UPSC/IAS

Essay Writing Challenge 2020 Week-3

Section – A 1. The country’s need for a better disaster management system. 2. In the context of Gandhiji’s views on the matter, explore, on an evolutionary scale, the terms ‘Swadhinata’, ‘Swaraj’ and ‘Dharmarajya’. Critically comment on their contemporary relevance to Indian democracy. 3. Resource management in the Indian context. 4. Crisis faced in India […]

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ABHYAS Mains Answer Writing 2020 Phase-2 Day-7

Q.1) Examine the linkages between 19th centuries ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) Why did the ‘Moderates’ fail to carry conviction with the nation about their proclaimed ideology and political goals by the end of the nineteenth century? (10 marks, 150 words) Q.3) The women’s questions arose in

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ABHYAS Mains Answer Writing 2020 Phase-2 Day-6

Q.1) The third battle of Panipat was fought in 1761. Why were so many empire-shaking battles fought at Panipat? (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) Clarify how mid-eighteenth-century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.3) The 1857 Uprising was the culmination the recurrent big and small local rebellions

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ABHYAS Mains Answer Writing 2020 Phase-2 Day-5

Q.1) What were the major political, economic and social developments in the world which motivated the anti-colonial struggle in India? (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) The New Economic Policy – 1921 of Lenin had influenced the policies adopted by India soon after independence. Evaluate. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.3) What are the main features which

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Ethics Answer Writing 2020 Phase-2 Day-10

Q.1) Define the following terminologies and give examples for the same or illustrate them. (200 words) Maxim of Legality and Rationality Maxim of Responsibility and Accountability Maxim of Work Commitment Maxim of Excellence Maxim of Fusion Q.2) What do you mean by Public Service Values? Discuss the challenges to public service values and suggest measures

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ABHYAS Mains Answer Writing 2020 Phase-2 Day-4

Q.1) Why indentured labour was taken by the British from India to other colonies? Have they been able to preserve their cultural identity over there? (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) What problems were germane to the decolonization process of Malay Peninsula. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.3) The anti-colonial struggles in West Africa were led by

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Geography Optional Answer Writing 2020 Phase-2 Day-15

Q.1) Discuss the mid-oceanic ridge system. (10 marks) Reference https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/mid-ocean-ridge.html Q.2) Discuss the bottom topography of Indian Ocean and explain the significance of bathymetry. (20 marks) Q.3) Discuss the distribution of ocean trenches in detail. (15 marks) Q.4) Give and account of the temperature distribution of the Pacific Ocean. (15 marks)

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Ethics Answer Writing 2020 Phase-2 Day-9

Q.1) Write the definition, importance/disadvantages in all walks of life viz. personal, professional, public life and challenges in cultivating/shedding the following. (200 words) Right Belief Right Behaviour Right Effort Right Concentration Right livelihood Q.2) Discuss Aristotle’s virtue ethics. (10 marks) Q.3) Discuss Kant’s deontological ethics. (10 marks)

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