Syllabus: GS 1 – Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
| How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West? | 2014 |
| How is the Indian concept of secularism different from the western model of secularism? Discuss. | 2018 |
| What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism? | 2019 |
| Customs and traditions suppress reason leading to obscurantism. Do you agree? | 2020 |
| Are tolerance, assimilation and pluralism the key elements in the making of an Indian form of secularism? Justify your answer. | 2022 |