TOPIC
GS1
2013–2026
Indian Society and Diversity — PYQ Trend Intelligence
MATCHES
100
mapped PYQs
What the data shows
In the mapped 2013–2026 GS 1 dataset, 100 questions connect to indian society and diversity across 14 exam years. The highest observed count is 11 in 2024. These counts describe historical coverage, not the probability of a future exam question.
Method: topic hierarchy adapted from the supplied GS1–GS4 topic-map PDFs (2013–2025); questions are linked using MainsBuddy metadata term matching, restricted to GS1. Overlapping themes may include the same question. 2026 questions are mapped as a separate extension beyond the PDFs. Cross-topic matches may occur; these are provisional classifications, not verified question-level PDF mappings.
Questions by year
2026
6
2025
7
2024
11
2023
10
2022
6
2021
6
2020
7
2019
7
2018
10
2017
6
2016
6
2015
8
2014
5
2013
5
Answer-writing intelligence
Directives recorded for mapped questions include Comment, Explain, Discuss, Critically examine, Evaluate. Compare how the demand changes across years: identify the directive, split the question into its components, and practise within the stated mark allocation.
Mapped previous year questions
- Unity in diversity remains the defining feature of Indian society despite challenges from communalism and regionalism. Comment.
- How do you understand disability? Substantiate the need for inclusive policy framework in India in this regard.
- Do you think that digital technology promotes social empowerment? Explain with suitable examples.
- Is caste disappearing in urban India? Illustrate your answer with examples.
- Critically examine the challenges of demographic transition in contemporary India.
- Evaluate the impact of globalization on Indian youths with reference to social, political, economic and cultural spheres.
- How does smart city in India, address the issues of urban poverty and distributive justice?
- The ethos of civil service in India stand for the combination of professionalism with nationalistic consciousness – Elucidate.
- Do you think that globalization results in only an aggressive consumer culture? Justify your answer.
- The French Revolution has enduring relevance to the contemporary world. Explain.
- How do you account for the growing fast food industries given that there are increased health concerns in modern society? Illustrate your answer with the Indian experience.
- Achieving sustainable growth with emphasis on environmental protection could come into conflict with poor people’s needs in a country like India – Comment.
- Does tribal development in India centre around two axes, those of displacement and of rehabilitation? Give your opinion
- Underline the changes in the field of society and economy from the Rig Vedic to the later Vedic period.
- Why do large cities tend to attract more migrants than smaller towns? Discuss in the light of conditions in developing countries.
- What is the concept of a 'demographic winter'? Is the world moving towards such a situation? Elaborate.
- Intercaste marriages between castes which have socio-economic parity have increased, to some extent, but this is less true of inter religious marriages. Discuss.
- In dealing with socio-economic issues of development, what kind of collaboration between government, NGOs and private sector would be most productive?
- How far is it correct to say that the First World War was fought essentially for the preservation of balance of power?
- How far was the Industrial Revolution in England responsible for the decline of handicrafts and cottage industries in India?
- What is regional disparity? How does it differ from diversity? How serious is the issue of regional disparity in India?
- 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.
- 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?
- Critically analyse the proposition that there is a high correlation between India's cultural diversities and socio-economic marginalities.
- Bring out the socio-economic effects of the introduction of railways in different countries of the world.
- Do you think marriage as a sacrament is loosing its value in Modern India?
- Child cuddling is now being replaced by mobile phones. Discuss its impact on the socialization of children.
- What are the main features of Vedic society and religion? Do you think some of the features are still prevailing in Indian society?
- How did the colonial rule affect the tribals in India and what was the tribal response to the colonial oppression?
- Identify and discuss the factors responsible for diversity of natural vegetation in India. Assess the significance of wildlife sanctuaries in rain forest regions of India.
- Why did human development fail to keep pace with economic development in India?
- Does urbanization lead to more segregation and/or marginalization of the poor in Indian metropolises?
- Why is caste identity in India both fluid and static?
- Discuss the impact of post-liberal economy on ethnic identity and communalism.
- Explore and evaluate the impact of ‘Work From Home’ on family relationships.
- 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?
