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§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛āĻ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§° ‘āĻāĻā§’ āĻā§°ā§ ‘āĻāĻžāĻŖ’ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤” āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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
‘āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž’ā§° āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋ? āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¸āĻšāĻžā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻš āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Describe the course of the Brahmaputra river from its source to mouth. (Answer in 150 words) 10Â
āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻ¸ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŽā§āĻšāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Suggest steps for qualitative improvement in agriculture in Assam through cropping diversification. (Answer in 150 words) 10
āĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻā§°āĻŖā§° āĻā§°āĻŋā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻŖāĻāĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¨āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤Â (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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§āĻ¨āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§, āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŦā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ? (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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§āĻ˛ā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ (GI) ‘āĻā§āĻ’ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻā§ā§° āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻā§°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ā§° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻā§°āĻŖā§° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ? (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻā§āĻā§ā§āĻ¨ (People’s Biodiversity Register)” āĻāĻŋ? āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§° āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¸āĻāĻ˛āĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§? āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻā§āĻā§ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋ? (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āĻāĻ¨ā§° ā§§ā§Š āĻāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ āĻˇā§āĻā§āĻĄāĻŋā§āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ ā§§ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļā§ĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻ āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ (mega) āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§ā§ąāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ ā§°ā§āĻā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻšā§, āĻ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤” āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§°-āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨-āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžā§ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§§ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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
‘āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ’ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻ¨ā§ ‘āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ’ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤” āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§¨ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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§ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§ā§ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ-āĻ¯ā§ā§ąāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻā§°ā§āĻŽ-āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤” āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ˛ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§¨ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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 āĻāĻ¨ā§° ā§¨ā§Ē āĻĢā§āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§¨ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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
āĻŦāĻ¤ā§°ā§° āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§? āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋā§° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ā§? āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋā§° āĻāĻŋ’ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžā§ą āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§? āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻ¸āĻš āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤ (ā§¨ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻ)
- Give your comments on the need of fusion in Assamese music for the sake of wider acceptability. (Answer in 250 words) 15
āĻŦāĻšāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŖ (fusion)ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻāĨ¤ (ā§¨ā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° 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)
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- “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).