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2014

  1. 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksDiscuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving the increasing feminization of agriculture in India.
  2. 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksExamine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from the mid-eighteenth century till independence.
  3. 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksIn what ways did the naval mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India?
  4. 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksWhereas the British planters had developed tea gardens all along the Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam to Himachal Pradesh, in effect they did not succeed beyond the Darjeeling area. Explain.
  5. 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksWhy 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.

2013

  1. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksAfrica was chopped into states artificially created by the accident of European competition. Analyse.
  2. 2013 · GS1 · 5 marksDo you agree that there is a growing trend of opening new sugar mills in the Southern states of India? Discuss with justification.
  3. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksThe American Revolution was an economic revolt against mercantilism. Substantiate.
  4. 2013 · GS1 · 5 marksBring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world
  5. 2013 · GS1 · 5 marksBring out the causes for more frequent landslides in the Himalayas than in the Western Ghats.
  6. 2013 · GS1 · 5 marksChola architecture represents a high watermark in the evolution of temple architecture. Discuss.
  7. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksAnalyze the circumstances that led to the Tashkent Agreement in 1966. Discuss the highlights of the agreement.
  8. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksCritically examine the compulsions that prompted India to play a decisive role in the emergence of Bangladesh.
  9. 2013 · GS1 · 5 marksWhat do you understand by the theory of continental drift? Discuss the prominent evidences in its support.Video
  10. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksDiscuss the contribution of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to pre- and post-independent India.
  11. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksDefying the barriers of age, gender and religion, Indian women became the torchbearers during the struggle for freedom in India. Discuss.
  12. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksCritically examine the effects of globalization on the aged population in India.
  13. 2013 · GS1 · 5 marksAnalyze the factors for the highly decentralized cotton textile industry in India.
  14. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksGrowing feeling of regionalism is an important factor in the generation of demand for a separate state. Discuss.
  15. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksWith the growing scarcity of fossil fuels, atomic energy is gaining more and more significance in India. Discuss the availability of raw materials required for the generation of atomic energy in India and the world.
  16. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marks“Latecomer” Industrial Revolution in Japan involved certain factors that were markedly different from what the West had experienced.
  17. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksMajor hot deserts in the northern hemisphere are located between 20-30 degrees north and on the western side of the continents. Why?
  18. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksMale membership needs to be encouraged to make women’s organizations free from gender bias. Comment.
  19. 2013 · GS1 · 10 marksIn many ways, Lord Dalhousie was the founder of modern India. Elaborate.
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