International Relations › Geo-politics affecting India's Interest

7 questions

#	Question	Year	UPSC Syllabus	Marks	GS Paper
2025
1	With the waning of globalization, post-Cold War world is becoming a site of sovereign nationalism. Elucidate.	2025	GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.	10.0	GS2
2024
2	The West is fostering India as an alternative to reduce dependence on China's supply chain and as a strategic ally to counter China's political and economic dominance.' Explain this statement with examples.	2024	GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.	10.0	GS2
2019
3	“The long-sustained image of India as a leader of the oppressed and marginalised Nations has disappeared on account of its new found role in the emerging global order”. Elaborate.	2019	GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.	15.0	GS2
2018
4	A number of outside powers have entrenched themselves in Central Asia, which is a zone of interest to India. Discuss the implications, in this context, of India's joining the Ashgabat Agreement, 2018.	2018	GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.	10.0	GS2
5	In what ways would the ongoing US-Iran Nuclear Pact Controversy affect the national interest of India? How should India respond to this situation?	2018	GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.	15.0	GS2
2017
6	‘China is using its economic relations and positive trade surplus as tools to develop potential military power status in Asia’, In the light of this statement, discuss its impact on India as her neighbor.	2017	GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.	10.0	GS2
2013
7	The proposed withdrawal of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Afghanistan in 2014 is fraught with major security implications for the countries of the region. Examine in light of the fact that India is faced with a plethora of challenges and needs to safeguard its own strategic interests.	2013	GS2-19.Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.	10.0	GS2