Role Of Women And Women’s Organization, Population And Associated Issues, Poverty And Developmental Issues, Urbanization, Their Problems And Their Remedies

Previous Year Questions Asked In Mains From This Topic

  • What are the environmental implications of the reclamation of water bodies into urban land use ? Explain with examples. [2021]
  • Examine the role of ‘Gig Economy’ in the process of empowerment of women in India. [2021]
  • Discuss the main objectives of Population Education and point out the measures to achieve them in India in detail. [2021]
  • COVID-19 pandemic accelerated class inequalities and poverty in India. Comment. [2020]
  • Account for the huge flooding of million cities in India including the smart ones like Hyderabad and Pune. Suggest lasting remedial measures. [2020]
  • Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India ? [2019]
  • “Empowering women is the key to control population growth.” Discuss. [2019]
  • How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism ? [2019]
  • How is efficient and affordable urban mass transport key to the rapid economic development of India ? [2019]
  • Despite implementation of various programmes for eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing? Explain by giving reasons. [2018]
  • “The ideal solution of depleting ground water resources in India is water harvesting system.” How can it be made effective in urban areas ? [2018]
  •  ‘Women’s movement in India has not addressed the issues of women of lower social strata.’ Substantiate your view. [2018]
  •  “The growth of cities as I.T. hubs has opened up new avenues of employment, but has also created new problems.” Substantiate this statement with examples. [2017]
  • “An essential condition to eradicate poverty is to liberate the poor from the process of deprivation.” Substantiate this statement with suitable examples. [2016]
  • With a brief background of quality of urban life in India, introduce the objectives and of the ‘Smart City Programme’. [2016]
  • The effective management of land and water resources will drastically reduce the human miseries. Explain. [2016]
  • Major cities of India are becoming more vulnerable to flood conditions. Discuss. [2016]
  • Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India. [2015]
  • Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata are the three mega cities of the country but the air pollution is much more serious problem in Delhi as compared to the other two. Why is this so? [2015]
  • Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration. [2015]
  • Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture in India. [2014]
  •  Discussion the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India. [2013]
  • Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment. [2013]
  • Critically examine the effects of globalization on the aged population in India. [2013]
  • Bring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world.  [2013]