Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings

Regional

UPSC Civil Services Mains GS Paper 2 questions on this chapter since 2013, grouped by sub-topic.

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Indo-Pacific3

2026“IPMDA (Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness) bridges the gap between India’s SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) vision and the Quad’s collective Indo-Pacific strategy.” Make a critical assessment of the statement focusing on IPMDA.

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West Asia2

2025"Energy security constitutes the dominant kingpin of India's foreign policy, and is linked with India's overarching influence in Middle Eastern countries." How would you integrate energy security with India's foreign policy trajectories in the coming years?

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Central Asia2

2024Critically analyse India's evolving diplomatic, economic and strategic relations with the Central Asian Republics (CARs) highlighting their increasing significance in regional and global geopolitics.

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SCO2

2023Virus of Conflict is affecting the functioning of the SCO' In the light of the above statement point out the role of India in mitigating the problems.

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South Asia2

2022Do you think that BIMSTEC is a parallel organisation like the SAARC ? What are the similarities and dissimilarities between the two ? How are Indian foreign policy objectives realized by forming this new organisation ?

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Indian Policies related1

2016Evaluate the economic and strategic dimensions of India's Look East Policy in the context of the post Cold War international scenario.

Regional

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West Asia2

Central Asia2

SCO2

South Asia2

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