IAS Mains General Studies Sample AnswersHere in this section aspirants can understand the answer writing concepts and approach to answer a question in appropriate manner. These are our prominent contributor's model answers of some past years question, which asked from General Studies papers for CSE Main examination conducted by the UPSC
Topics & Model Answers
Main Recommendations of PFA adopted at the Beijing Women Conference, 1995
What is Lokpall Bill?
PM's 5 Points agenda for India's Development as a Knowledge Society
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
President is not bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers
Main Determinants of Voting behaviour in India
Regionalism and effects in Indian polity
Constitution and Sources of Indian Constitution
Nature and Causes of Growing Slum Problems in India
Technological changes and Sift in use of transport corridors in India
Himalayan and the Tibetan Highlands - Development of South-West Monsoon
Contribution of Revolutionary Terrorism Represented by Bhagat Singh
Mahatma Gandhi's support to Khilafat Movement
Salient Features of the Government of India Act 1858 and 1909
Crisis of the colonial order during 1919 and 1939
Character of Socio-Religious Reforms in 19th Century
Why reverse osmosis become popular in India?
Bio-refinery versus Fossil Fuels
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology have
Crippling the king in Nepal
Sources of Industrial Finance in India, Benefits from Developments
Panchayati System Implementation - Restructuring of the Indian polity
Distinguish between judicial review and judicial activism in India
Union and States Financial relations in India
Political / Regional boundaries need to be co-terminus
Factors to need for water harvesting in rural and urban India
Resource bases for Economic Development of Jharkhand and Uttranchal
Congress come to accept the partition of India.
Contribution of Subhash Chandra Bose in India’s freedom
Montagu-chelmsford Report
Subordinate Union Towards Princely States Policy
Positive Steps taken by the British to Modernise India
IAS Main GS Model Answer: Important Topics (Set-5)
Non-cooperation Movement gave new direction and energy to the National Movement
Discuss the British vision of India had no single coherent set of ideas
Discuss the Emergence of Social Classes in British India
Economic backwardness as a major Challenge in Indian democracy
revolutionised Modern Technology
What is optical computing? Why it much better than electronic computing?
Right to Freedom of religion as enshrined in the Indian constitution
Constitutional limitations on the free movements of the country
States tackled the trade-off between environment & development
Impact of Globalisation on Higher Education in India
Disaster Management, Steps to tackle Natural Disasters
Eco-tourism, Measures to promote in India
Information Technology in Health Management in India
Soils Erosion & Its Control in India
Sethusamudram Project
India’s Effort for Permanent Seat in the UN Security Council
Indo-Iran Gas Pipeline (Political Economic Implications)
Afghanistan - Developments in Post-Taliban period
Functions of European Free Trade Association
Ramifications of Hunger in Africa
Reasons for Industrial sickness in India
Indian Economy - Role of External Financial Assistance
Objectives of Latin American Reserve Fund
India, China & Russia's Grand axis: Challenge the Unipolar Supremacy
China-US Textile War
Sources of Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiations & Effects
Digital Convergence - Implications For
Constitution Amendment Bill and Ordinary Legislative Bill
Inter-State Council Establish Co-ordination between States
High Courts Power to issue 'writs' wider than Supreme Court
Social and Economic Consequences of Abolishing Child Labour in India
Implication of Intellectual Property Clauses after joining the WTO
US Policy on Iran’s Nuclear Programmer
Terrorism Sources in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Crippling the king in Nepal
Sources of Industrial Finance in India, Benefits from Developments
Panchayati System Implementation - Restructuring of the Indian polity
Distinguish between judicial review and judicial activism in India
Union and States Financial relations in India
Political / Regional boundaries need to be co-terminus
Factors to need for water harvesting in rural and urban India
Resource bases for Economic Development of Jharkhand and Uttranchal
Congress come to accept the partition of India.
Contribution of Subhash Chandra Bose in India’s freedom
Montagu-chelmsford Report
Subordinate Union Towards Princely States Policy
Positive Steps taken by the British to Modernise India
Non-cooperation Movement gave new direction and energy to the National Movement
Modern Society
Government of India Act, 1935 & constitutional Development in India
Similarities between Lord Curzon and Jawahar Lal Nehru
Environmentalists Regard Asbestos and Plythene as Pollutants
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru's views on Indian Nationalism
Indian Renaissance: Characterise the Main Features
Right to Life & Personal Liberty. How Courts expanded its meaning?
How a member disqualified from House of Parliament?
