UPSC Mains 2014
Model answers for all UPSC Mains 2014 previous year questions — detailed answers, diagrams, flowcharts and structured answer writing for GS 1, 2, 3 and Ethics.
Gandhara sculpture owed as much to the Romans as to the Greeks. Explain.
How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West?
Taxila university was one of the oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of renowned learned personalities of different disciplines. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a university in the modern sense. Discuss.
Tropical cyclones are largely confined to South China Sea, Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mexico. Why?
The third battle of Panipat was fought in 1761. Why were so many empire-shaking battles fought at Panipat?
Why do some of the most prosperous regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for women? Give your arguments.
Sufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious ideas and practices or the outward structure of Hindu/Muslim societies to any appreciable extent. Comment.
The life cycle of a joint family depends on economic factors rather than social values. Discuss.
Account for the change in the spatial pattern of the Iron and Steel industry in the world.
Most of the unusual climatic happenings are explained as an outcome of the El-Nino effect. Do you agree?
To what extent has the urban planning and culture of the Indus Valley Civilization provided inputs to the present day urbanization? Discuss.
The New Economic Policy - 1921 of Lenin had influenced the policies adopted by India soon after independence. Evaluate.
How does India see its place in the economic space of rising natural resource rich Africa?
Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from mid-eighteenth century till independence.
Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture in India.
How does patriarchy impact the position of a middle class working woman in India?
What were the events that led to the Suez Crisis in 1956? How did it deal a final blow to Britain's self-image as a world power?
Why are the world's fold mountain systems located along the margins of continents? Bring out the association between the global distribution of Fold Mountains and the earthquakes and volcanoes.
What were the major political, economic and social developments in the world which motivated the anti-colonial struggle in India?
In what ways did the naval mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India?