Page-310 of UPSC Questions

Elucidate the locational aspects of cotton textile industry around the World.

Geographi­cally, the cotton textile industry is fairly widespread in the world. However, the largest concentrations are in US, India, China, Russia, Japan, Pakistan, France and UK. Other important producers of cotton textiles are Germany, Poland, Italy, Romania, Hong Kong and ..

India has failed its disabled population. Critically analyze.

The government has extended the deadline for the Accessible India Campaign wing to slow progress. 1. What is an Accessible India Campaign? Under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Accessible India is a nation-wide flagship campaign, being handled by ..

The Indian Air Force must lay down clear red lines for continued operational effectiveness. Comment.

The crash of AN-32 has raised severe doubts about the extent of Flight Safety in Indian Air Force. The rates of accidents have been significantly brought down over the past few decades. Air crashes are fully exposed to media thereby ..

2017 Mock Test -8: GS-IV: Ethics Case Study -1

The question states that this is a perennial problem occurring year after year. So I am sure my predecessors must have already taken safety measures. However, just in case, they have not taken this measure, might have taken the appropriate ..

"One of the legacies of British colonial rule in India is the secrecy regime."Discuss throwing light on various secrecy laws and factors contributing to secrecy culture in India.

Hint: Started with the Indian Official Secrets Act (1904) during Lord Curzon, replaced by Official Secrets Act, 1923.  The act allows safeguarding information from unauthorized disclosure. Guidelines under Manual of Departmental Security Instructions and the Manual of Office Procedure deals ..

What were the major points of difference between Gandhi and Jinnah during the September 1944 talks? Critically discuss the outcomes of these talks at a broader level.

Gandhiji was arrested under the Defense of India Rules during the very beginning of the Quit India movement and sent to Agakhan Palace Jail. He was released on 6 May 1944. At that time, America was also creating pressure on ..

There are several flaws in the wildlife conservation approach based on the premise of creating national parks, tiger reserves, wildlife sanctuaries etc. managed by the state. Discuss giving arguments.

National parks, Tiger reserves, wildlife sanctuaries, etc are formed under Wild life protection act 1972. These different conservation methods have different condition to access these areas like national parks area are more stringent criteria than wild life sanctuaries to access. ..

What do you mean by 'disguised unemployment'? Do you think that it can be used as a source of capital formation? Examine its limitations.

A disguisedly unemployed person is the one who seems to be employed but actually he is not. His contribution to the total output is zero or negligible. When more people are engaged in a job than actually required, a state ..

The impacts and effects of Globalization can be seen both in ‘Local in Global’ and ‘Global in Local’. Comment.

Globalization means increased interdependence and interactions, due to flow of goods, services, people, capital, ideas across the borders. Globalization is a two-way bridge and has resulted into adaptation of various foreign concepts & export of various Indian concepts to world ..

Write a brief note on Carbon capture and storage. Mention its potential benefits and discuss the challenges that need to be addressed for its wide-scale deployment in India.

Carbon capture and storage is a new technology for Carbon mitigation. It not only allows to capture of carbon but also stores it in reserves, locking it for hundreds of years. It is very effective to achieve climate change mitigation. ..