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UPSC CIVIL SERVICES MAINS EXAM- 2019 GENERAL STUDIES PAPER – 1


UPSC CIVIL SERVICES MAINS EXAM- 2019

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER – 1

Instructions

·         Total Marks: 250 marks, Time duration: 3 hours.
·         There are 20 questions printed both in ENGLISH and HINDI.
·         All questions are compulsory.
·         The number of marks carried by a question/part is printed against it.
·         Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the admission certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this question-cum-answer (QCA) booklet in the space provided.
·         No marks will be given for answers written in the medium other than authorized one.
·         Answers to questions no. 1 to 10 should be in 150 words, whereas answers to questions no. 11 to 20 should be in 250 words.
·         Keep the word limit indicated in the questions in mind.

·         Any page or portion of the page left blank, must be struck off clearly.

1. Highlight the Central Asian and Greco Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art. (10M-150 words)

2. The 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. (10M-150 words)  

3. Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century’s ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity. (10M-150 words)  

4.Assess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples. (10M-150 words)  
5. Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology. (10M-150 words) 
  
6. Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India? (10M-150 words)  

7. Discuss the factors for localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India. (10M-150 words)  

8. What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss. (10M-150 words)  

 9. “Empowering women is the key to control population growth.” Discuss. (10M-150 words)  
10.What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism? (10M-150 words)  
11.Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate. (15M-250 words)
  
12. Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s. (15M-250 words)  

13. Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French Revolutions. (15M-250 words)  

14. What is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India? (15M-250 words)  

15. How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism? (15M-250 words)  

16. How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development in India? (15M-250 words)  

17. How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and coastal environment? Give suitable examples. (15M-250 words)  

18. Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples. (15M-250 words)  

19. What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space? (15M-250 words)  

20. Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss. (15M-250 words)  



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