PSIR Optional · Paper II · Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations
Globalisation Notes · PYQs · Solved Answers
Free notes, every previous year question and the solved answers for Globalisation (Paper II, Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations), arranged so you can read a topic and immediately see how UPSC has asked it. Syllabus: Responses from developed and developing societies.
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Paper II · Unit 04
Globalisation notes
Topic-wise notes for this unit in syllabus order. Read a topic, then open its previous year questions below.
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Deglobalisation, Globalisation 4.0 and the Future of Globalisation
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Globalisation: Meaning, Dimensions and Theoretical Perspectives
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Globalization: Responses from Developed and Developing Countries
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Responses to Globalisation from Developed Societies
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Responses to Globalisation from Developing Societies and the Global South
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Previous year questions: Globalisation
Every question UPSC has asked from this unit, year-wise, with a link to its solved answer.
Topic-wise question list
Year-wise question papers
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UPSC PSIR Optional Question Paper 2026
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2025
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2024
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2023
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2022
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2021
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2020
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2019
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2018
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2017
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2016
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2015
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2014
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2013
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Solved PYQ answers: Globalisation
Model answers to the previous year questions of this unit, newest exam year first.
PYQ Solutions
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Answer in about 150 words: Extractive capitalism.
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Global South-sensitive model of globalization would prevent the danger emanating from overcentralized globalization. Discuss.
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Latin America has made moderate success in countering US-led global economic order by forming various organizations emphasizing regional sovereignty, economic integration and alternative development. Discuss.
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“Deglobalisation is displacing globalisation.” Comment.
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Critically examine the impact of globalization on the developing countries of the world.
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What are the main challenges faced by the developing countries in the era of globalisation?
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What is globalisation? Why is there an intense debate about globalisation and its consequences?
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Critically examine the Globalisation in the past 25 years from the perspectives of the Western world.
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Discuss the impact of globalization on the internal functioning of the state.
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Is globalization essentially a process of ‘universalisation’ of capitalist modernity?
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How is it that economic and neo-liberal globalization is being interrogated from inside even in developed countries? What are the economic consequences of such globalization?
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What is ‘global village’? Elaborate its main characteristics and also the factors that contributed to its growth.
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How would you describe the contemporary worlds beyond the languages of ‘ North/ South’ and ‘Developed/ Developing’? Is the present transformation driven by domestic compulsions, or external overall crisis of the global economy? (250 words)
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Examine the nature and dynamics of contemporary globalization.
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Comment: Rethinking on sovereign state.
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Other units in Paper II · Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- State in Comparative Perspective
- Politics of Representation and Participation
- Approaches to the Study of International Relations
- Key Concepts in International Relations
- Changing International Political Order
- Evolution of the International Economic System
- United Nations
- Regionalisation of World Politics
- Contemporary Global Concerns
