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UPSC IAS General Studies Paper III: 2014   Answer all the questions in NOT MORE than 200 words each. Content of the answer is more important than its length. All questions carry equal marks:  12.5×20=250 1. Normally countries shift from agriculture to industry and then later to services, but India shifted directly from agriculture to services. What

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper II: 2016   Answer all the questions in NOT MORE THAN 200 words each. Content is more important than its length. All questions carry 12.5 marks.  Discuss the essentials of the 69th Constitutional Amendment Act and anomalies, if any, that have led to recent reported conflicts between the elected representatives

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper II: 2015   Answer the following questions in not more than 200 words each. Contents of the answers are more important than their length. All questions carry equal marks. Note: Each question carries 12.5 Marks (12.5×20 = 200 Marks ) Discuss the possible factors that inhibit India from enacting for

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper I: 2018 Safeguarding the Indian art heritage is the need of the moment. Comment (Answer in 150 words) 10 marks Assess the importance of the accounts of the Chinese and Arab travellers in the reconstruction of the history of India. (Answer in 150 words) 10 marks Throw light on the

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper I: 2020   Q1. The rock-cut architecture represents one of the most important sources of our knowledge of early Indian art and history. Discuss. (Answer in 150 words) 10 marks Q2. Pala period is the most significant phase in the history of Buddhism in India. Enumerate. (Answer in 150 words)

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper I: 2019 Highlight the Central Asian and Greco Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art.  (Answer in 150 words) 10 marks 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.   (Answer in 150 words)

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper I: 2017   How do you justify the view that the level of excellence of the Gupta numismatic art is not at all noticeable in later times? (150 words, 10 marks) Clarify how mid-eighteenth century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity.  (150 words, 10 marks) Why

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper I: 2016   Each Question is worth 12.5 marks and maximum word limit is 200. Content of the answer is more important than its length. Early Buddhist Stupa-art, while depicting folk motifs and narratives, successfully expounds Buddhist ideals. Elucidate. Krishnadeva Raya, the king of Vijayanagar, was not only an accomplished

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper I: 2015 Answer the following questions in not more than 200 words each. Contents of the answers are more important than their length. All questions carry equal marks. Note: Each question carries 12.5 Marks (12.5×20 = 200 Marks ) The ancient civilization in Indian sub continent differed from those of

UPSC IAS General Studies Paper I: 2014   All the questions were compulsory. Each question was of 10 marks. UPSC wanted to answer the questions in NOT MORE THAN 150 words each. It was also mentioned that contents of the answer is more important than its length. 2 pages were left blank to answer each question.