{"id":361225,"date":"2026-04-20T13:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=361225"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:51:22","slug":"upsc-mains-answer-writing-20-april-2026-i-mains-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-mains-answer-writing-20-april-2026-i-mains-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Mains Answer Writing 20 April 2026 I Mains Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following are today\u2019s UPSC Mains Marathon Questions<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-red\">\n<p><b>About Mains Marathon \u2013\u00a0<\/b>This is an initiative of ForumIAS to help\/aid aspirants in their mains answer writing skills, which is crucial to conquering mains examination.\u00a0<strong>UPSC Mains Answer Writing 20 April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every morning, we post 2\u20133 questions based on current affairs. The questions framed are meaningful and relevant to the exam.\u00a0<strong>UPSC Mains Answer Writing 20 April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Write your answers in the comment box, given below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Mains Marathon Archives click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mains-marathon-upsc\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>\u2192<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Examine the drivers behind the decline of the Maoist insurgency. Evaluate whether the movement is truly terminal or retains potential for revival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/is-indias-maoist-insurgency-finally-over\/article70877470.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) Welfare and development often overlap in political discourse. Distinguish between the two and evaluate how this blurring impacts India\u2019s long-term fiscal sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/differentiating-welfare-and-development\/article70881948.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following are today\u2019s UPSC Mains Marathon Questions About Mains Marathon \u2013\u00a0This is an initiative of ForumIAS to help\/aid aspirants in their mains answer writing skills, which is crucial to conquering mains examination.\u00a0UPSC Mains Answer Writing 20 April 2026 Every morning, we post 2\u20133 questions based on current affairs. The questions framed are meaningful and relevant&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-mains-answer-writing-20-april-2026-i-mains-marathon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC Mains Answer Writing 20 April 2026 I Mains Marathon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mains-marathon","category-mains-marathon-questions","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361225","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}