GS-1 · Changes in critical geographical features and in flora and fauna and the effect of such changes.
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Describe various measures taken in India for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) before and after signing ‘Sendai Framework for DRR (2015-2030)’. How is this framework different from ‘Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005’?
Discuss the recent measures initiated in disaster management by the Government of India departing from the earlier reactive approach.
Dam failures are always catastrophic, especially on the downstream side, resulting in a colossal loss of life and property. Analyse the various causes of dam failures. Give two examples of large dam failures.
What is disaster resilience? How is it determined? Describe various elements of a resilience framework. Also mention the global targets of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030).
How do you justify the view that the level of excellence of Gupta numismatic art is not at all noticeable in later times?
Highlight the importance of the new objectives that got added to the vision of Indian independence since the twenties of the last century.
The women’s questions arose in modern India as a part of the 19th-century social reform movement. What were the major issues and debates concerning women in that period?
Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.
Why did the ‘Moderates’ fail to carry conviction with the nation about their proclaimed ideology and political goals by the end of the nineteenth century?
Clarify how mid-eighteenth century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity.