History Optional · Paper II · Post-Independence India
Economic Development and Political Change Notes · PYQs · Solved Answers
Free notes, every previous year question and the solved answers for Economic Development and Political Change (Paper II, Post-Independence India), arranged so you can read a topic and immediately see how UPSC has asked it. Syllabus: Land reforms, politics of planning, ecology and environment, science in post-independent India.
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Paper II · Unit 15
Economic Development and Political Change notes
Topic-wise notes for this unit in syllabus order. Read a topic, then open its previous year questions below.
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Previous year questions: Economic Development and Political Change
Every question UPSC has asked from this unit, year-wise, with a link to its solved answer.
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India’s developmental strategy after independence was influenced by economic imperatives, not ideological considerations. Comment.
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Why did the demand for land reform never become an agenda in national politics after 1947? Elucidate.
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How did the popular movements help us to understand the nature of environmental crisis in post-colonial India?
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Planning was seen as a powerful instrument that could be used to remove regional inequality. Examine.
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How did the introduction of Community Development Programme and Panchayati Raj promote welfare of rural India?
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Trace the development of land reforms in India between 1947 and early 1960’s.
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How far the developments in science and technology in post-Independence period put India on the path of modernity?
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Critically examine the nature and scope of environmental movements in Independent India.
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“Jawaharlal Nehru, though a declared socialist, was pragmatist enough to focus on providing building blocks to the making of a new India.” Examine.
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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.
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Nehru’s “temple of Modern India” consisted not only of steel and power plants, irrigation dams, but included institutions of higher learning particularly in the scientific field. Elaborate.
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“Having won political freedom, India had to win economic and cultural freedom.” Comment.
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