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Theme T162 · Internal Security

North-East insurgency & peace accords

2PYQs

2GS3

2017–20252 distinct years

1asked 2024–26

Roadmap · step 162 of 171 · Stage 5: Internal security

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What UPSC asks

UPSC asks why insurgency survived in the North-East and the peace accords of the last decade.

Prepare these

Causes: ethnicity, geography, porous borders
Accords: Bodo, Karbi, NLFT, Naga framework
AFSPA rollback

Answer writing

Map accords

Directive words in these PYQs: Analyse (1).

Linked themes

Builds on: study these first

These come earlier in the roadmap. Questions in this theme use them.

Step 45: Special provisions & asymmetric federalism: J&K, Delhi, Art 371A

On the map

Map module 2: Drainage & water bodies Map module 9: Society & polity on the map Map module 10: Neighbourhood & sea routes Map module 11: Borders & internal security Practise in the sketch lab: GS3 2025 Practise in the sketch lab: GS3 2017

Syllabus lines covered

GS3-L16 — Linkages between development and spread of extremism.

All 2 PYQs, newest first

GS3202515 marks · 250 wordsGS3-SEC-01-M2025-Q19
What are the major challenges to internal security and peace process in the North-Eastern States? Map the various peace accords and agreements initiated by the government in the past decade.
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GS32017GS3-SEC-01-M2017-S01
The North-Eastern region of India has been infested with insurgency for a very long time. Analyze the major reasons for the survival of armed insurgency in this region.
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