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Differentiate by-elections from normal elections. How does the procedure of election followed in a country affects its political stability?

By-election is an election held in a single political constituency. Its objective is to fill a vacancy. The vacancy may be due to death, expiration of terms of...

April 18, 2023

While highlighting the importance of hydrological data for India, critically discuss how water has emerged as a new divide in Sino-Indian relations in recent years. Is there some kind of international arrangement with hydrological data sharing between co-riparian countries?

Many of the important rivers of India such as Satluj, Brahmaputra arise in the Tibetian region of China making it the upper riparian state.These trans-national rivers are not...

April 18, 2023

In terms of development & economic co-operation, India has played a prominent role in Afghanistan, however, in case of security forces co-operation, India's approach has been rather restrained. Discuss.

India and Afghanistan have a strong relationship, in fact, the importance of India from Afghanistan perspective can be seen from the fact that Afghanistan signed its first strategic...

April 18, 2023

Analyze the key challenges to India's food processing industry from production to consumption.

Food processing Industry is a sunrise industry which has an immense potential to address the rural economy distress. But the Food processing Industry is facing Key challenges which...

April 18, 2023

How far would you agree that it was political intrigue rather than the economic situation that enabled Hitler to come to power in Germany in January 1933?

The fortune of Nazi party was closely linked to the economic condition. The more unstable the economy, the more seats Nazis won. In 1932, when unemployment was over...

April 18, 2023

The ideology of Swadeshi had brought a coherent relationship in economics, politics, religion and philosophy. Discuss

The terminology ‘Swadeshi’ is associated with Gandhiji. He is considered the champion of this concept. It means ‘local self-sufficiency’ or ‘home economy’. Gandhiji was of the opinion that...

April 18, 2023

Explain how the uprising of 1857 constitutes an important watershed in the evolution of British policies towards colonial India.

The British policies of expansion, economic exploitation, administrative resolution adversely affected all classes of the society i.e. Zamindar, tenants, artisans, traders, maulvis, etc. The disagreement over British policies...

April 18, 2023

It has been observed that though the demands of regional movements may be legitimate but their methods and approaches are often conservative and traditional in nature, generally advocating status-quo in social issues. Critically discuss in context of India.

Regional movements occur as a result of heightened regionalism due to lack of services and deficit in fulfilment of aspirations. These movements can range from niche issues such...

April 17, 2023

Explain the formation of tropical cyclones. Also, illustrate the global distribution of these cyclones.

A tropical cyclone is a low pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters, with organised convection. The winds at lower level rotate clockwise (Southern Hemisphere) and anticlockwise (Northern...

April 17, 2023

Discuss the spatial distribution of nomadic pastoralism around the world and explain the concept of transhumance.

Most regions of nomadic herding have an arid or semi-arid climate with a rainfall of less than 50 cm. Due to this, trees are not found over large...

April 17, 2023

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