Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2018 (English and Hindi). Source

Syllabus

Art & Culture · Art & Culture

Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

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