UPSC Mains 2025 · GS II · Q10 · 10 marks · 150 words

“With the waning of globalization, post-Cold War world is becoming a site of sovereign nationalism.” Elucidate.

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“वैश्वीकरण के क्षीण होने के साथ, शीत युद्ध के बाद की दुनिया संप्रभु राष्ट्रवाद का स्थल बनती जा रही है।” स्पष्ट कीजिए।

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Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “Digital age is raising new questions on sovereignty, governance, law, rights, and security. Discuss”

Madhavi RAIR 446 · CSE 2024 · 231 wordsTheir whole copy

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Industrial Revolution 4.0 revolves around the development of New Digital age through advancement in ICT (Information and Technology) Robotics, Internet etc

Digital age is making the world progress through the rapid transformation of ideas and communications, at the same time posing various challenges like,

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Challenges in :

  1. Sovereignty :- Issues regarding the Data flow across borders.

Ex: Data through China apps has been used by the Chinese government to involve in the sovereignty of the country.

ii) Governance :

  1. to determine the vote banks
  2. To influence people through social media about different political parties. ex: elections of Trump.
  3. To spy among different political parties. ex: Recent pegasus issue iii) Law and Rights :-
  4. Women:
  • Increase in women abuse
  • pornography.
  • Women cyber bullying.
  1. Children:
  • Increase in child pornography
  • Impairing in child's mental health through videogames. ex: WHALE games.
  1. Fake information :

  2. lack of privacy ex: Right of Ar 21 to have privacy is in detrimental condition. ex: Recent whatsapp and facebook issue

(V) security : i) terror funding and black mark through Blockchain technology. ii) Spying and malwares to possess the information regarding defence, space, nuclear information. iii) Influence of young people by radicalization.

Digital technology is a double edged sword. The goal should be towards harnessing it benefits and seducing the challenges for the greater use of humankind.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2025, General Studies Paper II, Q10. The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.