Page-241 of UPSC Questions

Describe the situation of Indian women in society and why MPs advocating for ‘lynching’ and other mob justice type punishments for rapists is an abdication of responsibility by the Parliament and Politicians?

Tens of thousands of Indian women face sexual assaults almost every other day, both in their homes and outside in the world. Over time as they grow up from little children to mature adults, it shapes their views on how ..

Many argue that the British system of democracy is not suited to India. Do such arguments have sound logic? How do you counter such arguments? Discuss.

India follows parliamentary form of government similar to British system where President is nominal head of government. Under Article 74 President shall act on advice of counsel of minister headed by prime minister. So in Practice prime minister is real ..

What are the values that you learn from Indian Constitution? Discuss.

Indian Constitution is a great source of human values emphasising on promoting humanism through its legislative, executive and judiciary institutions. The key values that I learn from constitution are equality and a positive discrimination for welfare of deprived; commitment to ..

What were the major reformist and revivalist movements in 19th century India? How they were similar to, or different from each other? Discuss with suitable examples.

Some major reformist movements were Brahmo Samaj; Prarthana Samaj; Satya Sodhak Samaj; Aligarh movement; Young Bengal Movement and Ramakrishna mission. Some major revivalist movements were Arya Samaj; Deoband movement etc. The key similarity between these movements was that all of ..

Exports play a prominent role in India’s economic scenario. To what extent, GST can play a role of the export multiplier? Discuss.

The economy of India is the 5th largest by nominal GDP and 3rd largest by purchasing power parity. It could be considered as a developing market economy. It is one of the fastest-growing sectors compare to other countries in the ..

What were the intended objectives of the Real Estate Investment Trusts launched in 2014? Have they been able to achieve those objectives? Discuss reviewing their progress so far and various concerns around them.

Indian real estate sector a lot of challenges. One of the major issues is rising property prices despite large inventories and low demand. The real estate companies are struggling to monetize their projects leading to rise in debts and delay ..

What do you understand by peer-to-peer (P2P) lending? How it can promote the alternative forms of finance? Discuss in the light of recent RBI's regulation stance on P2P lending.

Peer-to-peer lending, also known as social lending, is a mechanism that enables people to borrow and lend money without an official financial institution. Since such lending removes official institutional intermediary, therefore it carries more risk and involves more time, effort ..

While keeping Qutub Minar in focus, discuss trails of Hindu architecture into the monuments built by the early Sultans of Delhi?

The early mosques were constructed by making necessary changes in Hindu temples. The gate of a temple was generally towards east and the Muslims started Namaz facing towards the west because Mecca was in the west of India. Withthis aim ..

While discussing the temperature distribution of ocean water, highlight the factors responsible for it.

The specific heat capacity of water is higher than that of land. Combined with the convection in large ocean masses, it results in slower heating and cooling of ocean water than surrounding land. Temperature distribution: Latitude wise – waters near ..

Why most of the coffee production is limited within the tropical zone around the world. Explain while giving an account of the main coffee producing areas worldwide.

Coffee thrives best in areas of warm climate where the temperatures range between 20° and 27°C and the amount of rainfall ranges between 125 and 250 cm. Although rainfall should be well distributed over the year, a relative dry weather ..