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UPSC Mains 2019 was conducted from 20 September 2019. The IAS Mains examination has nine descriptive type papers. Aspirants can download the IAS Mains 2019 Question Papers from the links below. UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam was conducted on June 2, 2019.

Solving the UPSC question papers is an essential part of IAS Exam preparation. IAS Toppers recommend solving at least 5 UPSC previous years’ question papers to get a feel of the exam pattern and the level of questions. Know more about IAS Toppers and their success stories from the link given at the end of the article.

You can download the UPSC Prelims 2020-2021 Question Papers from the linked articles given below:

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Solving the UPSC 2019 question paper will help you to assess your strength and weakness for your future attempts. When you solve these papers, you get the idea about what kind of questions are asked from different topics, which areas are more important, whether questions are more from the static part or the dynamic part, etc. 

In addition, solving the CSE 2019 paper will also help in familiarising with the exam pattern to a certain extent. 

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Upsc mains question paper 2019: download the mains (paper-i) essay question paper of the ias main examination conducted on 20th september 2019. have a look at the questions asked in the civil services mains 2019 exam..

UPSC Mains 2019: IAS Civil Services Main Examinations are over and the candidates have shared the question asked and their difficulty level. Here we have provided the UPSC Mains Question Paper of Essay (Paper-I) section. In this section, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) asked candidates to write two essays, one each from Section-A and Section-B. Aspiring candidates must be looking out for the Mains Question Papers for their preparations. Civil Services Mains Examinations 2019 was held from 20 th September to 29 th September 2019. Have a look at the essay topics asked in the UPSC Mains 2019 and prepare for the UPSC Civil Services 2020 exam accordingly.

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General Studies Paper 1 (GS1) Question Paper – UPSC Civil Services Main Exam (Written) 2019

Last updated on September 30, 2023 by Alex Andrews George

UPSC conducted the  General Studies Paper 1 (GS1) Paper , as part of the Civil Services Main Exam 2019 on 21-09-2019.

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General Studies Paper 1 (GS1): UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination – 2019

Instructions.

• Total Marks: 250 marks, Time duration: 3 hours.
• There are 20 questions printed both in ENGLISH and HINDI.
• All questions are compulsory.
• The number of marks carried by a question/part is printed against it.
• Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the admission certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this question-cum-answer (QCA) booklet in the space provided.
• No marks will be given for answers written in a medium other than the authorized one.
• Answers to questions no. 1 to 10 should be in 150 words, whereas answers to questions no. 11 to 20 should be in 250 words.
• Keep the word limit indicated in the questions in mind.
• Any page or portion of the page left blank must be struck off clearly.

Qn1. Highlight the Central Asian and Greco-Bactrian elements in Gandhara art (Answer in 150 words)

Qn2. The 1857 Uprising was the culmination of the recurrent big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate (Answer in 150 words)

Qn3. Examine the linkages between the 19th century ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity. (Answer in 150 words)

Qn4. Assess the impact of global warming on coral life systems with examples. (Answer in 150 words)

Qn5. Discuss the causes of the depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology. (Answer in 150 words)

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Qn6. Can the strategy of regional-resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India? (Answer in 150 words)

Qn7. Discuss the factors for localization of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India. (Answer in 150 words)

Qn8. What makes Indian society unique in sustaining its culture? Discuss. (Answer in 150 words)

Qn9. “Empowering women is the key to controlling population growth”. Discuss (Answer in 150 words)

Qn10. What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism (Answer in 150 words)

Qn11. Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate (Answer in 250 words)

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Qn12. Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s. (Answer in 250 words)

Qn13. Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French Revolutions. (Answer in 250 words)

Qn14. What is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India? (Answer in 250 words)

Qn15. How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism? (Answer in 250 words)

Qn16. How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India? (Answer in 250 words)

Qn17. How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and the coastal environment? Give suitable examples. (Answer in 250 words)

Qn18. Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples (Answer in 250 words)

Qn19. What are the continued challenges for women in India against time and space? (Answer in 250 words)

Qn20. Are we losing our local identity for the global identity? Discuss. (Answer in 250 words)

General Studies Paper 1 UPSC 2019 – Question Paper Analysis by ClearIAS.com

What matters now in the UPSC exam is not how knowledgeable you are, but how quickly can you process the information in your brain to present the different sides of a relevant issue. The General Studies Paper 1 of the UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2019 is a typical example of this.

Unfortunately, many coaching institutes haven’t yet understood this change. Many of them are still teaching a lot of junk facts to students. Students are overloaded with almost everything under the Sun. However, in the exam hall, aspirants are unsure of what to do with this ‘junk’ information on questions that test their analytical skills in a short span of time.

UPSC is no longer looking at specialized knowledge or information, rather they are looking at your analytical skills. No coaching institutes can do the analysis for you. Only you can do it in the exam hall.

Does this mean the end of coaching institutes or mentors? No. We didn’t mean that. Nevertheless, if they don’t adapt to the changing requirements of UPSC, the methods won’t help candidates.

What should the ideal mentors of UPSC do now? They should guide aspirants on the right path and demonstrate the importance of cultivating analytical skills. Yes, analytical skills are becoming more and more important in UPSC CSE. Not just for Mains, but for Prelims and Interviews as well.

Aspirants should learn to analyze questions within a limited time. You won’t get specific questions where you can just repeat and reproduce what you have mugged up – as you may see in other exams.

Except for 1 or 2 questions, most questions are very general in nature. For example, to answer Question Number 20 – ‘local identity’ vs ‘global identity’ – what you need is not specific knowledge, but rather a clear understanding of multiple dimensions of the identity issue. This is not a topic usually taught in a class, so you need to bring into your answer sheet what you observed, read, learned, and understood – within 8-9 minutes.

