CSE · GS-1Official PYQ · CSE 2015 · Q13Society · Social Ideologies · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
Debate the issue of whether and how contemporary movements for assertion of Dalit identity work towards annihilation of caste.
हिन्दी
इस मुद्दे पर चर्चा कीजिये कि क्या और किस प्रकार दलित प्राख्यान (ऐसर्शन) के समकालीन आंदोलन जाति विनाश की दिशा में कार्य करते हैं।
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 · Social Ideologies
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
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