Attitude of Industrialists towards Indian National Congress
'Strategic Partnership' between India and USA & Its implications
Economic backwardness as a major Challenge in Indian democracy
Constitution Amendment Bill and Ordinary Legislative Bill
Inter-State Council Establish Co-ordination between States
High Courts Power to issue 'writs' wider than Supreme Court
Social and Economic Consequences of Abolishing Child Labour in India
Discuss the British vision of India had no single coherent set of ideas
Discuss the Emergence of Social Classes in British India
Implication of Intellectual Property Clauses after joining the WTO
US Policy on Iran’s Nuclear Programmer
Terrorism Sources in Pakistan and Afghanistan
General Studies 2 Markers
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IAS Mains General Studies Sample Answers
Two Marker Sample Answer
PART - 1
(a) Indian in China: Indian businessmen are opening production facilities in China with increasing trade. The number of Indians in China is also increasing due to greater liberalization of both the economies.
(b) Cyber-terrorism: Hacking, stalking and entering viruses are form of cyber-terrorism to create economic strategic loss and Political propaganda. This is spread through internet and computers.
(c) Military rule in Myanmar: Myanmar is ruled by State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) dictated by military generals. The chairman in Than Shwe and recently the liberal Prime Minister Khn Nyunt was removed. There is a movement for democracy under Aung San Sunkyi against military rule.
(d) Camp Davis Accord of 1978: The USA mediated Peace agreement between Egyptian President, Sadat and Iserael’s PM Mechanem begin to maintain peace in the middle-east.
(e) Future of Indian expatriates in the Gulf: Return of many expatriates to India from Gulf countries due to restrictions placed on migrant communities, but there are other field opening like knowledge sector and IT, where there is growing demand for Indians in the Gulf.
(f) Full convertibility: It refers to the total freedom by which a domestic currency may be converted into a foreign currency and vice-versa.
(g) Physical Quality Life Index: Jim Grant has propagated this index. It was following indices:(i) Life Expectancy.(ii) Infant Mortality Rate(iii) Adult Literacy.
(h) Differences between absolute poverty and relative poverty: When a person is deprived of basic minimum needs, it is termed as absolute poverty. According to UN parameters earning less than $1 per day is treated as absolute poverty. Relative poverty is in relation to other strata of the society.
(i) India-US Nuclear Pact: India was agreed to put its all civilian nuclear facilities under the IAEA Inspections and Safeguard while the USA agreed to supply. India with fuel for them under Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Pact.
(j) Medical Tourism: India promoting itself as an effective, cheap destination for health and medical solutions especially providing super-specialty services in medicine.
PART - 2
(a) Mekong-Ganga co-operation: It is a group of six nations, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Combodia, of the rivers Ganga and Mekong region for economic cooperation, established in 2000 in Vientiane, Laos.
(b) IFC: International Finance Corporation, an organ of the Work Bank group aimed at growth of private government enterprises.
(c) Crude oil price and Indian economy: Rapidly rising crude oil prices has led to increase in import bill and has an adverse effect on improving balance of trade in Indian economy.
(d) Gandhian Economy: Gandhiji concepted for village and agriculture based economy, village industries and allied activities to grow, making villages a self-sufficient units with full employement.
(e) Second Green Revlution: Rapid improvement in the productivity of diverse crops which is environmentally sustainable and promotes balanced regional growth.
(f) Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Yojana: This scheme was launched to set up residential schools for elementary level education in 2004-05 for SC, ST, OBC and minorities girls.
(g) Euro-Control: Emission norms regarding vehicular pollution having different stages viz. Euro-I, II, III. These norms are known in Indias Bharat-I, II, III etc.
(h) Dow Jones: Dow Jones is New York based stock exchange. In this exchange shares listed are very sensitive.
(i) ‘Bluetooth’: A wireless technology to connect one device to another, e.g. computers, multimedia kits, mobile phones for a short distance and transmitting data to one another.
(j) MFN status to India by Pakistan: MFN status will and discrimination in trade, Pakistan has not accorded MFN status to India.
(k) Notion of development of under development: This is the concept of negative growth where the GDP is declining e.g. in Sub-Saharan Africa the new areas e.g., falling life expectancy due to AIDS and hunger.
(l) Cost-push inflation: Cost-push inflation indicates rise in price due to increase in the cost of production. It because of rise in prices of raw material, imposition of heavy taxes, rise in wages, and rise in profit margin. All or some of these factors are responsible for the cost-push inflation.
(m) Green GDP: Guidelines to renew development goals by tracking economic output and take environmental issues into account.
(n) Terms of reference of the Abid Hussain Committee: This committee was set up to suggest measures for growth of small scale and village industries and remove weaknesses from it.
PART - 3
(a) Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM): GEM is a concept based on a composite Index. Three areas are included in it:(i) Economic resources,(ii) Political participation,(iii) Economic participation and decision making