APSC Mains 2023-24 General Studies (GS-5) Paper-5
General Studies-V (History, Culture, Geography, Polity, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment of Assam)
- “The Gaon Pradhan are the eyes and ears of the district administration of Assam.” Put forward any four arguments in support of this statement. (Answer in 150 words) 10
“āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ ‘āĻāĻā§’ āĻā§°ā§ ‘āĻāĻžāĻŖ’ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻ’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤” āĻāĻ āĻŽāύā§āϤāĻŦāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύāϤ āϝāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻž āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- What is the “Vistarita Kanaklata Mahila Sabalikaran Yojana’ aimed at? Discuss the benefits available to Self Help Groups (SHGs) of Assam under this scheme. (Answer in 150 words) 10
‘āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻāύāĻāϞāϤāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āϏāĻŦāϞā§āĻā§°āĻŖ āϝā§āĻāύāĻž’ā§° āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāĻŋ? āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻāύāĻŋā§° āĻ āϧā§āύāϤ āĻāϤā§āĻŽāϏāĻšāĻžā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Describe the course of the Brahmaputra river from its source to mouth. (Answer in 150 words) 10Â
āĻŦā§āϰāĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϤā§āϰ āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āϏ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŽā§āĻšāύāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Suggest steps for qualitative improvement in agriculture in Assam through cropping diversification. (Answer in 150 words) 10
āĻļāϏā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϧā§āĻā§°āĻŖā§° āĻā§°āĻŋā§āϤ⧠āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āĻŖāĻāϤ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāύā§āύā§āύ āĻ āύāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤Â (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- In your opinion, what should be the primary considerations while formulating an economic welfare scheme for the rural population in Assam? (Answer in 150 words) 10
āĻāĻĒā§āύāĻžā§° āĻŽāϤā§, āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāύā§āĻĻāĻžāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāύ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāϞā§āϝāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āύāĻŦā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ? (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- How does the granting of a Geographical Indication (GI) Tag to Majuli Masks and Majuli Manuscripts impact the cultural preservation and artisan empowerment within the region? (Answer in 150 words) 10
āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϞā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻ (GI) ‘āĻā§āĻ’ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞāĻā§ā§° āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϏāĻŦāϞā§āĻā§°āĻŖā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻāĻŋāĻĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ? (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Discuss the social and economic impacts of the Brahmaputra river erosion in Assam. (Answer in 150 words) 10Â
- What is “People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR)”? How does it empower rural people? What process is followed in preparing a PBR? (Answer in 150 words) 10
“ā§°āĻžāĻāĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻā§ā§ą āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰā§āϝ āĻĒāĻā§āĻā§ā§āύ (People’s Biodiversity Register)” āĻāĻŋ? āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻŦāϞā§āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§? āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻā§āĻā§ā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϰāĻŋā§āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋ? (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- “The mega Bihu dance performance by more than 11000 dancers and artists at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati on 13th April, 2023 not only created a Guinness World Record but also catapulted the cultural identity of Assam into the world stage.” Examine the statement. (Answer in 150 words) 10
“⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āĻāύ⧰ ā§§ā§Š āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ā§° āϏ⧰ā§āϏāĻāĻžāĻ āώā§āĻā§āĻĄāĻŋā§āĻžāĻŽāϤ ā§§ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļā§ĻāϤāĻā§āĻ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āύā§āϤā§āϝāĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ (mega) āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āύā§āϤā§āϝ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāύ⧠āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ ā§°ā§āĻā§°ā§āĻĄ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĻ āύāĻšā§, āĻ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻŽāĻā§āĻāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤” āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Describe how cultural exchange programmes in border areas can be helpful in maintaining peace and development in the border areas of North-Eastern Region. (Answer in 150 words) 10
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰-āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻ¤ā§ąāϤ⧠āĻāϞā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāĻ āĻāύā§āύā§āύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻžāύ-āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏā§āĻā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻšāĻžā§ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§, āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Discuss the major factors responsible for migration of population into Assam and state its probable socio-economic consequences. (Answer in 250 words)
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- “Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages.” Examine this statement in the context of Assam. (Answer in 250 words) 15
‘āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ’ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāύ⧠‘āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ’ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤” āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻžāĻĒāĻāϤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (⧍ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- “Employment prospect of Assamese youth at national level is very limited without adequate knowledge of English language. Critically analyse the statement. (Answer in 250 words)
“āĻāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāώāĻžā§° āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāύ⧠āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻžā§āϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āϝā§āĻŦāĻ-āϝā§ā§ąāϤā§ā§° āĻā§°ā§āĻŽ-āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĨ¤” āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (⧍ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Is climate change a disaster risk? How is disaster risk magnified by climate Discuss with reference to disasters in Assam. (Answer in 250 words) 15
- Discuss the events leading to the signing of the Yandabo Treaty on 24th February, 1826.  (Answer in 250 words) 15
ā§§ā§Žā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ ⧍ā§Ē āĻĢā§āĻŦā§āϰā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āϤ āĻā§āύāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻāύāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻŋāϤāϤ āĻā§āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāύā§āϧāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āώ⧰āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (⧍ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- What do you mean by extreme weather events? Have you observed any such event in recent years in Assam? What could be the impacts of such events? Discuss with examples. (Answer in 250 words) 15
āĻŦāϤ⧰⧰ āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻĒā§āύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§? āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāϰā§āώāĻŦā§ā§°āϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻāύ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āύ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĒā§āύāĻŋ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āύā§? āĻāύā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋā§° āĻāĻŋ’ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžā§ą āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§? āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (⧍ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Give your comments on the need of fusion in Assamese music for the sake of wider acceptability. (Answer in 250 words) 15
āĻŦāĻšāϞāĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝā§āĻā§āϝāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϤāϤ āϏāĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ (fusion)ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ā§āĻāύā§ā§āϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻĒā§āύāĻžā§° āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻāĨ¤ (⧍ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- “Assam has the potential to accelerate development of tourism through innovative presentation of various indigenous festivals, cuisine and music of the State.” Substantiate the statement with reasons. (Answer in 250 words) 15
- Illustrate with suitable examples how the Government of Assam has encouraged young generation to opt for a career in sports. (Answer in 250 words)
āĻā§āϞāĻž-āϧā§āϞāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§āύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āϝā§ā§ą-āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻĒāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻš āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻāĨ¤ (⧍ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- “Rural life of Assam is beautifully depicted in Assamese films.” Analyze the statement with examples. How is Assamese rural life reflected in the movies of Jahnu Barua or Rima Das? (Answer in 250 words).