World Geography12 Marks
Q1.What is the economic significance of the discovery of oil in the Arctic Sea and its possible environmental consequences?
Directive: Explain
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UPSC Mains 2015
20 questions · 240 marks · Indian Heritage & Culture, History, Geography of the World and Society
Indian Society12 Marks
Q2.Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration.
Directive: Discuss
Indian Geography12 Marks
Q3.How far do you agree that the behaviour of the Indian monsoon has been changing due to humanising landscape? Discuss.
Directive: Discuss
Indian Geography12 Marks
Q4.The states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are reaching the limits of ecological carrying capacity due to tourism. Critically evaluate.
Directive: Critically evaluate
Indian Geography12 Marks
Q5.India is well endowed with fresh water resources. Critically examine why it still suffers from water scarcity.
Directive: Critically examine
Indian Geography12 Marks
Q6.Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata are the three Megacities of the country but the air pollution is a much more serious problem in Delhi as compared to the other two. Why is this so?
Directive: Analyze
Physical Geography12 Marks
Q7.Explain the factors responsible for the origin of ocean currents. How do they influence regional climates, fishing and navigation?
Directive: Explain
Indian Society12 Marks
Q8.Debate the issue whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste.
Directive: Debate
Indian Society12 Marks
Q9.Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalisation on women in India?
Directive: Discuss
Indian Society12 Marks
Q10.Discuss the changes in the trends of labour migration within and outside India in the last four decades.
Directive: Discuss
Indian Society12 Marks
Q11.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?
Directive: Discuss
Indian Society12 Marks
Q12.Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India.
Directive: Critically examine
Indian Society12 Marks
Q13.Describe any four cultural elements of diversity in India and rate their relative significance in building a national identity.
Directive: Describe
World History12 Marks
Q14.To what extent can Germany be held responsible for causing the two World Wars? Discuss critically.
Directive: Discuss critically
World History12 Marks
Q15.Why did the industrial revolution first occur in England? Discuss the quality of life of the people there during the industrialization. How does it compare with that in India at present times?
Directive: Explain
Modern History12 Marks
Q16.It would have been difficult for the Constituent Assembly to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India in just three years, but its experience gained with the Government of India Act, 1935 .Discuss.
Directive: Discuss
Modern History12 Marks
Q17.Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B R Ambedkar, despite having divergent approaches and strategies, had a common goal of amelioration of the downtrodden. Elucidate.
Directive: Elucidate
Modern History12 Marks
Q18.How difficult would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi? Discuss.
Directive: Discuss
Art & Culture12 Marks
Q19.Mesolithic rock cut architecture of India not only reflects the cultural life of the times but also a fine aesthetic sense comparable to modern painting. Critically evaluate this comment.
Directive: Critically evaluate
Art & Culture12 Marks
Q20.The ancient civilization in the Indian sub continent differed from those of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece in that its culture and traditions have been preserved without breakdown to the present day. Comment.
Directive: Comment