Theme T51 · Indian Society
Tribal identity, rights & development
6PYQs
5GS1
1GS2
2016–20266 distinct years
2asked 2024–26
What UPSC asks
UPSC asks about tribal diversity vs single category, tribal knowledge systems, why 'Scheduled Tribes', constitutional provisions, legal initiatives against discrimination, and whether development centres on displacement and rehabilitation.
Prepare these
- Constitutional provisions: Fifth and Sixth Schedules, Art 342, 244, 275
- PESA 1996 and Forest Rights Act 2006
- Displacement and rehabilitation
- Tribal knowledge systems
- Tribal development policy and equity
Answer writing
- Combine sociology (GS1) with policy (GS2) and security (GS3) angles
Directive words in these PYQs: Justify (1), Examine (1), Compare (1), Why (1).
Linked themes
Comes back later in
Later themes that take this one further.
Step 112: Affirmative action & welfare schemes for vulnerable sectionsStep 131: Environmental Impact Assessment & project displacementStep 133: Land reforms, tenancy & land acquisition: from Bhoodan to the 2013 ActStep 161: Left Wing Extremism: development–security linkage
On the map
Map module 6: Resources & agricultureMap module 8: History on the map: IndiaMap module 9: Society & polity on the mapMap module 11: Borders & internal securityPractise in the sketch lab: GS1 2016
Syllabus lines covered
- GS1-L6 — Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
- GS2-L12 — Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
All 6 PYQs, newest first
- GS2202610 marks · 150 wordsGS2-GOV-03-M2026-S01
- GS1202515 marks · 250 wordsGS1-SOC-01-M2025-Q20
- GS1202210 marks · 150 wordsGS1-SOC-01-M2022-Q10
- GS12021GS1-SOC-01-M2021-S01
- GS12017GS1-SOC-01-M2017-S02
- GS12016GS1-SOC-01-M2016-S01