OPTIMA (Mains) 2020 – Day 5

OPTIMA (Mains) 2020

30 Days Revision and Writing Plan

DAY 5

 Topic:

• Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
• Role of Women and Women’s Organization, Population and Associated Issues, Poverty and Developmental issues, Urbanization, their problems and their remedies.

Total Marks: 100 marks

Time allotted: 1:30 minutes (90 minutes)

1. Unity and diversity run parallel to each other in India. Discuss the type of diversity in India and the underlying unity among them. (10 marks)

2. What do you understand by circular migration? Discuss with India’s example. Examine the link between migration and development. (10 marks) [Reference: IOM]

3. Population growth in India is an economic or social development concern. Do you agree with this opinion? Do we need a population control law? (10 marks)

4. What do you understand by population momentum? Comment upon India’s population momentum. How can we reduce the momentum effect in India? (10 marks)

5. Can Universal basic income (UBI) be an alternative to subsidized poverty alleviation schemes? Critically examine. (10 marks)

6. The COVID-19 crisis has taken a staggering toll on people, communities and economies everywhere. But not everyone is affected equally. Examine its impact on women. (10 marks)

7. What do you understand by Missing Women pointed by Amartya Sen in 1990? Discuss the reasons for this phenomenon. (10 marks)

8. What do you understand by glass ceiling effect? How does it affect women career prospects? How far it is existent in Indian corporate sector. (10 marks)

9. Malnourishment in India a gender problem. Do you agree? Discuss how gender discrimination is the key underlying cause of malnourishment in India. (10 marks)

10. a) What do you understand by shadow pandemic? Explain it with its impact on society. (10 marks)

     b) Discuss the role of NCW and women organization in tackling shadow pandemic. (5 marks)

11. What do you understand by urban sprawls? What challenges they pose to India’s urbanization? Has corona pandemic exposed India’s urbanization belly? (10 marks)

12. What do you understand by dominant caste? Discuss their role in Indian Politics in the last two decades. Why are they protesting for reservation? (10 marks) [Reference: The Hindu]