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UPSC CSM 2019 — General Studies Paper I (Full Question Paper)

Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2019 · Question-cum-Answer Booklet

General Studies — Paper I

20 questions
250 marks total
3 hours
Q1–10: 150 words each (10 marks) · Q11–20: 250 words each (15 marks)
1.Art and Culture10 marks · 150 words

Highlight the Central Asian and Greco-Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art.

2.Modern History10 marks · 150 words

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.

3.Modern History10 marks · 150 words

Examine the linkages between the nineteenth century’s ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity.

4.Geography10 marks · 150 words

Assess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples.

5.Geography10 marks · 150 words

Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology.

6.Geography10 marks · 150 words

Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?

7.Geography10 marks · 150 words

Discuss the factors for localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.

8.Society10 marks · 150 words

What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.

9.Society10 marks · 150 words

“Empowering women is the key to control population growth.” Discuss.

10.Society10 marks · 150 words

What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism?

11.Modern History15 marks · 250 words

Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.

12.Modern History15 marks · 250 words

Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.

13.World History15 marks · 250 words

Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French Revolutions.

14.Geography15 marks · 250 words

What is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India?

15.Geography15 marks · 250 words

How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism?

16.Geography15 marks · 250 words

How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India?

17.Geography15 marks · 250 words

How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and coastal environment? Give suitable examples.

18.Society15 marks · 250 words

Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.

19.Society15 marks · 250 words

What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space?

20.Society15 marks · 250 words

Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss.

Source: UPSC Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2019 — General Studies Paper I, official question paper (upsc.gov.in).

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