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Polity and Economy NDA PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)

Polity and Economy NDA PYQs: all 146 questions from 42 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

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Full name
National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination
Conducted by
Union Public Service Commission
Frequency
Twice a year (NDA I & II, as notified)
Sections
Mathematics · General Ability Test (GAT)
Official site
upsc.gov.in ↗

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Polity and Economy PYQs (previous year questions) for NDA: Polity and Economy (General Knowledge) had 146 questions across the 42 official NDA papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 21 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Five-Year Plans, Parliament, Constitutional Bodies.

Year-wise question count

Asked in 11 of 11 years.

YearPapersQuestionsPer paper
NDA 202622412
NDA 20252126
NDA 20242126
NDA 2023294.5
NDA 20222147
NDA 20212168
NDA 2020177
NDA 2019263
NDA 20182157.5
NDA 20172115.5
NDA 201622010

Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

ConceptQuestionsPapersYears
Five-Year Plans14122026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2018, 2017, 2016
Parliament13112026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Constitutional Bodies982026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016
Fundamental Rights772025, 2024, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016
Constitutional Provisions962024, 2018, 2016
International Organisations762026, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2016
Government Schemes652026, 2025, 2022, 2021, 2020
Constitutional Amendments552026, 2025, 2021, 2018, 2017
Elections552022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016
Economic Planning642022, 2020, 2019
Directive Principles542021, 2020, 2019, 2018
Local Government542026, 2023, 2022
Constitution of India432026, 2021
Planning in India432024, 2023, 2016
Judiciary332026, 2020, 2018
Constituent Assembly322022, 2018
Governance322018, 2017
Indian Economy322018, 2016
Economic Concepts222017, 2016
Fundamental Duties222023, 2021
Panchayati Raj222025, 2017
Prime Minister222022, 2016
States and Union Territories222022
Taxation222022, 2016
Executive212026
Foreign Policy212026
Agriculture Schemes112025
Banking112016
Council of Ministers112016
Democracy112025
Election Commission112019
Foreign Trade112017
Government Bodies112017
Indian Polity112026
Infrastructure112023
International Economy112025
International Relations112023
Political Parties112026
Political Thought112021
Preamble112021
President112016
Scheduled Areas112019
Supreme Court112022
Universal Adult Franchise112025
Writs112021

How to practise Polity and Economy PYQs

  1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
  2. Solve one year’s Polity and Economy 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.

NDA2026

  • Q.101 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Government Schemes: Strategy not part of the Rainfed Area Development scheme PDF
  • Q.131 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Statements on Second, Annual and Ninth Plans PDF
  • Q.132 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Statements about the CAG PDF
  • Q.133 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Executive: Order of offices in the Table of Precedence PDF
  • Q.134 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitution of India: Constitution parts matched with subjects PDF
  • Q.135 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · International Organisations: SDG numbers matched with goals PDF
  • Q.136 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Money Bill powers of the Rajya Sabha PDF
  • Q.137 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Speaker's powers on adjournment and summoning PDF
  • Q.138 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · International Organisations: UN peacekeeping missions matched with regions PDF
  • Q.139 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Judiciary: High Courts matched with territorial jurisdictions PDF
  • Q.140 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Removal of the Chief Election Commissioner PDF
  • Q.142 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Executive: Department not under the Ministry of Home Affairs PDF
  • Q.143 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Government Schemes: Body under which Atal Innovation Mission is set up PDF
  • Q.128 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Political Parties: Role of political parties in democracies PDF
  • Q.131 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitution of India: Constitution parts matched with subjects PDF
  • Q.132 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Foreign Policy: Principles of Panchsheel PDF
  • Q.133 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Indian Polity: Statements on national integration and regions PDF
  • Q.134 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · International Organisations: India's position on UN Security Council reform PDF
  • Q.135 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Plan titled 'Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth' PDF
  • Q.136 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Local Government: Statements on the PESA Act, 1996 PDF
  • Q.137 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Body that is neither constitutional nor statutory PDF
  • Q.138 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Local Government: Committee recommending constitutional status for local bodies PDF
  • Q.139 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Amendment adding anti-defection provisions PDF
  • Q.140 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Foreign Policy: Statements on the Neighbourhood First Policy PDF

