UPSC IAS Mains 2020: Important Questions for GS I Indian Heritage & Culture

UPSC IAS Mains 2020: Important Questions for GS I Indian Heritage & Culture: Union Public Service Commission will conduct the UPSC Civil Services (Mains) examination 2020 from January 8, 2021. The GS I will be conducted on January 9, 2021. The GS Paper 1 of the UPSC Mains Exam includes History (India and World), Geography, Art and Culture, and Indian Society. The time period between the Prelims results and Mains exams is often utilized by aspirants for answer writing practice. Candidates are supposed to attempt 20 questions in three hours which requires speed and content for answer writing. To help aspirants understand the type of questions asked in Mains exams from each subject, we have compiled a list of important questions that were previously asked in the UPSC IAS Mains papers. Candidates can solve these questions to practice answer writing. 


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UPSC IAS Mains 2020: Important Questions for GS I Indian Heritage & Culture


Ques 1: Highlight the Central Asian and Greco-Bactrian elements in Gandhara art.

Ques 2: Safeguarding the Indian art heritage is the need of the moment. Discuss.

Ques 3: Early Buddhist Stupa-art, while depicting folk motifs and narratives successfully expounds Buddhist ideals. Elucidate. 

Ques 4: Krishnadeva Raya, the King of Vijayanagar, was not only an accomplished scholar himself but was also a great patron of learning and literature.

Ques 5: How do you justify the view that the level of excellence of the Gupta numismatic art is not at all noticeable in later times?

Ques 6: How do you justify the view that the level of excellence of the Gupta numismatic art is not at all noticeable in later times?

Ques 7: Examine how the decline of the traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.

Ques 8: Early Buddhist Stupa-art, while depicting folk motifs and narratives successfully expounds Buddhist ideals. Elucidate.

Ques 9: The ancient civilization in the Indian sub-continent differed from those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece in that its culture and traditions have been preserved without a breakdown to the present day. Comment.

Ques 10: Mesolithic rock-cut architecture of India not only reflects the cultural life of the times but also a fine aesthetic sense comparable to modem painting. Critically evaluate this comment.

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