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05-October-2023
What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 1)
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04-October-2023
Discuss the factors for localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 1)
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04-October-2023
Can the strategy of regional-resource based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India? (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 1)
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04-October-2023
Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 1)
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04-October-2023
Assess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 1)
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04-October-2023
Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century’s Indian Renaissance and the emergence of national identity. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 1)
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04-October-2023
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. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 1)
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04-October-2023
Highlight the Central Asian and Greco-Bactrian elements in Gandhara art. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 1)
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03-October-2023
Migrant workers have always remained at the socio-economic margins of our society, silently serving as the instrumental labour force of urban economics. The pandemic has brought them into national focus. On announcement of a countrywide lockdown, a very large number of migrant workers decided to move back from their places of employment to their native villages. The non-availability of transport created its own problems. Added to this was the fear of starvation and inconvenience to their families. This caused the migrant workers to demand wages and transport facilities for returning to their villages. Their mental agony was accentuated by multiple factors such as a sudden loss of livelihood, possibility of lack of food and inability to assist in harvesting their rabi crop due to not being able to reach home in time. Reports of inadequate response of some districts in providing the essential boarding and lodging arrangements along the way multiplied their fears. You have learnt many lessons from this situation when you were tasked to oversee the functioning of the District Disaster Relief Force in your district. In your opinion what ethical issues arose in the current migrant crisis? What do you understand by an ethical care giving state? What assistance can the civil society render to mitigate the sufferings of migrants in similar situations? (UPSC IAS Mains 2020 General Studies Paper – 4)
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03-October-2023
Parmal is a small but underdeveloped district. It has rocky terrain that is not suitable for agriculture, though some subsistence agriculture is being done on small plots of land. The area receives adequate rainfall and has an irrigation canal flowing through it. Amria, its administrative centre, is a medium sized town. It houses a large district hospital, an Industrial Training Institute and some privately owned skill training centres. It has all the facilities of a district headquarters. A trunk railway line passes approximately 50 kilometres from Amria. Its poor connectivity is a major reason for the absence of any major industry therein. The state government offers a 10 years tax holiday as an incentive to new industry. In 2010 Anil, an industrialist, decided to take benefits to set up Amria Plastic Works (APW) in Noora village, about 20 km from Amria. While the factory was being built, Anil hired the required key labour and got them trained at the skill training centres at Amria. This act of his made the key personnel very loyal to APW. APW started production in 2011 with the labour drawn fully from Noora village. The villagers were very happy to get employment near their homes and were motivated by the key personnel to meet the production targets with high quality. APW started making large profits, a sizable portion of which was used to improve the quality of life in Noora. By 2016, Noora could boast of a greener village and a renovated village temple. Anil liaised with the local MLA to increase the frequency of the bus services to Amria. The government also opened a primary health care centre and primary school at Noora in buildings constructed by APW. APW used its CSR funds to set up women’s self-help groups, subsidize primary education to the village children and procure an ambulance for use by its employees and the needy. In 2019, there was a minor fire in APW. It was quickly extinguished as fire safety protocols were in place in the factory. Investigations revealed that the factory had been using electricity in excess of its authorized capacity. This was soon rectified. The next year, due to a nationwide lockdown, the requirement of production fell for four months. Anil decided that all employees would be paid regularly. He employed them to plant trees and improve the village habitat. APW had developed a reputation of high-quality production and a motivated workforce. Critically analyse the story of APW and state the ethical issues involved. Do you consider APW as a role model for development of backward areas? Give reasons. (UPSC IAS Mains 2020 General Studies Paper – 4)
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