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Society Syllabus : UPSC Mains

Topic 1 – Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues.

Topic 2 – The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.

Society Mains PYQs UPSC – Year Wise Marks Weightage (2013 – 2024)

Society Mains PYQs UPSC – Year wise & Topic wise Collection (2013 – 2024)

Society Mains PYQs UPSC (Topic 1)

Topic 1 – Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.

2024

1. Critically analyse the proposition that there is a high correlation between India’s cultural diversities and socio-economic marginalities. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
2. Inter-caste marriages between castes which have socio-economic parity have increased, to some extent, but this is less true of interreligious marriages. Discuss. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)

2023

1. Do you think marriage as a sacrament in loosing its value in Modern India?  (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Child cuddling is now being replaced by mobile phones. Discuss its impact on the socialization of children. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. Why is caste identity in India both fluid and static? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2022

1. Explore and evaluate the impact of ‘Work from Home’ on family relationships. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Given the diversities among tribal communities in India, in which specific contexts should they be considered as a single category? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. Analyse the salience of ‘sect’ in Indian society vis-a-vis caste, region and religion. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2021

1. Examine the uniqueness of tribal knowledge systems when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. How does Indian society maintain continuity in traditional social values? Enumerate the changes taking place in it. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2020

1. Has caste lost its relevance in understanding the multi-cultural Indian Society? Elaborate your answer with illustrations. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2019

1. What makes Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks) (Art & Culture + Indian Society)
2. Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2018

1. “Caste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence, the caste system cannot be eradicated in India.” Comment. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)

2017

1. 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. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)      

2016

1. Has the formation of linguistic States strengthened the cause of Indian Unity? (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2015

1. Describe any four cultural elements of diversity in India and rate their relative significance in building a national identity. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
2. Debate the issue of whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2014

1. The life cycle of a joint family depends on economic factors rather than social values. Discuss. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

Society Mains PYQs UPSC (Topic 2)

Topic 2 – Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.

2024

1. In dealing with socio-economic Issues of development, what kind of collaboration between government, NGOs and private sector would be most productive? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Distinguish between gender equality, gender equity and women’s empowerment. Why is it important to take gender concerns into account in programme design and implementation? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. Why do large cities tend to attract more migrants than smaller towns? Discuss in the light of conditions in developing countries. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
4. Despite comprehensive policies for equity and social justice, underprivileged sections are not yet getting the full benefits of affirmative action envisaged by the Constitution. Comment. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2023

1. Explain why suicide among young women is increasing in Indian Society. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Why did human development fail to keep pace with economic development in India? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
3. Does urbanization lead to more segregation and/or marginalization of the poor in Indian metropolises? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2022

1. How is the growth of Tier 2 cities related to the rise of a new middle class with an emphasis on the culture of consumption? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)

2021

1. Examine the role of ‘Gig Economy’ in the process of empowerment of women in India. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. What are the main socio-economic implications arising out of the development of IT industries in major cities of India? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. Discuss the main objectives of Population Education and point out the measures to achieve them in India in detail. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2020

1. COVID-19 pandemic accelerated class inequalities and poverty in India. Comment. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. How have digital initiatives in India contributed to the functioning of the educational system in the country? Elaborate your answer. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
3. Account for the huge flooding of million cities in India including the smart ones like Hyderabad and Pune. Suggest lasting remedial measures. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2019

1. “Empowering women is the key to control population growth”. Discuss (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
3. How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
4. “The reservation of seats for women in the institutions of local self- government has had a limited impact on the patriarchal character of the Indian Political Process.” Comment. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks) (Polity + Social Justice)

2018

1. ‘Despite implementation of various programmes for eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing.’ Explain by giving reasons. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. ‘Women’s movement in India has not addressed the issues of women of lower social strata. Substantiate your view. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
3. Mention core strategies for the transformation of aspirational districts in India and explain the nature of convergence, collaboration and competition for its success. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2017

1. The growth of cities as I.T. hubs has opened up new avenues of employment but has also created new problems. Substantiate this statement with examples. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2016

1. “An essential condition to eradicate poverty is to liberate the poor from deprivation.” Substantiate this statement with suitable examples. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)  
2. With a brief background of quality of urban life in India, introduce the objectives and strategy of the ‘Smart City Programme’. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
3. Major cities of India are becoming more vulnerable to flood conditions. Discuss. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2015

1. 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? (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
2. Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
3. Discuss the changes in the trends of labour migration within and outside India in the last four decades. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
4. Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2014

1. How does patriarchy impact the position of a middle-class working woman in India? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture in India. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. Why do some of the most prosperous regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for women? Give your arguments. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)

2013

1. Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organizations free from gender bias. Comment.  (Answer in 200 words) (10 Marks)
2. Discussion of the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India. (Answer in 200 words) (10 Marks)

Society Mains PYQs UPSC (Topic 3)

Topic 3 – Effects of globalization on Indian society.

2024

1. Globalization has increased urban migration by skilled, young, unmarried women from various classes. How has this trend impacted upon their personal freedom and relationship with family? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2023

1. Discuss the impact of post-liberal economy on ethnic identity and communalism. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2022

1. Elucidate the relationship between globalization and new technology in a world of scarce resources, with special reference to India. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2021

1. What is Cryptocurrency? How does it affect global society? Has it been affecting Indian society also? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2019

1. Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
2. Is diversity and pluralism in India under threat due to globalisation? Justify your answer. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2018

1. ‘Globalization is generally said to promote cultural homogenization but due to these cultural specificities appear to be strengthened in the Indian Society. Elucidate. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2016

1. To what extent globalization has influenced the core of cultural diversity in India? Explain. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2015

1. Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2013

1. Critically examine the effects of globalization on the aged population in India. (Answer in 200 words) (10 Marks)

Society Mains PYQs UPSC (Topic 4)

Topic 4 – Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.

2024

1. What is regional disparity How does it differ from diversity? How serious is the issue of regional disparity in India? (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2022

1. Are tolerance, assimilation, and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2020

1. Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness? Argue. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)

2019

• What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks) (Art & Culture + Indian Society)

2018

1. How is the Indian concept of secularism different from the western model of secularism? Discuss. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. ‘Communalism arises either due to power struggle or relative deprivation. Argue by giving suitable illustrations. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)
3. Discuss whether formation of new states in recent times is beneficial or not for the economy of India. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2017

1. In the context of diversity of India, can it be said that the regions form cultural units rather than the States? Give reasons with examples for your viewpoint. (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
2. What are the two major legal initiatives by the State since Independence, addressing discrimination against Scheduled Tribes (STs)? (Answer in 150 words) (10 Marks)
3. Distinguish between religiousness/religiosity and communalism giving one example of how the former has transformed into the latter in independent India. (Answer in 250 words) (15 Marks)

2016

1. What is the basis of regionalism? Is it that unequal distribution of benefits of development on a regional basis eventually promotes regionalism? Substantiate your answer. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)
2. 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. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2015

1. Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, despite having divergent approaches and strategies, had a common goal of amelioration of the downtrodden. Elucidate. (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2014

1. How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West? (Answer in 200 words) (12.5 Marks)

2013

1. Growing feeling of regionalism is an important factor in the generation of demand for a separate state. Discuss. (Answer in 200 words) (10 Marks)

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