- Given the diversities among tribal communities in India, in which specific contexts should they be considered as a single category?
- Analyse the salience of ‘sect’ in Indian society vis-a-vis caste, region and religion.
- Are tolerance, assimilation, and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer.
- Elucidate the relationship between globalization and new technology in a world of scarce resources, with special reference to India.
- Examine the uniqueness of tribal knowledge system when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems.
- “There arose a serious challenge to the Democratic State System between the two World Wars.” Evaluate the statement.
- What are the main socio-economic implications arising out of the development of IT industries in major cities of India?
- Discuss the main objectives of Population Education and point out the measures to achieve them in India in detail.
- What is Cryptocurrency? How does it affect global society? Has it been affecting Indian society also?
- How does Indian society maintain continuity in traditional social values? Enumerate the changes taking place in it.
- Has caste lost its relevance in understanding the multi-cultural Indian Society? Elaborate your answer with illustrations.
- COVID-19 pandemic accelerated class inequalities and poverty in India. Comment.
- Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness? Argue.
- Account for the huge flooding of million cities in India including the smart ones like Hyderabad and Pune. Suggest lasting remedial measures.
- Is diversity and pluralism in India under threat due to globalisation? Justify your answer.
- Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree?
- How have digital initiatives in India contributed to the functioning of the education system in the country? Elaborate your answer.
- What makes the Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss.
- What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism?
- Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French Revolutions.
- How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India?
- Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples.
- What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space?
- Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss.
- “Caste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence, caste system cannot be eradicated in India.” Comment.
- ‘Despite implementation of various programmes for eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing.’ Explain by giving reasons.
- How the Indian concept of secularism is different from the western model of secularism? Discuss.
- Discuss whether formation of new states in recent times is beneficial or not for the economy of India.
- Why indentured labour was taken by the British from India to other colonies? Have they been able to preserve their cultural identity over there?
- “The ideal solution of depleting ground water resources in India is water harvesting system.” How can it be made effective in urban areas?
- Mention core strategies for the transformation of aspirational districts in India and explain the nature of convergence, collaboration and competition for its success.
- ‘Women’s movement in India has not addressed the issues of women of lower social strata.’ Substantiate your view.
- ‘Globalization is generally said to promote cultural homogenization but due to this cultural specificities appear to be strengthened in the Indian Society.’ Elucidate.
- ‘Communalism arises either due to power struggle or relative deprivation.’ Argue by giving suitable illustrations.
- What problems were germane to the decolonization process in the Malay Peninsula?
- In the context of the diversity of India, can it be said that the regions form cultural units rather than the States? Give reasons with examples for your viewpoint.
- What are the two major legal initiatives by the State since Independence, addressing discrimination against Scheduled Tribes (STs)?
- 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.
- Distinguish between religiousness/religiosity and communalism giving one example of how the former has got transformed into the latter in independent India.
- “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.
- An essential condition to eradicate poverty is to liberate the poor from deprivation. Substantiate this statement with suitable examples.
- Major cities of India are becoming more vulnerable to flood conditions. Discuss.
- With a brief background of quality of urban life in India, introduce the objectives and strategy of the ‘Smart City Programme’.
- To what extent has globalization influenced the core of cultural diversity in India? Explain.
- What is the basis of regionalism? Is it that unequal distribution of benefits of development on regional basis eventually promotes regionalism? Substantiate your answer.
- 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.
- Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, despite having divergent approaches and strategies, had a common goal of amelioration of the downtrodden. Elucidate.
- Describe any four cultural elements of diversity in India and rate their relative significance in building a national identity.
- 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?
- Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India.
- Discuss the changes in the trends of labour migration within and outside India in the last four decades.
- Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration.
- Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India.
- Debate the issue of whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste.
- The life cycle of a joint family depends on economic factors rather than social values. Discuss.
- Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture in India.
- How does patriarchy impact the position of a middle class working woman in India?
- Why do some of the most prosperous regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for women? Give your arguments.
- How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West?
- Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.
- Bring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world.
- Discuss the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India.
- Critically examine the effects of globalization on the aged population in India.
- Growing feeling of regionalism is an important factor in the generation of demand for a separate state. Discuss.
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