Theme T60 · Indian Society
Technology & social change: mobiles, WFH, fast food, crypto, digital education
7PYQs
7GS1
2020–20266 distinct years
2asked 2024–26
What UPSC asks
Questions ask about technology's social effects: mobiles replacing child-parent bonding, work from home on families, fast food, cryptocurrency, digital education, and digital tech for empowerment.
Prepare these
- Socialisation of children and screens
- WFH and family relationships
- Fast food and health
- Crypto: what it is and social effects
- Digital education and digital divide
- Digital technology and empowerment
Answer writing
- Give both sides with Indian examples
Directive words in these PYQs: Explain (1), Do you think (1), Illustrate (1), Account for (1), Discuss (1), Evaluate (1).
Linked themes
Builds on: study these first
These come earlier in the roadmap. Questions in this theme use them.
Step 54: Globalisation & Indian society and cultureStep 73: Digital economy & digital currency: digitalisation, CBDC
Comes back later in
Later themes that take this one further.
Step 106: E-governance & the digital divideStep 118: Education policy: NEP, RTE, higher education, exams
Syllabus lines covered
- GS1-L8 — Effects of globalization on Indian society
- GS1-L9 — Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
All 7 PYQs, newest first
- GS1202610 marks · 150 wordsGS1-SOC-07-M2026-S02
Do you think digital technology promotes social empowerment? Explain with examples
- GS1202515 marks · 250 wordsGS1-SOC-06-M2025-Q18
- GS1202310 marks · 150 wordsGS1-SOC-06-M2023-Q10
- GS1202210 marks · 150 wordsGS1-SOC-06-M2022-Q08
Explore and evaluate the impact of ‘Work From Home’ on family relationships.
- GS1202215 marks · 250 wordsGS1-SOC-06-M2022-Q20
- GS12021GS1-SOC-06-M2021-S01
- GS12020GS1-SOC-06-M2020-S02