CSE 2022 MAINS GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 1 Q1. How will you explain that medieval Indian temple sculptures represent the social life of those days? (150 Words, 10 Marks) Q2. Why did the armies of the British East India Company – mostly comprising of Indian soldiers – win consistently against the more numerous and better-equipped armies of […]
CSE 2021 MAINS GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 1 Q1. Evaluate the nature of the Bhakti Literature and its contribution to Indian culture. (10 Marks) Q2. Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj. (10 Marks) Q3. Assess the main administrative issues and socio-cultural problems in the integration process of […]
CSE 2020 MAINS GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 1 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) Q2. Pala period is the most significant phase in the history of Buddhism in India, Enumerate. Q3. Evaluate the policies of Lord Curzon […]
General Studies Paper – 1 Answer all the questions in NOT MORE THAN 150 words each. Contents of the answer are more important than its length. All questions carry equal marks. 10×25-250 Q1. To what extent has the urban planning and culture of the Indus Valley Civilization provided inputs to the present day […]
General Studies Paper-1 Q1. Highlight the Central Asian and Greco -Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art. (Answer in 150 words) Q2. 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) Q3. Examine […]
General Studies Paper-1 (2011) 1. Answer any three of the following in about 250 words each: 20×3-60 (a) ‘Essentially all that is contained in Part IV-A of the Constitution is just a codification of tasks integral to the Indian way of life.’ Critically examine this statement. (b) The exercise of executive clemency is […]
UPSC IAS Mains 2018: General Studies Paper-1 Question Paper 1) Safeguarding the Indian art heritage is the need of the moment. Discuss.(Answer in 150 words) 10 2) Assess the importance of the accounts of the Chinese and Arab travelers in the reconstruction of the history of India. (Answer in 150 words) […]
UPSC IAS Mains 2017: General Studies Paper-1 Question Paper How do you justify the view that the level of excellence of Gupta Numismatic Art is not at all noticeable in later times ? (150 words) Clarify how Mid-eighteenth century India was beset with the spectra of a fragmented Polity ? (150 words) Why […]
UPSC Civil Services Mains 2016: General Studies 1(GS 1) Question Paper 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 scholar himself but was a also a great patron of learning and literature. Discuss. Explain how the […]
Answer the questions in not more than the word limit specified at the end of each question in the parentheses. Content of the answer is more important than its length. General Studies – 1 Q.1) Though not very useful from the point of view of a connected political history of South India, the […]