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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
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Year
Essay - Essay
8 shown2018•Essay•Essay•Q.1
Alternative technologies for a climate change resilient India
Climate Change Resilient Technologies
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.2
A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge
Love, Knowledge and Ethics
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.3
Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere
GS-III: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.4
Management of Indian border disputes—a complex task
GS-II: India and its neighbourhood- relations
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.5
Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life
GS-IV: Ethics and Human Interface
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.6
The past is a permanent dimension of human consciousness and values
GS-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.7
A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both
GS-IV: Ethics and Human Interface
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.8
Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it
Essay
Mains - GS-I
12 shown2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.1
Safeguarding the Indian art heritage is the need of the moment. Discuss.
Indian Art Heritage
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.2
Assess the importance of the accounts of the Chinese and Arab travellers in the reconstruction of the history of India.
Historical Sources and Travellers Accounts
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.3
Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times.
Gandhian Thoughts
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.4
Why is Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) needed? How does it help in navigation?
Satellite Navigation Technology
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.5
Why is India taking keen interest in resources of Arctic Region?
Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.6
Define mantle plume and explain its role in plate tectonics.
Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.7
What are the consequences of spreading of 'Dead Zones' on marine ecosystem?
Environment
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.8
Caste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence, caste system cannot be eradicated in India. Comment.
GS-I
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.9
Despite implementation of various programmes for eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing. Explain by giving reasons.
GS-I
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.10
How the Indian concept of secularism is different from the western model of secularism? Discuss.
GS-I
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.11
The Bhakti movement received a remarkable re-orientation with the advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Discuss.
GS-I
2018•Mains•GS-I•Q.12
Discuss whether formation of new states in recent times is beneficial or not for the economy of India.
GS-I