NDA2025

  • Q.57 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: What the 73rd Constitutional Amendment provides for PDF
  • Q.59 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Correct statement about Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha PDF
  • Q.62 (NDA (I) GAT) · Matching · Five-Year Plans: Match Five Year Plans with their objectives PDF
  • Q.69 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Democracy: Features that outline democratic rule PDF
  • Q.70 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Universal Adult Franchise: Chronological order of countries granting universal adult franchise PDF
  • Q.99 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Agriculture Schemes: Crop not covered under NFSM Commercial Crops PDF
  • Q.84 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · International Economy: What the Bretton Woods system was not associated with PDF
  • Q.89 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Plan known as the Mahalanobis Plan PDF
  • Q.90 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Years of the Annual Plans PDF
  • Q.93 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Which listed rights are Fundamental Rights PDF
  • Q.95 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Panchayati Raj: Committee not associated with Panchayati Raj decentralisation PDF
  • Q.144 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Government Schemes: Number of rural districts covered by MGNREGA in 2024-25 PDF

NDA2024

  • Q.58 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Matters covered by Article 371A for Nagaland PDF
  • Q.59 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Disqualification for office of profit under Article 191 PDF
  • Q.60 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · International Organisations: Chronological order of UN human rights declarations PDF
  • Q.61 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Which is not an objective of the Second Five-Year Plan PDF
  • Q.75 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Planning in India: Objectives of setting up the Planning Commission PDF
  • Q.76 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Statements on priorities of various Five-Year Plans PDF
  • Q.77 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Planning in India: Plans proposed before the First Five-Year Plan PDF
  • Q.128 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Schedule with provisions on anti-defection PDF
  • Q.129 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Statements on the Attorney General and Solicitor General PDF
  • Q.130 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Committees without Rajya Sabha members PDF
  • Q.131 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Time limit for Rajya Sabha to return a Money Bill PDF
  • Q.132 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Statements on freedoms under Article 19(1) PDF

NDA2023

  • Q.129 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Infrastructure: Schemes included under Bharatmala Pariyojana (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.142 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Plan with the highest outlay share for agriculture and irrigation (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.145 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Duties: Amendment that inserted Article 51A on Fundamental Duties (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.99 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Plan that focused on rapid industrialisation (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.120 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Planning in India: Person known as the architect of Indian planning (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.137 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · International Organisations: Statements on electing non-permanent UNSC members (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.138 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Local Government: Article dealing with the District Planning Committee (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.139 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Statements about the Attorney-General of India (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.140 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · International Relations: State not affected by the 2015 India-Bangladesh land boundary deal (official answer: D) PDF

NDA2022

  • Q.104 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Model on which the Indian Parliament is based (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.105 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Prime Minister: Prime Minister with the shortest tenure (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.106 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Supreme Court: Matter outside the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.111 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Body that is not a constitutional commission (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.113 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Elections: Which Lok Sabha the 2019 elections constituted (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.114 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Local Government: Nature of Panchayati Raj institutions (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.128 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Economic Planning: Source of the idea of planning in independent India (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.132 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · States and Union Territories: Number of states and union territories in India (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.147 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Taxation: Chairperson of the GST Council (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.52 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Economic Planning: Sequence of events in setting up planning bodies (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.88 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Who moved the Objectives Resolution in December 1946 (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.130 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · States and Union Territories: Union territories merged in January 2020 (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.137 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Local Government: Item not a Panchayat power under Article 243G (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.143 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Government Schemes: Statements on the UDAN scheme (official answer: C) PDF

NDA2021

  • Q.127 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Provision for equality of men and women (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.128 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · International Organisations: Statements on non-permanent UNSC members (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.138 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Preamble: Incorrect statement about the Preamble (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.139 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Power that the Lok Sabha Speaker lacks (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.140 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Duties: Subject of Article 51A (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.56 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: State linked to the 35th Amendment Act 1974 (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.57 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Elections: Description of India's electoral system (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.58 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Right that is non-justiciable (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.59 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Writs: Option that is not a writ (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.60 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Option that is not a Fundamental Right (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.61 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitution of India: What is not a function of the Constitution (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.68 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitution of India: Option that is not a feature of the Constitution (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.69 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Incorrect statement on the Attorney General (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.70 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Who called DPSP a novel feature (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.87 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Government Schemes: Item not a sub-mission of National Livestock Mission (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.88 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Political Thought: Author of A Discourse on Political Economy (official answer: C) PDF

