Mains

19 questions

#	Question	Microtheme	Year	UPSC Syllabus	Marks	GS Paper	Subject
2025
1	⁠The ethos of civil service in India stand for the combination of professionalism with nationalistic consciousness – Elucidate.	Indian Society › Miscellaneous	2025	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society
2024
2	Despite comprehensive policies for equity and social justice, underprivileged sections are not yet getting the full benefits of affirmative action envisaged by the Constitution. Comment.	Social empowerment	2024	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	15.0	GS1	Indian Society
2023
3	Why is caste identity in India both fluid and static?	Caste System	2023	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	15.0	GS1	Indian Society
4	Discuss the impact of post-liberal economy on ethnic identity and communalism.	Communalism	2023	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	15.0	GS1	Indian Society
2022
5	Are tolerance, assimilation and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer.	Secularism	2022	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	15.0	GS1	Indian Society
2020
6	Has caste lost its relevance in understanding the multi-cultural Indian Society? Elaborate your answer with illustrations.	Caste System	2020	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society
7	Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness? Argue.	Regionalism	2020	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society
8	Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree?	Indian Society › Miscellaneous	2020	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	15.0	GS1	Indian Society
2019
9	What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism. (10m,150 words)	Secularism	2019	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society
2018
10	How the Indian concept of secularism is different from the western model of secularism? Discuss.	Secularism	2018	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society
11	Caste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence, caste system cannot be eradicated in India. Comment.	Caste System	2018	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society
12	Communalism arises either due to power struggle or relative deprivation. Argue by giving suitable illustrations.	Communalism	2018	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	15.0	GS1	Indian Society
2017
13	Distinguish between religiousness/religiosity and communalism giving one example of how the former has got transformed into the latter in independent India.	Communalism	2017	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	15.0	GS1	Indian Society
14	What are the two major legal initiatives by the State since Independence, addressing discrimination against Scheduled Tribes (STs)?	Social empowerment	2017	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society
2016
15	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.	Social empowerment	2016	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	12.5	GS1	Indian Society
16	What is the basis of regionalism? Is it that unequal distribution of benefits of development on regional basis eventually promotes regionalism? Substantiate your answer.	Regionalism	2016	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	12.5	GS1	Indian Society
2015
17	Debate the issue of whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste.	Caste System	2015	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	12.5	GS1	Indian Society
2014
18	How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West?	Secularism	2014	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society
2013
19	Growing feeling of regionalism is an important factor in the generation of demand for a separate state. Discuss.	Regionalism	2013	GS1-10.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.	10.0	GS1	Indian Society