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GS Paper 1 UPSC Mains 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n Q.1) Safeguarding the Indian art heritage is the need of the moment. Comment (10)<\/p>\n Q.2) Assess the importance of the accounts of the Chinese and Arab travellers in the reconstruction of the history of India. (10)<\/p>\n Q.3) Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times. (10)<\/p>\n Q.4) Why is Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) needed? How does it help in navigation? (10 )<\/p>\n Q.5) Why is India taking keen interest in the Arctic region? (10)<\/p>\n Q.6) Define mantle plume and explain its role in plate tectonics. (10)<\/p>\n Q.7) What are the consequences of spreading of \u2018Dead Zones\u2019 on marine ecosystem? (10)<\/p>\n Q.8) \u201cCaste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence, caste system cannot be eradicated in India.\u201d Comment. (10)<\/p>\n Q.9) \u2018Despite implementation of various programmes for eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing\u2019. Explain by giving reasons. (10)<\/p>\n Q.10) How the Indian concept of secularism different from the western model of secularism?<\/p>\n Discuss. (10)<\/p>\n Q.11) The Bhakti movement received a remarkable re-orientation with the advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Discuss. (15)<\/p>\n Q.12) Discuss whether formation of new states in recent times is beneficial or not for the economy of India. (15)<\/p>\n Q.13) Why indentured labour was taken by the British from India to their colonies? have they been able to preserve their cultural identity over there? (15)<\/p>\n Q.14) \u201cThe ideal solution of depleting ground water resources in India is water harvesting system.\u201d How can it be made effective in urban areas? (15)<\/p>\n Q.15) Defining blue revolution, explain the problems and strategies for pisciculture development in India. (15)<\/p>\n Q.16) What is the significance of Industrial Corridors in India? Identifying industrial corridors, explain their main characteristics. (15)<\/p>\n Q.17) Mention core strategies for the transformation of aspirational districts in India and explain the nature of convergence, collaboration and competition for its success. (15)<\/p>\n Q.18) \u2018Women\u2019s movement in India has not addresses the issues of women of lower social strata.\u2019 Substantiate your view. (15)<\/p>\n Q.19) \u2018Globalisation is generally said to promote cultural homogenisation but due to this cultural specificities appear to be strengthened in the Indian society.\u2019 Elucidate.<\/p>\n Q.20) \u2018Communalism arises either due to power struggle or relative deprivation.\u2019 Argue by giving suitable illustrations. (15)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Download GS Paper 1 for UPSC MAINS 2018 Click here\u00a0for GS Paper 1 | GS Paper 2 | GS Paper 3 | GS Paper 4 | Optionals GS Paper 1 UPSC Mains 2018 Q.1) Safeguarding the Indian art heritage is the need of the moment. Comment (10) Q.2) Assess the importance of the accounts… Continue reading Download GS Paper 1 UPSC MAINS 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":85,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}