CSE · GS-1Official PYQ · CSE 2016 · Q10Society · Social Ideologies · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
Why are the tribals in India referred to as ‘the Scheduled Tribes’? Indicate the major provisions enshrined in the Constitution of India for their upliftment.
हिन्दी
क्या कारण है कि भारत में जनजातियों को ‘अनुसूचित जनजातियाँ’ कहा जाता है? भारत के संविधान में प्रतिष्ठापित उनके उत्थापन के लिए प्रमुख प्रावधानों को सूचित कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2016 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Society · Social Ideologies
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
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