Mains

In GS Paper 1 (Mains), Society contributes 6 to 8 questions of 60 to 80 marks.

Year	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Topics Asked
2024	7	90 marks	• Inter-caste & inter-religious marriage  • Globalization & migration of women  • Regional disparity vs. diversity  • Gender equity, equality, and empowerment  • Social justice & affirmative action  • Cultural diversity & socio-economic marginalities  • Govt-NGO-Private sector collaboration
2023	6	75 marks	• Suicide among young women  • Mobile phone & child socialization  • Marriage as sacrament  • Urbanization & marginalization  • Caste identity: fluid vs. static  • Post-liberal economy & ethnic identity
2022	6	75 marks	• Work from home & family  • Tier 2 cities & consumer middle class  • Tribal diversity vs. classification  • Sect vs. caste/religion/region  • Tolerance, assimilation & secularism  • Globalization, technology & resources
2021	6	80 marks	• Tribal knowledge systems  • Gig economy & women empowerment  • Population education  • Cryptocurrency & society  • Traditional values vs. modernity  • IT industries & socio-economic change
2020	6	75 marks	• Indian cultural sustainability  • Women & population control  • Secularism & culture conflict  • Cultural pockets across India  • Women’s time-space challenges  • Local vs. global identity
2019	6	75 marks	• Caste & multiculturalism  • COVID-19 & poverty  • Cultural regionalism  • Globalization & pluralism  • Traditions vs. reason  • Digital education impact
2018	6	75 marks	• Caste identities evolving  • Poverty despite programmes  • Indian vs. Western secularism  • Feminism & lower strata neglect  • Cultural specificity vs. globalization  • Communalism: power & deprivation
2017	4	50 marks	• Regions as cultural units  • Legal initiatives for STs  • Tolerance in Indian tradition  • Religiosity vs. communalism
2016	4	45 marks	• Globalization & culture  • Poverty & deprivation  • Tribal constitutional provisions  • Regionalism from economic disparity
2015	6	75 marks	• Cultural elements & national identity  • Poverty vs. population causality  • SC/ST sex ratio difference  • Labour migration trends  • Globalization’s impact on women  • Dalit identity movements
2014	5	50 marks	• Patriarchy & working women  • Prosperity & sex ratio  • Economy & joint families  • Feminization of agriculture  • Indian secularism vs. Western
2013	4	40 marks	• Urban social problems  • Male involvement in women orgs  • Aging population & globalization  • Regionalism & statehood demands

Topics (Year wise)

Topic / Year →	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Caste & Dalit Issues	✓		✓			✓	✓				✓	✓
Women & Gender	✓	✓	✓			✓		✓	✓		✓	✓
Urbanization & Migration	✓		✓				✓	✓			✓	✓
Tribal Issues / STs			✓	✓	✓				✓	✓
Secularism / Religion / Communalism		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓		✓
Family, Marriage & Socialization		✓						✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Globalization & Cultural Change			✓	✓		✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Social Justice & Affirmative Action												✓
Regionalism & Diversity	✓			✓			✓					✓
Technology & Society									✓	✓
Poverty & Inequality			✓	✓		✓	✓					✓
Education / Population									✓