GS-1 · Distribution of key Natural Resources (world, S. Asia, Indian subcontinent)
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What are the economic significances of discovery of oil in Arctic Sea and its possible environmental consequences?
Can the strategy of regional-resource based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?
Discuss the multidimensional implications of uneven distribution of mineral oil in the world.
Give a geographical explanation of the distribution of off-shore oil reserves of the world. How are they different from the on-shore occurrences of oil reserves?
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.
Taxila university was one of the oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of renowned learned personalities of all times. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a university in the modern sense. Discuss.
Gandhara sculpture owed as much to the Romans as to the Greeks. Explain.
To what extent has the urban planning and culture of the Indus Valley Civilization provided inputs to the present day urbanization? Discuss.
In what ways did the naval mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India?
Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from mid-eighteenth century till independence.