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Social issues

1. GS1- SOCIAL ISSUES

2. Syllabus Demography, Social Issues, and Developments in Indian Society Newspapers Magazines (EPW) Reports of NGOs, international organizations etc. ARC Reports NITI Aayog Report - India @75

3. Detailed Structure of Mains General Studies Paper-I There are 20 compulsory questions printed in Hindi and English which are to be answered in the language selected while filling out the application form. The paper is of a total of 250 marks. The word limit for 10 marks questions is 150 and 15 marks is 250. From the history syllabus, there is a significant emphasis on Modern History topics with questions asked from Freedom struggle, Indian Renaissance, and related sub-topics.

4. From the Geography syllabus, the emphasis lies on current affairs related topics along with static sub-topics. From the Indian Society syllabus, the questions are asked from topics like women empowerment, secularism, a culture of Indian Society, etc.

5. Decoding Syllabus Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. Types – caste, linguistic, social and religious, race, tribe and ethnicity, culture) Challenges posed by Diversity Unity - Pluralism Unity in Diversity Inequality and Exclusion Family System Examples of above.

6. Role of Women and Women’s Organization Women’s organizations in Indian history Types of women’s organizations - Level of penetration Women’s organization (With Examples) Problems faced by women’s organizations Role of SHGs, Micro finance Institution Examples

7. Population and Associated Issues Basic Demography of India Population Trends in India and their Implications Causes and Effects of Over Population Challenges of Population Explosion Changing Age Structure of Indian Population Demogarphic Dividend: Boon or Bane for India Population Aging in India India's Population Policy & Initiatives

8. Poverty and Developmental Issues Concept of Development and Poverty Measurement of Poverty – Poverty Line Causes of Poverty Poverty as a Social Problem - Socio-economic Spread of Poverty Consequences of Poverty Problem of Rising Urban Poverty Poverty Alleviation Initiatives

9. Urbanization, their problems and their remedies Urbanisation Trends in India and Their Implications - Demographic and Social Dimensions State of Service Delivery and Challeges posed by Urbanisation Problems of Urban Areas Social Consequences of Urbanisation Impact of Urbanisation in Rural Areas Urban Planning and Role of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) Reforms Required and Government Initiatives Taken So Far Problems of Slums

10. Effects of Globalization on Indian society Understanding Globalisation – Its Different Dimensions Globalisation & Culture - Homogenisation vs. Glocalisation Factors Driving Globalisation Globalisation & India Impact of Globalisation on India - Socio-cultural, economic, on women, agrarian sector etc. Does Globalisation cause Poverty?

11. Social Empowerment Which are the Socially Disadvantaged Groups? Meaning and concept of social empowerment Dimensions of Social Empowerment Why do we need social empowerment? Government Initiatives to Aide Social Empowerment

12. Communalism Communalism – Its Characteristics Communalism in India in the Past Communalism in Contemporqary India Causes of Communalism Consequences of Communalism Measures to Control & Eradicate Communalism Secularism as an Antidote to Communalism

13. Regionalism Concept of Region & Regionalism Different Forms of Regionalism Regionalism in India Causes of Regionalism Concept of 'Sons of Soil' Consequences of Regionalism Role of Regional Parties Measures to Contain Regionalism

14. Secularism Concept of Secularism Indian Model of Secularism Secularism in India Nature & Practice of Secularism in India Uniform Civil Code Challenges faced by Secularism in India Measures to Make India Truly Secular

15. Previous year questions 2020 1.Has caste lost its relevance in understanding the multi-cultural Indian Society? Elaborate your answer with illustrations. 2.Is diversity and pluralism in India under threat due to globalisation? Justify your answer 3. Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness? Argue. 4. Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree?

16. 2019 1. Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss 2. Empowering women is the key to control population growth”. Discuss 3. What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space?. 4. What makes Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss 5. What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism? 6. Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.

17. 2018 7. ‘Women’s movement in India has not addressed the issues of women of lower social strata.’ Substantiate your view. 8. ‘Globalization is generally said to promote cultural homogenization but due to this cultural specificities appear to be strengthened in the Indian Society.’ Elucidate. 9. ‘Communalism arises either due to power struggle or relative deprivation’. Argue by giving suitable illustrations. 10. “Caste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence the caste system cannot be eradicated in India.” Comment. 11. ‘Despite the implementation of various programmes for eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing’. Explain by giving reasons. 12. How the Indian concept of secularism is different from the western model of secularism? Discuss.

18. 2017 13. The spirit of tolerance and love is not only an interesting feature of Indian society from very early times, but it is also playing an important part at the present. Elaborate. 14. Distinguish between religiousness/religiosity and communalism giving one example of how the former has got transformed into the latter in independent India. 15. In the context of the diversity of India, can it be said that the regions form cultural units rather than the States? Give reasons with examples for your viewpoint. 16. What are the two major legal initiatives by the State since Independence addressing discrimination against Scheduled Tribes (STs)?

19. 2016 17. What is the basis of regionalism? Is it that unequal distribution of benefits of development on regional basis eventually promotes regionalism? Substantiate your answer. 18. To what extent globalisation has influenced the core of cultural diversity in India? Explain. 19. “An essential condition to eradicate poverty is to liberate the poor from the process of deprivation.” Substantiate this statement with suitable examples. 20. Why are the tribals in India referred to as ‘the Scheduled Tribes’? Indicate the major provisions enshrined in the Constitution of India for their upliftment.

20. 2015 21. Discuss the changes in the trends of labour migration within and outside India in the last four decades. 22. Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India. 23. Debate the issue of whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste 24. Describe any four cultural elements of diversity in India and rate their relative significance in building a national identity. 25. Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India. 26. How do you explain the statistics that show that the sex ratio in Tribes in India is more favourable to women than the sex ratio among Scheduled Castes?