Incorrect statements on conduct of elections (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.118 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Incorrect statement on NCST (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.119 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Nature of the right to form associations (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.120 (CDS (II) GK) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Procedure for 2015 land transfer to Bangladesh (official answer: C) PDF
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FAQ
How many Polity questions come in CDS?
In the official papers we tagged: 28 in 2026, 20 in 2025, 26 in 2024, 18 in 2023, 31 in 2022, 40 in 2021, 32 in 2020, 29 in 2019, 32 in 2018, 36 in 2017 and 41 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 333 questions in all, about 13% of General Knowledge.
Which Polity topics repeat in CDS?
Asked in the most papers: Fundamental Rights, Judiciary, Parliament. 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.