Polity topic analysis

Federalism & Local Government UPSC PYQs

This cluster examines Centre-State relations, federal features, scheduled areas, states and territories, Panchayati Raj, and other local-government arrangements. This live collection contains 14 classified questions across 8 exam years, from 2015 to 2025.

Year-by-year frequency

Counts show how many questions in this library were assigned to the category in each represented exam year. A zero is not implied for omitted years, and frequency alone is not a prediction of a future paper.

Source topic labels in this cluster

Local Self-Government2
Centre-State Relations1
Centre-State Relations & Criminal Law1
Constitutional Schedules1
Fifth Schedule1
Indian Federalism1
Indian Polity1
Local Self-Government / Panchayati Raj1
Panchayati Raj Institutions1
Scheduled Areas & Tribal Administration1

Recurrent concept labels

Federalism · 6Decentralization · 3Grassroots democracy · 3Local governance · 3Participatory democracy · 2Asymmetric Federalism · 1Centre-State relations · 1Centre-State Relations · 1Constitutional History · 1Constitutional provisions · 1Constitutional Provisions (Fifth Schedule) · 1Constitutional Provisions for PRIs · 1

Representative solved questions

The sample prioritizes different years and removes repeated prompt text. Open a question to see its options, independent answer, and explanation.

UPSC 2025 · Polity

Consider the following pairs : State : Description I. Arunachal Pradesh : The capital is named after a fort, and the State has two National Parks II. Nagaland : The State came...

UPSC 2024 · Polity

Consider the following pairs : State : Description 1. Arunachal Pradesh : The capital is named after a fort, and the State has two National Parks 2. Nagaland : The State came...

UPSC 2023 · Polity

With reference to 'Scheduled Areas' in India, consider the following statements : 1. Within a State, the notification of an area as Scheduled Area takes place through an Order...

UPSC 2022 · Polity

If a particular area is brought under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which one of the following statements best reflects the consequence of it?

UPSC 2019 · Polity

Under which Schedule of the Constitution of India can the transfer of tribal land to private parties for mining be declared null and void?

UPSC 2017 · Polity

Local self-government can be best explained as an exercise in

UPSC 2016 · Polity

Consider the following statements: 1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years. 2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissoluti...

UPSC 2015 · Polity

The fundamental object of Panchayati Raj system is to ensure which among the following? 1. People's participation in development 2. Political accountability 3. Democratic dece...

UPSC 2025 · Polity

Consider the following statements : With reference to the Constitution of India, if an area in a State is declared as Scheduled Area under the Fifth Schedule I. the State Gove...

UPSC 2025 · Polity

Consider the following statements : I. Panchayats at the intermediate level exist in all States. II. To be eligible to be a Member of a Panchayat at the intermediate level, a...

How this page is built

Topic and concept labels are AI-assisted enrichment, not official UPSC classifications. We map them into a conservative editorial taxonomy using deterministic label rules, publish a category only when it has at least 10 questions across at least three exam years, and keep ambiguous records out of topic pages. Counts update with the question bank. See the full methodology and correction policy.