Civil Services Prep

Bring out the relationship between the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and the symptoms of climate change in the Indian sub-continent.

Model answer

  1. Sufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious ideas and practices or the outward structure of Hindu / Muslim societies to any appreciable extent. Comment. 10 marks
  2. Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from the mid-eighteenth century till independence. 10 marks
  3. Why did the Green Revolution in India virtually bypass the eastern region despite fertile soil and good availability of water? 10 marks
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  5. Account for the change in the spatial pattern of the Iron and Steel industry in the world. 10 marks
  6. Whereas the British planters had developed tea gardens all along the Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam to Himachal Pradesh, in effect they did not succeed beyond the Darjeeling area. Explain. 10 marks