UPSC MAINS 2013 GS PAPER I

Answer questions in NOT MORE than the word limit specified for each in the parenthesis. Content of the answer are more important than its length.

Q1. Though not very useful from the point of view of a connected political history of South India , the Sangam literature portrays the social and economic conditions of its time with remarkable vividness. Comment. (10 marks 200 words.)

Q2a. Discuss the Tandava dance as recorded in the early Indian inscriptions. (5 marks 100 words.)

Q2b. Chola architecture represents a high watermark in the evolution of temple architecture. Discuss. (5 marks 100 words.)

Q3. Defying the barriers of age, gender and religion, the Indian women became the torch bearer during the struggle for freedom in India. Discuss. (10 marks 200 words)

Q4. Several foreigners made India their homeland and participated in various movements. Analyze their role in the Indian struggle for freedom. (10 marks 200 words)

Q5. In many ways, Lord Dalhousie was the founder of modern India. Elaborate. (10 marks 200 words)

Q6. Critically discuss the objectives of Bhoodan and Gramdan movements initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave and their success. (10 marks 200 words)

Q7. Write a critical note on the evolution and significance of the slogan “Jai Jawana Jai Kisan”. (10 marks 200 words)

Q8. Discuss the contribution of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to pre-and post independent India. (10 marks 200 words)

Q9. Analyze the circumstances that led to Tashkent Agreement in 1966. Discuss the highlights of the agreement. (10 marks 200 words)

Q10. Critically examine the compulsions which prompted India to play a decisive roles in the emergence of Bangladesh. (10 marks 200 words)

Q11. “Latecomer” Industrial revolution in Japan involved certain factors that were markedly different from what west had experience. (10 marks 200 words)

Q12. Africa was chopped into states artificially created by accident of European competition. Analyse. (10 marks 200 words)

Q13. American Revolution was an economic revolt against mercantilism. Substantiate. (10 marks 200 words)

Q14. What policy instruments were deployed to contain the great economic depression? (10 marks 200 words)

Q15. Discussion the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India. (10 marks 200 words)

Q16. Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment. (10 marks 200 words)

Q17. Critically examine the effects of globalization on the aged population in India. (10 marks 200 words)

Q18. Growing feeling of regionalism is an important factor in the generation of demand for a separate state. Discuss. (10 marks 200 words)

Q19(a). What do you understand by the theory of continental drift? Discuss the prominent evidences in its support. (5 marks 100 words)

Q19(b) The recent cyclone on the east coast of India was called “Phailin”. How are the tropical cyclones named across the world? Elaborate. (5 marks 100 words.)

Q20(a) Bring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world. (5 marks 100 words)

Q20(b) What do you understand by the phenomenon of temperature inversion in meteorology? How does it affect the weather and the habitants of the place? (5 marks 100 words)

Q21. Major hot deserts in northern hemisphere are located between 20-30 degree north and on the western side of the continents. Why? (10 marks 200 words.)

Q22(a) Bring out the causes for more frequent landslides in the Himalayas than in Western Ghats. (5 marks 100 words)

Q22(b) There is no formation of deltas by rivers of the Western Ghats. Why? (5 marks 100 words)

Q23(a) Do you agree that there is a growing trend of opening new sugar mills in the Southern states of India ? Discuss with justification. (5 marks 100 words)

Q23(b) Analyze the factors for highly decentralized cotton textile industry in India . (5 marks 100 words)

Q24. With growing scarcity of fossil fuels, the atomic energy is gaining more and more significance in India. Discuss the availability of raw material required for the generation of atomic energy in India and in the world. (10 marks 200 words)

Q25. It is said the India has substantial reserves of shale oil and gas, which can feed the needs of country for quarter century. However, tapping of the resources doesn’t appear to be high on the agenda. Discuss critically the availability and issues involved. (10 marks 200 words)

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