UPSC Mains 2021 GS Paper 1 Question Paper
Subject wise-weightage of questions in GS 1 Mains 2021
UPSC Mains 2021 GS Paper 1 Analysis and Solutions: There are three main subjects in GS Paper 1 in UPSC Mains, History, Geography and Society. Total of 20 questions are asked. Here is the subject wise-weightage of questions asked in UPSC GS 1 Mains 2021:
- Art and Culture, Ancient History and Medieval History: Total 1 Question (Q No. 1)
- Modern History: Total 3 Questions (Q No. 2, 11, 12)
- World History and Post Independence History: Total 2 Questions (Q No 3, 13)
- Geography: Total 8 Questions (Q No 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16)
- Society: Total 6 Questions (Q No 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20)
Role of UPSC Previous Year Question Papers (PYQs):
- You can solve 12 questions directly from PYQs. Question no 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20 can be directly solved from PYQs.
- In question no 9, 10 and 19, PYQs will help, as these are modified from Previous Year Questions.
- Total 5 questions are new. Question no. 5, 7, 8, 13 and 16 are asked first time, but can be solved from standard study materials.
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Approach:
- Easy Question.
- Improvisation of UPSC Previous Year Question. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved using any standard text book on medieval history.
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- Repeated questions UPSC Previous Year Question with slight modification. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved using any standard text book on modern history.
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- Repeated questions UPSC Previous Year Question with slight modification. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved if you have practiced UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- UPSC Previous Year Question directly repeated. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved if you have practiced UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
Approach:
- Moderate Difficulty.
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Classroom Courses.
- solved using any standard text book on Indian Geography.
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- UPSC Previous Year Question directly repeated. They are asking these questions in urban floods since 2016 Mains. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved if you have practiced UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
Approach:
- Moderate Question from Current Affairs.
- Partial hit from Synopsis IAS Current Affairs.
- Can be solved using regular current affairs booklets.
Q8. Why is India considered as a sub-continent? Elaborate your answer. (150 words) 10 Marks
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS General Studies Course.
- Can be solved using any geography booklet for India.
Approach:
- Tough Question.
- UPSC asked such question in 2015 on IPR angle. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Can be solved if you have practiced UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
Approach:
- Tough Question:
- This is not a question on Gig economy.
- A gig economy mainly consists of temporary and flexible jobs. Companies tend to hire independent contractors and freelancers, instead of the full-time workers or employees. Gig workers are independent contractors, online workers, contract firm workers, telephonic or on-call workers and temporary workers.
- Such an economy affects the traditional economy in many ways, both positively and negatively. You need to discuss those impacts on women.
- Gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to the company’s clients.
- You need to talk about Gig economy in intro para mainly. Rest of the question is on women empowerment.
- This is not a question on Gig economy.
- UPSC has asked questions on women empowerment from various angles previously. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Can be solved using from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course.
- Can be solved using logic, current affairs and standard text book on society.
- Can be solved if you have practiced UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- UPSC Previous Year Question directly repeated. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved using any standard text book on modern history.
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- UPSC Previous Year Question directly repeated. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved using any standard text book on modern history.
Approach:
- A Tough Question, as students have left studying world history. Otherwise, it is an easy question.
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Classroom Course.
- Can be solved using any standard text book on world history. You need to read the world History in a story like manner.
Approach:
- Moderate Question.
- This question demands the knowledge of climatology. eg. Impact on Jet streams, monsoon, rainfall, local winds, winters, fog, agricultures etc.
- Questions on all the above topics area asked previously by UPSC.
- This is a direct hit from Synopsis IAS Classroom course. IT can be easily solved if you have practiced Previous Year Papers.
- Can be solved using any standard text book on physical geography.
Approach:
- Tough Question.
- Repeated questions UPSC Previous Year Question with slight modification.
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS current affairs.
- Can be solved using any standard current affairs material and UPSC Previous Year Questions on Melting, Climate Change and Global Warming. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
Approach:
- Moderate Question.
- Earlier UPSC asked about the implications of Petroleum refineries being far from the oil producing areas in 2017.
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS classroom course.
- Can be solved using any standard text book on geography.
Approach:
- Moderate Question.
- Repeated questions of 2017 Mains UPSC Previous Year Question with slight modification. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved if you have practiced UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- Repeated question of Mains UPSC Previous Year Question with slight modification. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved if you have practiced UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
Approach:
- Tough Question: You need to talk about Cryptocurrency in first part only. Rest of the question is on social impacts of such transactions.
- Last two parts of the questions on Cryptocurrency.
- A gig economy mainly consists of temporary and flexible jobs. Companies tend to hire independent contractors and freelancers, instead of the full-time workers or employees. Gig workers are independent contractors, online workers, contract firm workers, telephonic or on-call workers and temporary workers.
- Cryptocurrency is a newly evolved digital payment system. It’s a peer-to-peer transaction system, that doesn’t rely on banks to verify transactions. can enable anyone to send and receive payments.
- Last two parts of the questions on Cryptocurrency.
- UPSC has asked questions on money laundering from various angles previously. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Can be solved from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course and Mains in 300 Topics Courses.
- Can be solved using logic, current affairs and regular reference books.
Approach:
- Easy Question.
- Repeated questions UPSC Previous Year Question with slight modification. Download File: GS1-4 Previous Year Question (1979-2021)
- Direct hit from Synopsis IAS Mains Answer Building Course which is a course for UPSC GS 1 to 4 Mains Previous Year Papers Solutions.
- Can be solved if you have practiced UPSC Previous Year Question Papers.
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