Category: Mains Practice Questions – PYQ

UPSC PYQ – CSE Mains – 2023

UPSC PYQ – CSE Mains – 2023

UPSC PYQ – CSE Mains – 2023

UPSC PYQ – CSE Mains – 2021

Q. Dam failures are always catastrophic, especially on the downstream side, resulting in a colossal loss of life and property. Analyze the various causes of dam failures. Give two examples of large dam failures. (150 words, 10 Marks)

Q. Discuss in detail the photochemical smog emphasizing its formation, effects and mitigation. Explain the 1999 Gothenburg Protocol. [150 words, 10 Marks]

Q. Rehabilitation of human settlements is one of the important environmental impacts which always attracts controversy while planning major projects. Discuss the measures suggested from mitigation of this impact while proposing major developmental projects. [250 Words, 15 Marks]

Q. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has predicted a global sea level rise of about one metre by AD 2100. What would be its impact in India and the other countries in the Indian Ocean region? (250 words, 15 Marks)

Q. Discuss global warming and mention its effects on global climate. Explain the control measures to bring down the level of greenhouse gasses which cause global warming in the light of the Kyoto Protocol 1997. [250 words, 15 Marks]

Q. How does the draft Environment Impact Assessment [EIA] Notification,2020 differ from the existing EIA Notification, 2006? [150 Word, 10 Marks]

Q. What is oil pollution? What are its impacts on the marine ecosystem? In what way is oil pollution particularly harmful for a country like India? (150 words, 10 Marks)

Q. Comment on the National Wetland Conservation Programme initiated by the Government of India and name a few India’s wetlands of international importance included in the Ramsar Sites. (250 words, 15 Marks)