Indian Society forms very important component of Mains GS-1 syllabus. This post analyzes in detail questions asked so far in Indian Society GS-1, trends and what to expect, sources/book list and answer writing strategy.
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Ethics PYQP Section-A Detailed Analysis
Indian Society Syllabus:
- Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
- Role of women and women’s organization.
- Population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues.
- Urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
- Effects of globalization on Indian society.
- Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
Analysis:
- Mains 2013: 4 questions, 10 marks each.
- Mains 2014: 5 questions, 10 marks each.
- Mains 2015: 6 questions, 12.5 marks each.
- Mains 2016: 5 questions, 12.5 marks each and each question has further breakage of marks. (Check file below)
Detailed analysis of all 40 questions asked in Mains 2013-2019:
Mudit Jain GS-1 Society Questions Analysis
- Mains 2017: 6 questions, 2 were 10 markers and 4 were 15 markers.
- Mains 2018: 7 questions, 3 were 10 markers and 4 were 15 markers.
- Mains 2019: 7 questions, 3 were 10 markers and 4 were 15 markers.
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Ethics book referred by CSE 21 Toppers: AIR – 6, 43, 44, 50, 75, 84, 150, 188, 194, 235, 249, 252, 268, 281, 322, 344, 439, 467, 572, 577, 586, 612, 646, 679 & others
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Indian Society Sources:
Books Available:
- NCERT’s Class XI (Introducing Sociology)
- NCERT’s Class XII (Indian society)
- NCERT’s Class XII (Social Change and development)
- NCERT’s Class XII (Human geography)
- NCERT’s Class XII (Indian people & economy)
- Indian Society – Ram Ahuja
- Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja
- Indian Social System – Ram Ahuja
- Bhartiya Samaj (Indian Society) (Hindi)
- Indian Society: Themes and Social Issues – Nadeem Hasnain
- Indian Society For Civil Services Main Examination – M. Senthil Kumar and S. Rijesh
Notes:
- Mudit Jain Fundamentalism, Communalism & Secularism NotesFundamentalism
- Secularism
- Features of Indian Society-1
- Features of Indian Society-2
- Globalization-1
- Women Organization-Roles-Movements Notes
- women org
- women organization ignou
- URBANIZATION AND PROBLEMS
- urbanization
Answer Writing:
ATB
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