NDA2020

  • Q.52 (NDA (I & II) GAT) · MCQ · Government Schemes: Statements on PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.53 (NDA (I & II) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Parts of Parliament under Article 79 (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.54 (NDA (I & II) GAT) · MCQ · Economic Planning: Country that first launched a Five Year Plan (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.55 (NDA (I & II) GAT) · MCQ · Economic Planning: Plan that adopted the Garibi Hatao call (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.56 (NDA (I & II) GAT) · Matching · Economic Planning: Match plan objectives with Five Year Plans (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.57 (NDA (I & II) GAT) · MCQ · Directive Principles: DPSP added by the 42nd Amendment (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.58 (NDA (I & II) GAT) · MCQ · Judiciary: How a common High Court for states is set up (official answer: A) PDF

NDA2019

  • Q.131 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Election Commission: Removal of an Election Commissioner (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.132 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Incorrect statement about the Rajya Sabha (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.133 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Fundamental right available only to citizens (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.122 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Who Article 46 of the Constitution refers to (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.132 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Economic Planning: Components of the Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.133 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Scheduled Areas: States where the Fifth Schedule does not apply (official answer: C) PDF

NDA2018

  • Q.131 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Civil servants assisting the Constituent Assembly (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.132 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constituent Assembly: Member proposing the National Flag resolution (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.137 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Incorrect statement about Parliament (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.138 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Incorrect statement about the CAG (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.139 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Elections: Authority vested with control of elections (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.140 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Provisions effective from 26 November 1949 (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.146 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Indian Economy: FDI limit in defence sector in 2017 (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.123 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Which is not a Fundamental Right (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.130 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Governance: Committee that recommended the CVC (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.138 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Judiciary: Who appoints Supreme Court judges (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.139 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Plan that first used Nehru–Mahalanobis strategy (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.140 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Directive Principles: Item that is not a Directive Principle (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.141 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Amendment inserting 'socialist' in the Preamble (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.144 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Governance: Ex officio role of a Union minister in the NE context (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.148 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Subject of Article 352 (official answer: D) PDF

NDA2017

  • Q.64 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Government Bodies: Agency enforcing food safety laws in India (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.78 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Economic Concepts: Meaning of surge pricing (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.79 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Elections: Conditions for national party status (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.80 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: What does not figure in 12th Plan human capabilities (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.81 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Which is not a 12th Plan target (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.105 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Foreign Trade: India's largest trading partner in 2015-16 (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.112 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Amendments: Match amendments with subjects (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.51 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Average GDP growth target of 12th Plan approach paper (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.52 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Panchayati Raj: Subject not in the 11th Schedule (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.87 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Non-member who can attend both Houses (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.137 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Governance: Body that first recommended a Lokpal (official answer: D) PDF

NDA2016

  • Q.106 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Indian Economy: Name for growth zones with infrastructure and fiscal package (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.121 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Mismatched Schedule and content pair (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.122 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Statements on forming new states and Article 370 (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.123 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: To whom the Lok Sabha Speaker resigns (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.126 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Elections: Conditions for national party recognition (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.127 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Planning in India: Not a feature of Nehru–Mahalanobis model (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.128 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Five-Year Plans: Vision of the Twelfth Five Year Plan (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.130 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Statements on constitutional amendment procedure (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.131 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Bodies: Statements about the CAG (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.132 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · President: Statements on President's eligibility (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.135 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Fundamental Rights: Right not available to Indian citizens (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.141 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Economic Concepts: Features of division of labour (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.147 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · Indian Economy: FDI policy changes after 2010 (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.150 (NDA (I) GAT) · MCQ · International Organisations: Aims of the United Nations (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.123 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Banking: Minimum tenure of Masala Bonds per RBI (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.124 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Taxation: Statements on Krishi Kalyan Cess (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.145 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Constitutional Provisions: Statements on free speech in Parliament and amendment (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.146 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Council of Ministers: Correct statement about Union Ministers (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.147 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Parliament: Correct statement about a Money Bill (official answer: D) PDF
  • Q.148 (NDA (II) GAT) · MCQ · Prime Minister: PM's power codified in the Constitution (official answer: A) PDF

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FAQ

How many Polity and Economy questions come in NDA?

In the official papers we tagged: 24 in 2026 (2 papers), 12 in 2025 (2 papers), 12 in 2024 (2 papers), 9 in 2023 (2 papers), 14 in 2022 (2 papers), 16 in 2021 (2 papers), 7 in 2020 (1 paper), 6 in 2019 (2 papers), 15 in 2018 (2 papers), 11 in 2017 (2 papers) and 20 in 2016 (2 papers). That is 146 questions in all, about 7% of General Knowledge.

Which Polity and Economy topics repeat in NDA?

Asked in the most papers: Five-Year Plans, Parliament, Constitutional Bodies. The concept table lists every one with its count.

Are these official NDA questions?

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