Economic development and political change; Land reforms; the politics of planning and rural reconstruction; Ecology and environmental policy In post-colonial India; Progress of science.
PYQs: Economic development and political Change [1985-2024]
- “Having won political freedom, India had to win economic and cultural freedom.” Comment. (1995)
- “Nehru’s ‘temple of Modem India’ consisted not only of steel and power plants, irrigation dams, but included institutions of higher learning particularly in the scientific field.” Elaborate. (2011)
- “The Chipko became famous as the first major environmental movement in post – colonial India and gave rise to the understanding that environmental issues are often women’s issues because they suffer most from its deterioration.” – Explain. (2012)
- “Jawaharlal Nehru, though a declared socialist, was pragmatist enough to focus on providing building blocks to the making of a new India.”. Examine. (2015)
- Critically examine the nature and scope of environmental movements in Independent India. (2016)
- How far the developments in science and technology in post – Independence period put India on the path of modernity? (2017)
- Trace the development of land reforms in India between 1947 and early 1960’s. (2018)
- How did the introduction of Community Development Programme and Panchayati Raj promote welfare of rural India? (2019)
- Planning was seen as a powerful instrument that could be used to remove regional inequality. Examine. (2020)
- How did the popular movements help us to understand the nature of environmental crisis in post-colonial India? (2022)
- Why did the demand for land reform never become an agenda in national politics after 1947? Elucidate. (2024)
- India’s developmental strategy after independence was influenced by economic imperatives, not ideological considerations. – Comment. (2024)