UPSC Mains PYQs: Society
Every UPSC Mains previous year question on Society, across GS 1, 2, 3 and Ethics — each with a detailed model answer, diagrams, flowcharts and structured answer writing.
Distinguish between religiousness/religiosity and communalism giving one example of how the former has got transformed into the latter in independent India.
Why are the tribals in India referred to as the Scheduled Tribes? Indicate the major provisions enshrined in the Constitution of India for their upliftment.
With a brief background of quality of urban life in India, introduce the objectives and strategy of the 'Smart City Programme'.
Major cities of India are becoming more vulnerable to flood conditions. Discuss.
An essential condition to eradicate poverty is to liberate the poor from deprivation. Substantiate this statement with suitable examples
To what extent globalization has influenced the core of cultural diversity in India? Explain.
What is the basis of regionalism? Is it that unequal distribution of benefits of development on regional basis eventually promotes regionalism? Substantiate your answer.
Discuss the changes in the trends of labour migration within and outside India in the last four decades.
Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India.
Describe any four cultural elements of diversity in India and rate their relative significance in building a national identity.
Debate the issue of whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste.
Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration.
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?
Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India.
How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West?
Why do some of the most prosperous regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for women? Give your arguments.
The life cycle of a joint family depends on economic factors rather than social values. Discuss.
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?
Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women's organization free from gender bias. Comment.