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GS I 2025 10 marks 150 words

Do you think that globalization results in only an aggressive consumer culture ? Justify your answer.

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GS I 2025 15 marks 250 words

How do you account for the growing fast food industries given that there are increased health concerns in modern society? Illustrate your answer with the Indian experience.

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GS I 2025 15 marks 250 words

Does tribal development in India centre around two axes, those of displacement and of rehabilitation? Give your opinion.

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GS I 2025 10 marks 150 words

How does smart city in India, address the issues of urban poverty and distributive justice ?

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GS I 2024 15 marks 250 words

What is regional disparity How does it differ from diversity? How serious is the issue of regional disparity in India?

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GS I 2024 15 marks 250 words

Globalization has increased urban migration by skilled, young, unmarried women from various classes. How has this trend impacted upon their personal freedom and relationship with…

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GS I 2024 15 marks 250 words

Critically analyse the proposition that there is a high correlation between India's cultural diversities and socio-economic marginalities.

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GS I 2024 10 marks 150 words

Why do large cities tend to attract more migrants than smaller towns? Discuss in the light of conditions in developing countries.

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GS I 2024 10 marks 150 words

What is the concept of a 'demographic winter'? Is the world moving towards such a situation? Elaborate.

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GS I 2024 10 marks 150 words

Distinguish between gender equality, gender equity and women's empowerment. Why is it important to take gender concerns into account in programme design and implementation?

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GS I 2024 10 marks 150 words

Intercaste marriages between castes which have socio-economic parity have increased, to some extent, but this is less true of interreligious marriages. Discuss.

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GS I 2023 10 marks 150 words

Child cuddling is now being replaced by mobile phones. Discuss its impact on the socialization of children.

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GS I 2023 15 marks 250 words

Does urbanization lead to more segregation and/or marginalization of the poor in Indian metropolises?

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GS I 2023 15 marks 250 words

Why is caste identity in India both fluid and static?

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GS I 2023 15 marks 250 words

Discuss the impact of post-liberal economy on ethnic identity and communalism.

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GS I 2023 10 marks 150 words

Do you think marriage as a sacrament in loosing its value in Modern India?

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GS I 2023 10 marks 150 words

Explain why suicide among young women is increasing in Indian Society.

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GS I 2022 10 marks 150 words

Given the diversities among the tribal communities in India, in which specific contexts should they be considered as a single category?

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GS I 2022 15 marks 250 words

Analyze the salience of 'sect' in Indian society vis-a-vis caste, region and religion.

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GS I 2022 15 marks 250 words

Are tolerance, assimilation and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer.

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GS I 2022 15 marks 250 words

Elucidate the relationship between globalization and new technology in a world of scarce resources, with special reference to India.

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GS I 2022 10 marks 150 words

Explore and evaluate the impact of 'Work From Home' on family relationships.

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GS I 2022 10 marks 150 words

How is the growth of Tier 2 cities related to the rise of a new middle class with an emphasis on the culture of consumption?

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GS I 2021 10 marks 150 words

Examine the role of 'Gig Economy' in the process of empowerment of women in India.

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GS I 2021 15 marks 250 words

What are the main socio-economic implications arising out of the development of IT industries in major cities of India?

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GS I 2021 15 marks 250 words

Discuss the main objectives of Population Education and point out the measures to achieve them in India in detail.

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GS I 2021 15 marks 250 words

What is Cryptocurrency? How does it affect global society? Has it been affecting Indian society also?

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GS I 2021 15 marks 250 words

How does Indian society maintain continuity in traditional social values? Enumerate the changes taking place in it.

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GS I 2021 10 marks 150 words

Examine the uniqueness of tribal knowledge system when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems.

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GS I 2020 10 marks 150 words

Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness? Argue.

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GS I 2020 15 marks 250 words

Is diversity and pluralism in India under threat due to globalisation? Justify your answer.

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GS I 2020 15 marks 250 words

Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree?

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GS I 2020 10 marks 150 words

Has caste lost its relevance in understanding the multi- cultural Indian Society? Elaborate your answer with illustrations.

