Category: Mains Marathon Answers

Archives Q.1) As per the information revealed by an RTI, total of 384 tigers have been killed by poachers across the country in the last ten years. Discuss the reasons which create hurdles in elimination of poaching and laws and mechanism available in India against it? Answer: Hurdles in eliminating poaching: Difficult terrain Support of… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 11, 2019

Archives Q.1) Recent belated acquittal of death row convicts by Supreme Court highlights the need to junk the death penalty. In your opinion should capital punishment be abolished? Answer: Reasons to abolish capital punishment: It denies a chance at reforming the accused The procedure is not always flawless It believes in the traditional idea of… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 8, 2019

Archives Q.1) Reaching out to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is not only morally wrong but also politically futile. Discuss and also bring out significance of OIC for India. Answer: Challenges in the relationship: India fundamentally is a secular nation, while OIC is an organisation formed to protect interest of muslims around the world, thus… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 7, 2019

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