Page-256 of UPSC Questions

Despite numerous benefits of cashless economy, the MSME in India are reluctant to go cashless. Critically analyze the reasons.

In India, there are about 50 million MSMEs contributing to over a third of India’s GDP,  40 percent of India’s exports, 45 percent of its manufacturing output and...

March 3, 2023

Consider the view that if Gorbachev had followed different policies, the USSR could have survived, in the same way that communism survived in China.

In the late 20th century, the internal disintegration within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) took place. Factors: Many factors played crucial roles in the demise of...

March 3, 2023

Rising incidents of Cyber Crime

There have been incidents of people being defrauded over promises of winning a lottery or availing services of friendship or dating. A common factor which was present in...

March 2, 2023

How the instability created in the Gulf region poses security concerns for India? Do you think India has adopted a "balance approach"in the ongoing Gulf crisis? Give arguments to support your view point.

The Persian Gulf region was shaken by a massive political earthquake on June 5, 2017 when four Arab countries Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt...

March 2, 2023

What are the recommendations of the Niti Aayog task force on Biomass management?

Niti Ayog had constituted a task force on Biomass management under the CII-NITI Aayog Cleaner Air-Better Life initiative. The CII-NITI Aayog Cleaner Air-Better Life initiative was started in...

March 2, 2023

Discuss how the intelligent devices such as robots and drones can enable smart farming? Can such technologies be successful in a cost-sensitive country like India – where the majority of the farmers are small producers?

With increasing population and declining productivity, the global agriculture sector is under pressure.  Technological solutions can help in this regard. Various agriculture technology-based startups are working on technological...

March 2, 2023

"Patel was the shrewd organizational hand beneath Nehru's idealistic velvet glove." Critically discuss. Do you agree with the view that the synergy of two leaders was much more powerful in comparison to differences in their thoughts?

Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were two towering figures of India’s anti-colonial freedom movement. Both of them contributed great to the nation by working together in spite...

March 2, 2023

Why was it that in the second half of the twentieth century the rate of population growth in Europe slowed down, while in America and other Third World areas it accelerated?

The factors responsible for the population growth in America and other third world countries are as follows: The improvement in medical facilities and hygiene techniques resulted in falling...

March 2, 2023

How accurate do you think it is to talk about the ' First' and 'Second' New Deals? How successful had Roosevelt's policies been in solving the economic problem of the USA by 1941?

The measure taken in New Deal to solve the economic problems of the USA. Initially, the New Deal policies helped USA to come out of Depression as the...

March 2, 2023

The gradual industrialization of India did not only bring the Indian capitalists into the foreground of public life, it also created an industrial working class". Objectively analyze this statement along with giving reference to major working class movements in India in early 20th century.

Industrialization in India began with the second half of the 19th century by  the development of ancillary industries along with the railways. The coal industry employed a large working force...

March 2, 2023