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General Studies – 1
Topic: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Indian Express
Why the question:
Against the entrenched colonial bias that early Indians did not write history, it becomes important to understand Indic visions and methods of recollecting their past in their own right.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about importance of ancient Indian religious literature.
Directive word:
Evaluate – When you are asked to evaluate, you have to pass a sound judgement about the truth of the given statement in the question or the topic based on evidence. You must appraise the worth of the statement in question. There is scope for forming an opinion here.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by mentioning the rich corpus of ancient Indian religious literature.
Body:
First, write about the importance of ancient India religious literature from the point of History and culture – political details, economic information, aspect of society, religion and culture which can be understood form the religious literature. Substantiate with examples.
Next, write the various limitations of the above – myth, lack of organised dates, comprehending religious literature as historical texts etc.
Conclusion:
Conclude by giving a balanced opinion.
General Studies – 2
Topic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes;
Difficulty level: Tough
Reference: Live Mint
Why the question:
A two-day national conference on India’s Cooperation Policy inaugurated by the home and cooperation minister took place earlier this week. The programme was attended by several officials of the Centre and states along with other national institutes and cooperatives.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about role of cooperatives in making the society self-dependent and creating opportunities for livelihood.
Directive word:
Comment– here we must express our knowledge and understanding of the issue and form an overall opinion thereupon.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by mentioning the various measures taken by the state since independence to improve the accessibility to basic needs of its citizens.
Body:
First, mention various success stories and benefits associated with cooperatives. Amul, IFFCO etc.
Next, mention different problems associated with cooperatives – institutional financial lacunae, policy hurdles, administrative issues, sources of credit, capital equipment, and state-of-the-art technology for producers.
Next, suggest steps for overcoming the above.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
Topic: India and its neighborhood- relations.
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Insights on India
Why the question:
The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper – 2 and mentioned as part of Mission-2022 Secure timetable.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the way in which India has to deal with China.
Directive word:
Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must investigate the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving context regarding the Indo-China situation.
Body:
Present Background on recent India-China relations; Continuing stand-off: no signs of resolution, disengagement has stalled and talks been fruitless. Rupture bilateral relationship: Political relations are marked by hostility and distrust.
Strategic lessons for India: intensifying strategic competition with China, China more likely to be deterred with threat of political costs rather than material costs, Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is the key, rather than LAC.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
Topic: Role of civil services in a democracy.
Difficulty level: Easy
Reference: Live Mint
Why the question:
Two recent articles on the failure, or otherwise, of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have attracted public attention. D. Subbarao argues for true meritocracy, faults the system of incentives and disincentives that rewards mediocrity, and makes it clear that the failure is not all due to political context and interference.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the importance of civil services and reforms that are needed in them.
Directive word:
Elaborate – Give a detailed account as to how and why it occurred, or what is the context. You must be defining key terms wherever appropriate and substantiate with relevant associated facts.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by writing a few introductory lines about the Civil services in India.
Body:
Discuss in points the role played by civil services in a democracy and try to connect them with Indian civil services – Role in Governance, Role in provision of public goods and services, Economic policy improvement and implementation, Role in fiscal sustainability, Role in institutional development etc.
Next, mention the various drawbacks and limitations with respect to civil services in India and the various reforms that are needed in this regard.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
General Studies – 3
Topic: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, Nano-technology, biotechnology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.
Reference: Insights on India
Difficulty level: Moderate
Why the question:
The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper – 3 and mentioned as part of Mission-2022 Secure timetable.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about possible advantages and limitations that AI comes with and what way our country should tackle it.
Directive word:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you have to debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You have to give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by defining AI.
Body:
Explain that Artificial intelligence (AI) is competent to have a revolutionary impact on businesses and consumers globally. List down the advantages of AI in detail. Substantiate with examples.
Discuss the concerns associated with AI such as – job losses, robot bosses, human errors, high cost, ethical issues etc.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
Topic: Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Financial Express
Why the question:
Assigning the manufacturing of a drone detection system to a private Indian industry designed by state-run organizations marks the pivotal moment of a joint first step towards defence indigenization. Notably, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s handing over of Transfer-of-Technology (ToT) documents also came close on the heels of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) third list of 100 items to be procured/developed/manufactured domestically and not through imports.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about Drones as a technology offer a distinctively puzzling and complex security threat when it comes to terrorism and hybrid warfare and the steps required to counter it.
Directive word:
Analyse – When asked to analyse, you must examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them in a summary.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving context regarding the emergence of hybrid warfare and increasing role of drones in it.
Body:
In first part, mention the vulnerabilities of India to such warfare –security threats associated with Drones. Drones have developed significantly and acquired massive leaps in capability.
Next, write about the steps that are needed to placed – building capacities, anti-drone mechanisms, protecting strategic areas etc.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
General Studies – 4
Topic: Citizen’s Charters
Difficulty level: Easy
Why the question:
The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper – 4 and part of ‘Conceptual Tuesdays’ in Mission-2022 Secure.
Key Demand of the question:
To explain the concept of citizen charters and its importance.
Directive word:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you must debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You must give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin the answer by defining a citizen charter.
Body:
First, discuss the core principles of a citizen’s charter; Awareness: About citizen’s entitlements; time, period and quality of service delivery, Simple to understand, Moral backing, Accountability: Individual and of organization, Transparency: Rules/ Procedures/ Schemes/Grievances, Empowerment: Citizens especially weaker sections.
Next, write about the importance of above.
Conclusion:
Conclude by summarising.
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