General Studies Paper I (GS I)

20 questions, 250 marks, 3 hours. Open a question for its Hindi text, a topper’s answer to it, and to write it and get it marked.

1. Q1Highlight the Central Asian and Greco-Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art.10 marks · 150 words
2. Q2The 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.10 marks · 150 words
3. Q3Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century’s ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity.10 marks · 150 words
4. Q4Assess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples.10 marks · 150 words
5. Q5Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology.10 marks · 150 words
6. Q6Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India ?10 marks · 150 words
7. Q7Discuss the factors for localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.10 marks · 150 words
8. Q8What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture ? Discuss.10 marks · 150 words
9. Q9“Empowering women is the key to control population growth.” Discuss.10 marks · 150 words
10. Q10What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism ?10 marks · 150 words
11. Q11Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.15 marks · 250 words
12. Q12Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.15 marks · 250 words
13. Q13Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French Revolutions.15 marks · 250 words
14. Q14What is water stress ? How and why does it differ regionally in India ?15 marks · 250 words
15. Q15How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism ?15 marks · 250 words
16. Q16How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India ?15 marks · 250 words
17. Q17How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and coastal environment ? Give suitable examples.15 marks · 250 words
18. Q18Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation ? Elaborate with examples.15 marks · 250 words
19. Q19What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space ?15 marks · 250 words
20. Q20Are we losing our local identity for the global identity ? Discuss.15 marks · 250 words

Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2019, General Studies Paper I. The paper on upsc.gov.in.