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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals

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