UPSC Mains 2019 GS Paper 1 questions

20 questions from the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2019. Official UPSC paper (PDF) · All GS Paper 1 PYQs

1. 1

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

   Art & Culture · 150 words · 10 marks

2. 2

   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.

   Modern History · 150 words · 10 marks

3. 3

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

   Modern History · 150 words · 10 marks

4. 4

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

   Geography · 150 words · 10 marks

5. 5

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

   Geography · 150 words · 10 marks

6. 6

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

   Geography · 150 words · 10 marks

7. 7

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

   Geography · 150 words · 10 marks

8. 8

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

   Indian Society · 150 words · 10 marks

9. 9

   "Empowering women is the key to control population growth." Discuss.

   Indian Society · 150 words · 10 marks

10. 10

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

    Indian Society · 150 words · 10 marks

11. 11

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

    Modern History · 250 words · 15 marks

12. 12

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

    Modern History · 250 words · 15 marks

13. 13

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

    World History · 250 words · 15 marks

14. 14

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

    Geography · 250 words · 15 marks

15. 15

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

    Geography · 250 words · 15 marks

16. 16

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

    Geography · 250 words · 15 marks

17. 17

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

    Geography · 250 words · 15 marks

18. 18

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

    Indian Society · 250 words · 15 marks

19. 19

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

    Indian Society · 250 words · 15 marks

20. 20

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

    Indian Society · 250 words · 15 marks