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Questions
- How does smart city in India, address the issues of urban poverty and distributive justice?2025 · Mains GS1 · Society · Smart Cities and Urban Poverty
- Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.2025 · Essay · Society · Contentment and Consumerism
- Do you think that globalization results in only an aggressive consumer culture? Justify your answer.2025 · Mains GS1 · Society · Globalization and Consumer Culture
- How do you account for the growing fast food industries given that there are increased health concerns in modern society? Illustrate your answer with the Indian experience.2025 · Mains GS1 · Society · Fast Food and Health
- Does tribal development in India centre around two axes, those of displacement and of rehabilitation? Give your opinion.2025 · Mains GS1 · Society · Tribal Development
- Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.2024 · Essay · Society · Environment and Civilization
- Analyse the role of local bodies in good governance and the pros and cons of merging rural and urban local bodies.2024 · Mains GS2 · Society · Local Governance
- Why do large cities attract more migrants than smaller towns in developing countries?2024 · Mains GS1 · Society · Migration and Urbanisation
- What is demographic winter, and is the world moving towards such a situation?2024 · Mains GS1 · Society · Demographic Winter
- Distinguish gender equality, gender equity and women’s empowerment, and explain why gender concerns matter in programme design.2024 · Mains GS1 · Society · Gender Equity
- Intercaste marriages among groups with socio-economic parity have increased, but interreligious marriages remain less common. Discuss.2024 · Mains GS1 · Society · Intercaste and Interreligious Marriage
- What is regional disparity and how does it differ from diversity? How serious is regional disparity in India?2024 · Mains GS1 · Society · Regional Disparity
- Despite equity and social-justice policies, underprivileged sections do not get the full benefits of affirmative action. Comment.2024 · Mains GS1 · Society · Affirmative Action
- How has globalisation-driven urban migration by skilled young unmarried women affected personal freedom and family relationships?2024 · Mains GS1 · Society · Women Migration
- Critically analyse the correlation between India’s cultural diversities and socio-economic marginalities.2024 · Mains GS1 · Society · Diversity and Marginality
- Girls are weighed down by restrictions and boys by demands; both are harmful disciplines.2023 · Essay · Society · Gender Socialisation
- Do you think marriage as a sacrament is losing its value in modern India?2023 · Mains GS1 · Society · Marriage and Society
- Explain why suicide among young women is increasing in Indian society.2023 · Mains GS1 · Society · Women and Mental Health
- Child cuddling is increasingly being replaced by mobile phones. Discuss its impact on children’s socialisation.2023 · Mains GS1 · Society · Children and Socialisation
- Why has human development failed to keep pace with economic development in India?2023 · Mains GS1 · Society · Human Development
- Does urbanisation lead to greater segregation or marginalisation of the poor in Indian metropolises?2023 · Mains GS1 · Society · Urbanisation and Poverty
- Why is caste identity in India both fluid and static?2023 · Mains GS1 · Society · Caste Identity
- Discuss the impact of the post-liberal economy on ethnic identity and communalism.2023 · Mains GS1 · Society · Liberalisation and Identity
- Explore and evaluate the impact of Work From Home on family relationships.2022 · Mains GS1 · Society · Work From Home
- How is the growth of Tier 2 cities related to the rise of a new middle class with an emphasis on the culture of consumption?2022 · Mains GS1 · Society · Tier-2 Cities and New Middle Class
- Given the diversities among tribal communities in India, in which specific context should they be considered as a single category?2022 · Mains GS1 · Society · Tribal Communities
- Besides welfare schemes, India needs deft management of inflation and unemployment to serve the poor and underprivileged sections of society. Discuss.2022 · Mains GS2 · Society · Inflation and Unemployment
- Analyse the salience of sect in Indian society vis-a-vis caste, region and religion.2022 · Mains GS1 · Society · Sect in Indian Society
- Are tolerance, assimilation and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer.2022 · Mains GS1 · Society · Indian Secularism
- Elucidate the relationship between globalization and new technology in a world of scarce resources, with special reference to India.2022 · Mains GS1 · Society · Globalization and Technology
- Examine the uniqueness of the tribal knowledge system when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems.2021 · Mains GS1 · Society · Tribal Knowledge System
- Examine the role of the gig economy in the process of empowerment of women in India.2021 · Mains GS1 · Society · Gig Economy and Women
- Discuss the main objectives of Population Education and point out the measures to achieve them in India in detail.2021 · Mains GS1 · Society · Population Education
- What is Cryptocurrency? How does it affect global society? Has it been affecting Indian society also?2021 · Mains GS1 · Society · Technology and Society
- How does Indian society maintain continuity in traditional social values? Enumerate the changes taking place in it.2021 · Mains GS1 · Society · Traditional Social Values
- Culture is what we are, civilization is what we have2020 · Essay · Society · Culture Is What We
- There can be no social justice without economic prosperity but economic prosperity without social justice is meaningless2020 · Essay · Society · Social Justice & Economic Prosperity
- Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality2020 · Essay · Society · Patriarchy Is The Least
- Has caste lost its relevance in understanding the multi-cultural Indian Society? Elaborate your answer with illustrations.2020 · Mains GS1 · Society · Caste
- COVID-19 pandemic accelerated class inequalities and poverty in India. Comment.2020 · Mains GS1 · Society · COVID-19
- Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness? Argue.2020 · Mains GS1 · Society · Regionalism
- Is diversity and pluralism in India under threat due to globalisation? Justify your answer.2020 · Mains GS1 · Society · Globalisation
- Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree?2020 · Mains GS1 · Society · Tradition and Reason
- How have digital initiatives in India contributed to the functioning of the education system in the country? Elaborate your answer.2020 · Mains GS1 · Society · Digital Education
- Best for an Individual is not necessarily best for society2019 · Essay · Society · Best For An Individual
