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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
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Essay - Essay
8 shown2021•Essay•Essay•Q.1
The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.
Essay
2021•Essay•Essay•Q.2
Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.
Essay
2021•Essay•Essay•Q.3
Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.
Essay
2021•Essay•Essay•Q.4
The real is rational and the rational is real.
Essay
2021•Essay•Essay•Q.5
Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Essay
2021•Essay•Essay•Q.6
What is research, but a blind date with knowledge !
Essay
2021•Essay•Essay•Q.7
History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.
Essay
2021•Essay•Essay•Q.8
There are better practices to "best practices".
Essay
Mains - GS-I
12 shown2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.1
Evaluate the nature of the Bhakti literature and its contribution to Indian culture.
GS-I History and Culture
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.2
Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj.
Modern History
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.3
Assess the main administrative issues and socio-cultural problems in the integration process of Indian Princely States.
Post-independence Consolidation
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.4
Differentiate the causes of landslides in the Himalayan region and Western Ghats.
Physical Geography
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.5
Despite India being one of the countries of the Gondwanaland, its mining industry contributes much less to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in percentage. Discuss.
Economic Geography
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.6
What are the environmental implications of the reclamation of water bodies into urban land use? Explain with examples.
Environmental Geography
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.7
Mention the global occurrence of volcanic eruptions in 2021 and their impact on regional environment.
Geography
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.8
Why is India considered as a subcontinent? Elaborate your answer.
Geography
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.9
Examine the uniqueness of tribal knowledge system when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems.
Society
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.10
Examine the role of 'Gig Economy' in the process of empowerment of women in India.
Economy
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.11
To what extent did the role of the Moderates prepare a base for the wider freedom movement? Comment.
History
2021•Mains•GS-I•Q.12
Bring out the constructive programmes of Mahatma Gandhi during Non-Cooperation Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement.
Modern History