GS-1 · Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism & Secularism.
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Examine the uniqueness of tribal knowledge system when compared with mainstream knowledge and cultural systems.
Given the diversities among tribal communities in India, in which specific contexts should they be considered as a single category?
How do you explain the statistics that show that the sex ratio in tribes in India is more favourable to women than the sex ratio among Scheduled Castes?
Land needed for mining, dams and other large-scale projects is acquired mostly from Adivasis, hill dwellers and rural communities. The displaced persons are paid monetary compensation as per the legal provisions. However, the payment is often tardy. In any case, it cannot sustain the displaced families for long. These people do not possess marketable skills to engage in some other occupation. They end up as low paid migrant labourers. Moreover, their traditional ways of community living are destroyed. Thus, the benefits of traditional ways of community development go to industries, industrialists and urban communities whereas the costs are passed on to these poor helpless people. This unjust distribution of costs and benefits is unethical. Suppose you have been entrusted with the task of drafting a better compensation-cum-rehabilitation policy for such displaced persons, how would you approach the problem and what would be the main elements of your suggested policy?
Krishnadeva Raya, the King of Vijayanagar, was not only an accomplished scholar himself but was also a great patron of learning and literature. Discuss.
Early Buddhist Stupa-art, while depicting folk motifs and narratives successfully expounds Buddhist ideals. Elucidate.
Highlight the differences in the approach of Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle for freedom.
Discuss the role of women in the freedom struggle especially during the Gandhian phase.
Explain how the Uprising of 1857 constitutes an important watershed in the evolution of British policies towards colonial India.
The anti-colonial struggles in West Africa were led by the new elite of Western-educated Africans. Examine.