Category: Mains Marathon Answers

Archives Q.1) What is U.S.’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. How would removal from it would impact India? What course of action according to you government must take? Answer: Established by the Trade Act of 1974, GSP promotes economic development by eliminating duties on thousands of products when imported from the designated beneficiary countries… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 6, 2019

Archives Q.1) Making hospitalisation affordable brings readily noticeable relief, there is no alternative to strengthening primary health care in the pursuit of an efficient health systems. Discuss Answer: Primary Health care system is the first point of contact between health system and person, in case a person falls sick.  Its main aim is to provide… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 5, 2019

Archives Q.1) The UBI is neither an antidote to the vagaries of market forces nor a substitute for basic public services, However, there is a strong case for direct income transfers to some vulnerable groups. Comment. Answer: Limitations of UBI: It believes that all existing forms of social security transfers are inefficient. While there is… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 4, 2019

Archives Q.1) Critically examine cause and consequences of child marriage in India. What are the steps taken by government to stop child marriage? Answer: Child Marriage is defined as a marriage of a girl or boy before the age of 18 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions in which children under the… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 1, 2019

Archives Q.1) Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) play predominant role in social areas as a third sector where public and private sectors fail to provide social services for the needy. Examine. Answer: In the contemporary society, the problems that people have been facing especially the poor are much more complex. It is not possible for government alone… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 28, 2019

Archives Q.1) Describe the reasons behind the Cuban missile crisis and what were its major consequences? Answer: When Fidel Castro asked for help from USSR, it agreed for plotting its missiles in Cuba which was its nearest station to USA. USA also strengthened its stations nearby USSR. In 1962, the situation came to the brink… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 26, 2019

Archives Q.1) Recently Supreme Court directed states to evict Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Traditional Forest Dweller whose claims over forest land have been rejected. Critically analyse. Answer: The Act recognized and vested forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 25, 2019

Archives Q.1) Critically analyse India’s decision of withdrawal of Most Favoured Nation (MNF) status accorded to Pakistan. Answer: India’s decision to withdraw the MFN status to Pakistan means that India will not treat Pakistan on an equal footing in trade as is expected of fellow members of WTO. Possible impact of the decision: It can… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 22, 2019

Archives Q.1) Shifting of traditional joint family into nuclear family makes elderly emotionally and financially insecure. Explain Answer: The traditional Indian society with an age-old joint family system has been instrumental in safeguarding the social and economic security of the elderly people. The traditional norms and values of Indian society also laid stress on showing… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 21, 2019