Jainism — UPSC Prelims PYQs

12 questions in this bank come from Jainism, spanning UPSC Prelims papers from 2011 to 2026. Every question here carries all four options, the correct answer and a full explanation.

It has appeared in 8 of the last 16 papers, most heavily in 2022 with 3 questions. That is a steady presence rather than a guaranteed one.

The themes examined most often within it are Jain philosophy and cosmology (9), Cultural history of India (4), Philosophy of PushtiMarg (2), Teachings of Saint Dadu Dayal (2) and Bhakti movement and its prominent saints (1). Those counts are of questions in which the theme is examined, not merely mentioned.

Between them they draw on 10 distinct themes, so this is a broader area than a single revision note can cover. That is 0.8% of the 1433 questions in the bank — useful for deciding how much revision time it deserves.

Its weight has held steady, at roughly 0.8 questions a year across the last five papers.

It was not examined in 8 of those papers. Each question below links to its full explanation and to related questions on the same theme from other years, so a weak area can be worked through in one pass rather than hunted for paper by paper.