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Theme T66 · Women & Gender (cross-paper)

Sex ratio & gender gaps across communities and regions

2PYQs

2GS1

2014–20152 distinct years

Roadmap · step 62 of 171 · Stage 2: Building blocks

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What UPSC asks

Questions ask why tribes have a better sex ratio than SCs, and why prosperous regions have adverse sex ratios.

Prepare these

Census/NFHS sex ratio data
Son preference, dowry, sex-selective abortion, PCPNDT Act
Tribal social norms vs caste society

Answer writing

Use data and explain social causes

Directive words in these PYQs: Explain (1), Why (1).

Linked themes

Builds on: study these first

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

Step 24: Tribal identity, rights & development Step 26: Population & demographic transition

On the map

Map module 9: Society & polity on the map Practise in the sketch lab: GS1 2014

Syllabus lines covered

GS1-L7 — Role of women and women's organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.

All 2 PYQs, newest first

GS12015GS1-SOC-02-M2015-S01
How do you explain the statistics that show that the sex ratio in Tribes in India is more favourable to women than the sex ratio among Scheduled Castes?
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GS12014GS1-SOC-02-M2014-S02
Why do some of the most prosperous regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for women? Give your arguments.
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