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  1. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksThe 1857 uprising was the culmination of the recurrent, big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.
  2. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksAssess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples.
  3. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksAssess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.
  4. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksDiscuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology.
  5. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksWhat are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism?
  6. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksWhat are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space?
  7. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksHow is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development in India?
  8. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marks“Empowering women is the key to control population growth.” Discuss.
  9. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksDiscuss the factors for localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.
  10. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksExplain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French Revolutions
  11. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksHighlight the Central Asian and Greco Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art.
  12. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksExamine the linkages between the nineteenth century’s ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity.
  13. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksWhat makes Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.
  14. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksMany voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.
  15. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksHow can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism?
  16. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksHow do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and coastal environment? Give suitable examples.
  17. 2019 · GS1 · 10 marksCan the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?
  18. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksWhat is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India?
  19. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksDo we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.
  20. 2019 · GS1 · 15 marksAre we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss.
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