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GS I 2020 10 marks 150 words

COVID-19 pandemic accelerated class inequalities and poverty in India. Comment.

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GS I 2019 10 marks 150 words

What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism?

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GS I 2019 15 marks 250 words

Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.

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GS I 2019 15 marks 250 words

What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space?

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GS I 2019 15 marks 250 words

Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss.

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GS I 2019 10 marks 150 words

What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.

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GS I 2019 10 marks 150 words

"Empowering women is the key to control population growth." Discuss.

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GS I 2018 10 marks 150 words

How the Indian concept of secularism different from the western model of secularism? Discuss.

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GS I 2018 15 marks 250 words

'Women's movement in India has not addressed the issues of women of lower social strata.' Substantiate your view.

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GS I 2018 15 marks 250 words

'Globalisation is generally said to promote cultural homogenisation but due to this cultural specificities appear to be strengthened in the Indian society.' Elucidate.

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GS I 2018 15 marks 250 words

'Communalism arises either due to power struggle or relative deprivation.' Argue by giving suitable illustrations.

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GS I 2018 10 marks 150 words

"Caste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence, caste system cannot be eradicated in India." Comment.

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GS I 2018 10 marks 150 words

'Despite implementation of various programmes for eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing'. Explain by giving reasons.

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GS I 2017 15 marks 250 words

The spirit of tolerance and love is not only an interesting feature of Indian society from very early times, but it is also playing an important part at the present. Elaborate.

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GS I 2017 15 marks 250 words

Distinguish between religiousness/religiosity and communalism giving one example of how the former has got transformed into the latter in independent India.

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GS I 2017 15 marks 250 words

"The growth of cities as I.T. hubs has opened up new avenues of employment, but has also created new problems". Substantiate this statement with examples

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GS I 2017 10 marks 150 words

In the context of the diversity of India, can it be said that the regions form cultural units rather than the States? Give reasons with examples for your view point.

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GS I 2016 10 marks 150 words

Why are the tribals in India referred to as 'the Scheduled Tribes'? Indicate the major provisions enshrined in the Constitution of India for their upliftment.

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GS I 2016 15 marks 250 words

What is the basis of regionalism? Is it that unequal distribution of benefits of development on regional basis eventually promotes regionalism? Substantiate your answer.

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GS I 2016 10 marks 150 words

To what extent globalisation has influenced the core of cultural diversity in India? Explain.

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GS I 2016 10 marks 150 words

"An essential condition to eradicate poverty is to liberate the poor from the process of deprivation." Substantiate this statement with suitable examples.

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GS I 2015 10 marks 150 words

How do you explain the statistics that show that the sex ratio in Tribes in India is more favourable to women than the sex ratio among Scheduled Castes?

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GS I 2015 15 marks 250 words

Discuss the changes in the trends of labour migration within and outside India in the last four decades.

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GS I 2015 15 marks 250 words

Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India?

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GS I 2015 15 marks 250 words

Debate the issue whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste.

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GS I 2015 10 marks 150 words

Describe any four cultural elements of diversity in India and rate their relative significance in building a national identity.

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GS I 2015 10 marks 150 words

Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the mains cause of population increase in India.

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GS I 2014 10 marks 150 words

How does patriarchy impact the position of a middle class working woman in India?

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GS I 2014 10 marks 150 words

Why do some of the most prosperous regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for women? Give your arguments.

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GS I 2014 10 marks 150 words

The life cycle of a joint family depends on economic factors rather than social values. Discuss.

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GS I 2014 10 marks 150 words

Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture in India.

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GS I 2014 10 marks 150 words

How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West?

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GS I 2013 10 marks 200 words

Discussion the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India. .

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GS I 2013 10 marks 200 words

Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women's organization free from gender bias. Comment. .

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GS I 2013 10 marks 200 words

Critically examine the effects of globalization on the aged population in India. .

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GS I 2013 10 marks 200 words

Growing feeling of regionalism is an important factor in the generation of demand for a separate state. Discuss.

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GS I 2013 10 marks 200 words

Defying the barriers of age, gender and religion, the Indian women became the torch bearer during the struggle for freedom in India. Discuss. .

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