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[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 24 May 2017

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 24 May 2017

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General Studies – 1;

Topic: Salient features of Indian society

1) Examine how recent prohibition laws have affected Indian society. (200 Words)

General Studies – 2

Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests

2) Examine how India has become an important partner in the development of African countries. (200 Words)

Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation

3) It is said that a well-designed loan-waiver programme could enhance the overall well-being of the households by improving their productive investments, as opposed to distorting their loan utilization and repayment patterns. What are the hazards of present designs of farm loan waiver schemes? What should be the ideal design? Discuss. (200 Words)

General Studies – 3

Topic: Basics of cybersecurity

4) Discuss what kind of questions and issues does the recent WannaCry malware attack raises among various stakeholders. (200 Words)

The Indian Express

Topic: Basics of cybersecurity

5) It is argued that to fight modern challenges of cyberthreats, the three-layered Israeli strategy that goes beyond security to build a cyber system that is robust, resilient and has strong defence capabilities could be adopted. Throw more light on this Israeli model. (200 Words)

Topic: Resource mobilization; Liberalization

6) Discuss the key features and significance of GST law. (200 Words)

General Studies – 4

Topic: Ethics in public administration

7) Newspaper reports indicate that a CBI court has found former coal secretary Harish Chandra Gupta guilty of corruption and criminal conspiracy in the allocation of a coal block. Discuss what lessons can be learnt from this case. (150 Words)

The Indian Express