UPSC Mains 2019

Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.

Highlight the Central Asian and Greco -Bactrian elements in Gandhara art.

What makes Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.

How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and the coastal environment? Give suitable examples?

How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of develop- ment initiatives and tourism?

'Empowering women is the key to control population growth'. Discuss

What is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India?

Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in main-taining coastal ecology.

What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space?

What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism. (10m,150 words)

Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.

How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India?

Assess the impact of global warming on coral life system with examples.

Examine the linkages between 19th centuries 'Indian Renaissance' and the emer-gence of national identity.

Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.

The 1857 Uprising was the culmination the recurrent big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.

Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss. (15m,250 words)

Discuss the factors for localization of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.

Can the strategy of regional-resource based manufacturing help in promoting em- ployment in India?

Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French revolution.