CSE · GS-1Official PYQ · CSE 2015 · Q9Society · Women & Social Issues · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India.
हिन्दी
समालोचनापूर्वक परीक्षण कीजिये कि क्या बढ़ती हुई जनसंख्या निर्धनता का मुख्य कारण है या कि निर्धनता जनसंख्या वृद्धि का मुख्य कारण है।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2015 GS Paper I (English and Hindi): scan of the original booklet (C-AVZ-O-FTTZ) hosted by Drishti IAS, https://www.drishtiias.com/images/pdf/GS1.pdf (not on upsc.gov.in). Source
Syllabus
Society · Women & Social Issues
Role of women and women's organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
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