India and the Global South: PSIR Optional PYQs (Topic-wise)

India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America; leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations.

a. India and the Global South: Relations with Africa and Latin America

1. Give us analysis of India’s Africa policy. (1997)
2. Describe, explain and suggest improvement in the state of India’s relationship with Latin America. (2004)
3. Give a critical account of India’s role in the affairs of the Third World countries. (2006)
4. Identify India’s contributions and assistance in the process of nation-building in South Africa. (2009)
5. Discuss the factors for the decline of India’s presence in Latin America. (2015)
6. Suggest measures so that India’s partnership with Africa becomes a true symbol of South South Cooperation, delivering clear-cut economic and political dividends to both sides of the equation. (2017)
7. “India’s capacity building programmes under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) has earned much goodwill for it in Africa.” Discuss. (2018)
8. “India’s Research and Information System for Development Countries” (RIS) is a major initiative in the area of South-South Cooperation. Discuss. (2018)
9. How is India pursuing her foreign policy objectives through the IBSA Dialogue Forum (India, Brazil and South Africa)? (2019)
10. How do the guiding principles of India-Africa relations seek to enhance harmony and mutual cooperation between India and Africa? (2020)
11. Identify the drivers of India’s new interest in Africa. (2021)
12. Discuss the major drivers of India’s interests in Africa. (2023)
13. Discuss the potential role that India could play as the leader of the Global South in realising the goal of establishing a new international economic order in the 21st century. (2024)
14. Discuss some of the key drivers of India’s new interests in Africa which might help in developing long-term comparative advantage over China. (2025)

b. India and the Global South: Leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations

1. Comment: India and the IMF. (1992)
2. Comment: India and the WTO. (1995)
3. Explain the role of the Third World countries in the promotion of NIEO. (1997)
4. Critically examine the various controversial issues in the functioning of the World Trade Organization from the point of view of developing countries, particularly India. (1999)
5. Comment: IMF and India’s development. (2003)
6. Comment: India and the WTO. (2004)
7. How far institutions like WTO and IMF have influenced India’s political and economic sovereignty? What has been India’s response to these? (2005)
8. Comment: India and the emerging International Economic Order. (2006)
9. ‘The constant breakdown in WTO negotiations suggest too many disagreements in world politics’. Would you agree? (2008)
10. Does India’s rise as a major market power in a globalised world mean that it is no longer concerned with the ‘new international economic order’ that it once championed? Discuss. (2008)
11. Sketch the leadership role of India in WTO negotiations. (150 words)  (2013)
12. Analyse the stalled progress of Doha Round of WTO negotiations over the differences between the developed and the developing countries. (2017)
13. India’s coalitional diplomacy with the WTO has earned it wide appreciation. What accounts for the success of India’s coalitional diplomacy? (2018)
14. Explain India’s position on the waiver of intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines in WTO. (2021)
15. Discuss the relevance of the demand for New International Economic Order (NIEO) in the present era of globalisation. (2022)
16. What diplomatic steps has India taken to articulate the interests of the Global South in International Politics? (2023)
17. Why is the compromise reached at WTO regarding the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing not a Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver? (2023)
18. “Nothing is going to move within the WTO negotiations unless India is on board.” Discuss the main reasons behind India’s increased clout in the WTO. (2024)
19. Trump’s unilateral imposition of reciprocal tariffs on scores of countries poses impending threat to the future of the rule-based multilateral global trading system under the WTO. What options do the WTO members have to salvage the organization? (2025)