UPSC Mains 2025 GS Paper 1 & GS Paper 2 Analysis (Videos) — Sample Answers & Strategy Held on 23 Aug 2025 • Detailed analysis videos with sample answers & approach • Ideal for revision and future attempts. Watch the UPSC CSE Mains 2025 General Studies Paper 1 and General Studies Paper 2 analysis. Each …
With the UPSC Prelims 2025 approaching in 50 days, aspirants must adopt a strategic approach to maximize their preparation. Vinay Kumar GB, Founder & Director of InsightsIAS, offers comprehensive guidance for both General Studies (GS) and the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) to optimize performance during this critical period. General Studies (GS) Preparation: Set …
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ARCHIVES 01 November 2014 1) Critically comment on the cause and consequences of Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984. (200 Words) Reference-1 Reference-2 2) “In USA, there have been many comparisons between 2012’s growing drought and the 1930’s Dust Bowl.” Examine. (200 Words) Reference Reference-2
ARCHIVES 19 September 2014 Population and Related Issues 1) “The ever increasing world population is a huge challenge, but is also an opportunity.” Critically comment. (200 Words) UN Guardian 2) “Population growth has a staggering effect on gender inequality, which in turn affects economies and national development.” Critically examine. (200 Words) Reference
ARCHIVES 18 September 2014 Urbanization, their problems and their remedies. 1) Recently released World Urbanization Prospects-2014 report by the UN has revealed new trends in urbanization across the world. Comment on some of its important findings. (200 Words) Reference – 1 Reference – 2 2) “What India needs is not a whole lot of very costly, brand …
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ARCHIVES 16 September 2014 regionalism & secularism 1) What do you understand by regionalism and nationalism? What are their differences and similarities? Explain with examples. (200 Words) Reference Reference -2 (For Concepts only) 2) Critically examine the nature of secularism practised in India. (200 Words) Reference
ARCHIVES 12 September 2014 1) A criminal who is convicted and awarded death sentence for raping and murdering five girls, minutes before his hanging, anxiously asks a jail official if getting hanged is painful. The official tells him that it is not as painful as getting raped and murdered. The convict is hanged as per …
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ARCHIVES 10 September 2014 Terrorism and Strategic Issues: 1) What do you understand by Nuclear Terrorism? Critically discuss its possible origins and threats to India. (200 Words) Reference – IDSA (Introduction and Page 45) 2) It is said that USA is inching towards energy independence. Discuss it geopolitical implications, especially on India. (200 Words) Reference – IDSA …
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ARCHIVES 09 September 2014 Development and Extremism 1) Critically comment on the dynamics of Maoist insurgency and the government of India’s approach to it. (200 Words) Reference 2) Do you agree with the view that underdevelopment is the primary reason behind the growth and spread of extremism in India? Critically comment. Reference
ARCHIVES 04 September 2014 World History (From History Optional) Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each “If the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia (that resulted in the creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or Soviet Union) inaugurated an international competition for the hearts and minds of people all over the …
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ARCHIVES 01 September 2014 SECURITY ISSUES 1) Write a critical note on the Operation Zarb-e-Azb (200 Words) IDSA 2) Critically analyse the establishment of proposed Maritime Silk Route (MSR) by China and its ramifications on India. (200 Words) IDSA
ARCHIVES 06 August 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) With examples, illustrate the importance of social audit in evaluating the implementation and progress of government schemes. The Hindu 2) “Human rights commissions are powerless to render any “real service” to human rights.” Critically comment. The Hindu 3) Critically examine the impact …
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ARCHIVES 16 July 2014 1) You are a Block Development Officer. You have been invited by a Panchayat Secretary to attend the Gram Sabha meeting. The meeting has been called to allot houses to the poor with an aim to make this Panchayat free of huts. State government has sent you a strict direction to …
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ETHICS and INTEGRITY: Answer Writing Challenge, 12 July 2014 1) You have been shortlisted for the UPSC Civil Services Personality Test i.e. Interview. On the day of your interview, when your turn comes you enter the interview hall with a calm and confident composure. On entering the board you immediately notice that a lady sitting …
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ECONOMICS – Daily Answer Writing Challenge, June 24, 2014 How are the absolute and relative poverty measured? What modification in it has been suggested by Amartya Sen? What are the recent advances in the area of poverty measurement? Discuss. (300 words) Explain the Keynesian theory of interest rate determination. What differences do you see …
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ARCHIVES 08 May 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1. Critically comment on Supreme Court’s ruling that the Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act as unconstitutional and examine the implications of this ruling. Business Standard The Hindu 2. Examine the status of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) of India with ASEAN countries and …
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ARCHIVES 25 April 2014 Topic: World History – World Wars Question: Briefly analyze Muslim and Hindu fundamentalist ideologies of the 1990’s and comment whether or not they resemble ideologies of the 1920’s and 1930’s such as Nazism and Fascism? (200 Words) Reference Norman Lowe – Modern World History Topic: Science and Technology Question What do you mean …
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ARCHIVES 22 April 2014 Topic: World History – World Wars Question: According to the Sykes Picot Agreement, the Husein-McMahon letters, and the Balfour Declaration, how did the powers plan to dispose of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East? What did they promise the Arabs and the Jews? (200 Words) Reference Norman Lowe – Modern World History …
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ARCHIVES 22 April 2014 Topic: World History: World Wars Question: World War I has been called the first total war. In what ways was it total? How did it affect the states and societies of the belligerents? (200 Words) Reference Norman Lowe – Modern World History Sparknotes Britannica Topic: Science and Technology Question What is the importance …
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ARCHIVES April 18, 2014 Topic: World History: Communism Question: Critically examine the growth of communism in Eastern Europe and explain its effect on their economic growth. (200 Words) Reference Stanford Topic: Science and Technology Question “Breast cancer continues to remain a taboo issue in the country and has become a major impediment in early detection …
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