Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2015 GS Paper I (English and Hindi): scan of the original booklet (C-AVZ-O-FTTZ) hosted by Drishti IAS, https://www.drishtiias.com/images/pdf/GS1.pdf (not on upsc.gov.in). Source

Syllabus

Society · Women & Social Issues

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

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