UPSC Mains 2019, GS Paper 1
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- 1Q1.Highlight the Central Asian and Greco-Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art.10 marks · Art Forms
- 2Q2.The 1857 Uprising was the culmination of the recurrent big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.10 marks · Revolt of 1857
- 3Q3.Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century’s ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity.10 marks · Socio-Religious Reform Movements
- 4Q4.Assess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples.10 marks · Water (Oceans)
- 5Q5.Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology.10 marks · Climate, Vegetation and Soils
- 6Q6.Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?10 marks · International Trade / Transport and Activities
- 7Q7.Discuss the factors for localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.10 marks · International Trade / Transport and Activities
- 8Q8.What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture ? Discuss.10 marks · Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India
- 9Q9."Empowering women is the key to control population growth." Discuss.10 marks · Role of women and women's organization
- 10Q10.What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism ?10 marks · Secularism
- 11Q11.Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate15 marks · Role of Masses and Personalities
- 12Q12.Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.15 marks · Communalism/Partition of India
- 13Q13.Explain how the foundations of the modern world were, laid by the American and French Revolutions.15 marks · Events from the 18th Century: Revolutions
- 14Q14.What is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India?15 marks · Resources and planning
- 15Q15.How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism?15 marks · International Trade / Transport and Activities
- 16Q16.How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development in India?15 marks · Indian Trade / Transport
- 17Q17.How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and coastal environment? Give suitable examples.15 marks · Water (Oceans)
- 18Q18.Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation ? Elaborate with examples.15 marks · Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India
- 19Q19.What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space ?15 marks · Role of women and women's organization
- 20Q20.Are we losing our local identity for the global identity ? Discuss.15 marks · Effects of globalization on Indian society