This is not at all easy for beginners.  That is why you need to practice with the right kind of model questions . You need proper practice to – think, analyze, understand, and present it on the exam sheet !

As an online UPSC Test Preparation website , we at ClearIAS.com refrain from overloading our students with too much junk information.

Rather our approach is to empower and guide students in the right direction so that aspirants can take care of the challenging nature of UPSC questions themselves.

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Reader Interactions

September 21, 2019 at 1:24 pm

Sir please give answers of gs papers in form of points so that we can improve our answer writing skills.

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September 21, 2019 at 4:25 pm

@ Avinash – You are right. We will be providing more articles on this aspect.

September 21, 2019 at 3:09 pm

Sir, please define the different keywords used in questions like, define, elucidate, assess, explain, briefly explain, discuss, examine, critically examine, comment etc

September 21, 2019 at 4:26 pm

@ Abhinav – We shall create new posts and videos explaining the same. Hope you will get more clarity soon.

September 21, 2019 at 6:20 pm

M preparing for 2020 exam. I just want to know that.. Is there any ongoing or upcoming answer writing program? I m not in Delhi.. So I want to join such program where I can write answers on sheet.. Scan them.. & get checked by subject expert..

September 21, 2019 at 10:38 pm

Sir, finally I got to know that untill unless we analyse a issues in wider range we can’t chase upsc game.. So, Requesting you to post analytical questions as per syllabus and which is more crucial for the india and world..

September 22, 2019 at 8:10 am

@ Lalu – Great! Once you realise that things are easy! Of course, we shall guide!

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EDITORIAL ANALYSIS : Preventing animal cruelty is a duty of the state               

Source: The Hindu

• Prelims: Article 14, Article 21, Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA Act), 1960 etc
• Mains GS Paper I and II: Government policies and interventions for development of various sectors and issues arising out of them etc

ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS

• Amendments to the Croatian Penal Code , enhanced the punishment for causing unnecessary pain or suffering to animals, and for killing or severely abusing animals.

INSIGHTS ON THE ISSUE

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960:

●      It discusses different forms of cruelty, exceptions, and killing of a suffering animal in case any cruelty has been committed against it, so as to relieve it from further suffering.

●      the legislative intent of the act is to “prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals”., ●      the animal welfare board of india (awbi) was established in 1962 under section 4 of the act., ●      this act provides for punishment for causing unnecessary cruelty and suffering to animals., ●      the act defines animals and different forms of animals., ○      in the case of a first offense, fine which shall not be less than ten rupees but which may extend to fifty rupees., ○      in the case of a second or subsequent offense committed within three years of the previous offense, fine which shall not be less than twenty-five rupees, ■      which may extend to one hundred rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with both., ●      it provides the guidelines relating to experimentation on animals for scientific purposes., ●      the act enshrines the provisions relating to the exhibition of the performing animals , and offenses committed against the performing animals..

Goals for Punishing someone for committing a crime :

• Retribution (punishment imposed to avenge the crime committed)
• Deterrence (punishment imposed to deter the perpetrator and the general public against committing such crimes in the future)
• Reformation or rehabilitation (punishment imposed to reform and shape the future behavior of the perpetrator).

Issues with Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act (1960):

• Poor enforcement of the law and the meager penalties it prescribes
• The PCA Act seems woefully ineffective.
• non-cognisable ( which means that the police can neither register a first information report nor investigate or effect arrest without the express permission of or directions from a competent court).
• The fines are insignificant (as low as ₹10 in many cases) as they have not undergone revision in over 130 years.
• This allows perpetrators of animal cruelty to get away with the most brutal forms of animal cruelty by just paying a fine in most cases.
• The law itself does not contain any provision for ‘community service’ such as prescribing volunteering at an animal shelter as a form of punishment, that could potentially reform the perpetrators.

The Draft Bill(Amendments to the 1960 Act):

• Inclusion of the five fundamental freedoms for animals
• Addition of new cognisable offenses.
• The draft Bill continues to provide for imprisonment and fines as two options available to a court dealing with a case of animal cruelty.

Animal welfare in Constitution :

• Fundamental rights : They are explicitly conferred on animals.
• Persons” means human beings or associations of human beings, such as corporations, partnerships, trusts etc
• Article 48: To prohibit the slaughter of cows, calves and other milch and draught cattle and to improve their breed.
• Article 48A: To protect and improve the environment and to safeguard forests and wildlife.
• It exempts use of animals for experiments with a view to securing medical advancement.

Way Forward

• Even if the draft Bill becomes law: It will still be possible for perpetrators to just pay the paltry fine and avoid imprisonment for committing certain acts of extreme cruelty.
• With its limitations, the enactment of the Draft Bill could be a huge step forward for animal law in India.
• We must set an example not because I think we are superior but because we have spoken about ahimsa far more than any other country
• So the more we talk about it, the greater the responsibility to put into practice.
• The new government should accept this responsibility so that the amendments to the PCA Act (1960) will finally see the light of day.
• Right in Article 21 is conferred only on human beings: But the expanded meaning of the word “life” now included a right against disturbance to the basic environment ought to mean that animal life must also be treated with “intrinsic worth, honor and dignity.
• Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan: No doubt the constitution safeguards only the rights of human beings, but the word “life” is today understood to mean something more than mere existence; it means an existence that allows us, among other things, to live in a clean and healthy environment.

QUESTION FOR PRACTICE

‘Constitutional Morality’ is rooted in the Constitution itself and is founded on its essential facets. Explain the doctrine of ‘Constitutional Morality’ with the help of relevant judicial decisions.(UPSC 2021) (200 WORDS, 10 MARKS)

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