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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
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Mains - GS-I
20 shown2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.1
Highlight the Central Asian and Greco-Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art.
Indian Culture
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.2
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.
Modern History
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.3
Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century's 'Indian Renaissance' and the emergence of national identity.
Modern Indian History
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.4
Assess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples.
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.5
Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology.
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.6
Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?
Geography
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.7
Discuss the factors for localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.
Geography
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.8
What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.
Sociology
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.9
"Empowering women is the key to control population growth." Discuss.
Sociology
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.10
What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism?
Sociology
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.11
Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.12
Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.13
Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French Revolutions.
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.14
What is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India?
Geography
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.15
How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism?
Geography
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.16
How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India?
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.17
How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and coastal environment? Give suitable examples.
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.18
Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.19
What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space?
GS-I
2019•Mains•GS-I•Q.20
Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss.
GS-I