- South Asian societies are woven not around the state but around their plural cultures and identities.2019 · Essay · Society · South Asian Societies Are
- Neglect of primary health care and education in India are reasons for its backwardness2019 · Essay · Society · Education and Ethics
- What makes Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.2019 · Mains GS1 · Society · What Makes Indian Society
- Empowering women is the key to controlling population growth. Discuss.2019 · Mains GS1 · Society · Gender
- What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism?2019 · Mains GS1 · Society · Secularism
- Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.2019 · Mains GS1 · Society · Do We Have Cultural
- What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space?2019 · Mains GS1 · Society · Gender
- Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss.2019 · Mains GS1 · Society · Identity
- Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life.2018 · Essay · Society · Customary Morality
- A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both.2018 · Essay · Society · Privileges and Principles
- Caste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence, the caste system cannot be eradicated in India. Comment.2018 · Mains GS1 · Society · Caste System
- Despite the implementation of various programmes for the eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing. Explain by giving reasons.2018 · Mains GS1 · Society · Poverty
- How is the Indian concept of secularism different from the western model of secularism? Discuss.2018 · Mains GS1 · Society · Secularism
- Women’s movement in India has not addressed the issues of women of lower social strata. Substantiate your view.2018 · Mains GS1 · Society · Women Movement
- Globalisation is generally said to promote cultural homogenisation but due to this cultural specificities appear to be strengthened in Indian society. Elucidate.2018 · Mains GS1 · Society · Globalisation and Culture
- Communalism arises either due to power struggle or relative deprivation. Argue by giving suitable illustrations.2018 · Mains GS1 · Society · Communalism
- Fulfillment of “new woman” in India is a myth.2017 · Essay · Society · Gender Equality
- Social media is inherently a selfish medium.2017 · Essay · Society · Social Media
- In the context of the diversity of India, can it be said that the regions form cultural units rather than the States? Give reasons with examples for your viewpoint.2017 · Mains GS1 · Society · Cultural Regions
- What are the two major legal initiatives by the State since Independence addressing discrimination against Scheduled Tribes?2017 · Mains GS1 · Society · Scheduled Tribes
- The spirit of tolerance and love is not only an interesting feature of Indian society from very early times, but it is also playing an important part at the present. Elaborate.2017 · Mains GS1 · Society · Tolerance
- Poverty alleviation programmes in India remain mere show pieces until and unless they are backed by political will. Discuss with reference to the performance of the major poverty alleviation programmes in India.2017 · Mains GS2 · Society · Poverty Alleviation
- The women’s questions arose in modern India as a part of the 19th-century social reform movement. What are the major issues and debates concerning women in that period?2017 · Mains GS1 · Society · Women Reform Movement
- Distinguish between religiousness or religiosity and communalism, giving one example of how the former has got transformed into the latter in independent India.2017 · Mains GS1 · Society · Communalism
- If development is not engendered, it is endangered.2016 · Essay · Society · Gender and Development
- Has the formation of linguistic states strengthened the cause of Indian unity?2016 · Mains GS1 · Society · Linguistic States
- To what extent has globalisation influenced the core of cultural diversity in India? Explain.2016 · Mains GS1 · Society · Globalisation and Cultural Diversity
- An essential condition to eradicate poverty is to liberate the poor from the process of deprivation. Substantiate this statement with suitable examples.2016 · Mains GS1 · Society · Poverty and Deprivation
- 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.2016 · Mains GS1 · Society · Scheduled Tribes
- What is the basis of regionalism? Is it that unequal distribution of benefits of development on regional basis eventually promotes regionalism? Substantiate your answer.2016 · Mains GS1 · Society · Regionalism
- Describe any four cultural elements of diversity in India and rate their relative significance in building a national identity.2015 · Mains GS1 · Society · Cultural Diversity
- Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India.2015 · Mains GS1 · Society · Poverty and Population
- How do you explain the statistics that show that the sex ratio in Tribes in India is more favourable to women than the sex ratio among Scheduled Castes?2015 · Mains GS1 · Society · Tribal Society
- Discuss the changes in the trends of labour migration within and outside India in the last four decades.2015 · Mains GS1 · Society · Migration
- Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India.2015 · Mains GS1 · Society · Globalization and Women
- Debate the issue whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste.2015 · Mains GS1 · Society · Caste and Dalit Assertion
- Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration.2015 · Mains GS1 · Society · Smart Cities and Smart Villages
- Is the growing level of competition good for the youth?2014 · Essay · Society · Competition and Youth
- How does patriarchy impact the position of a middle-class working woman in India?2014 · Mains GS1 · Society · Patriarchy
- Why do some of the most prosperous regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for women? Give your arguments.2014 · Mains GS1 · Society · Sex Ratio
- The life cycle of a joint family depends on economic factors rather than social values. Discuss.2014 · Mains GS1 · Society · Joint Family
- Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture in India.2014 · Mains GS1 · Society · Feminization of Agriculture
- How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West?2014 · Mains GS1 · Society · Secularism
- Discuss the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India.2013 · Mains GS1 · Society · Urbanization
- “Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organizations free from gender bias.” Comment.2013 · Mains GS1 · Society · Women’s Organizations
- Critically examine the effect of globalization on the aged population in India.2013 · Mains GS1 · Society · Globalization and Aged Population
- Growing feeling of regionalism is an important factor in the generation of demand for a separate State. Discuss.2013 · Mains GS1 · Society · Regionalism