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Practice UPSC New previous year questions on Anantam IAS: 0 Prelims MCQs and 596 Mains Q&A with answer keys, explanations and topic-wise links.
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Mains Q&A 596
Evaluate India’s road infrastructure push under Bharatmala Pariyojana and the National Highways monetisation strategy.
Examine India’s energy security strategy in the context of import dependence, the National Green Hydrogen Mission and citizen behavioural change.
Define core inflation and explain why the RBI watches it closely under the flexible inflation targeting framework.
Explain the role of the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as RBI’s prudential and monetary tools.
List the four components of the Union Budget and explain their constitutional basis.
Off-budget borrowings have undermined transparency in India’s public finances. Examine the issue with reference to CAG findings and the reforms since 2022.
Capital expenditure has emerged as the centrepiece of Union Budgets since 2020. Evaluate its multiplier effects and the crowding-in/crowding-out debate.
Examine the monetary policy transmission lag in India and the steps taken by the RBI to improve pass-through to lending rates.
India’s demographic dividend window will close by 2055. Examine the policy levers needed to convert the youth bulge into productive employment.
Explain how the National Infrastructure Pipeline mobilises long-term capital and the role of NaBFID as India’s first development finance institution since 2021.
Define inclusive growth and list four flagship schemes that operationalise the concept in India today.
Critically examine the persistent rural-urban income gap and the case for an Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme on the lines of MGNREGA.
Define gender budgeting and explain its evolution in India since the 2005-06 statement.
India and the European Union concluded their Free Trade Agreement negotiations on 27 January 2026 after nine years. Examine the strategic value of the deal and the residual chapters that remain contested.
Critical-mineral supply chains have become a tool of statecraft for both China and the United States. With reference to the National Critical Mineral Mission (January 2025), discuss India’s response.
The India Semiconductor Mission has approved five fabs and packaging units with Rs 76,000 crore in incentives. Examine the strategic logic and the limits of India’s chip strategy.
India imports 88 percent of its crude oil and the Strait of Hormuz still carries roughly a third of those imports. Examine India’s energy-security strategy under the West Asia stress test.
India’s planning architecture transitioned from the Planning Commission to NITI Aayog in 2015. Evaluate NITI Aayog’s effectiveness as a ‘think-and-do’ tank after a decade of operation.
India’s services-led growth model has produced jobless growth. Discuss the structural reasons and the case for a manufacturing-led pivot under Aatmanirbhar Bharat.