Mains GS Paper IIndian SocietyHigh-yield

Digital Life, Social Media & Changing Interpersonal Relations, AI & Society

डिजिटल जीवन, सोशल मीडिया और बदलते पारस्परिक संबंध, AI और समाज

Digital Life, Social Media & Changing Interpersonal Relations, AI & Society is part of the UPSC Mains GS Paper I syllabus, under Indian Society. It appeared in Mains GS Paper I question papers in 5 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). It is marked high-yield: a topic worth revising more than once.

What should you study in Digital Life, Social Media & Changing Interpersonal Relations, AI & Society?

  • Social media impact — WhatsApp misinformation, Twitter activism
  • Digital identity — Aadhaar, digital divide rural/urban
  • AI & society — algorithmic bias, job displacement concerns
  • Cyberbullying, privacy rights, data protection (DPDP Act 2023)

How often is Digital Life, Social Media & Changing Interpersonal Relations, AI & Society asked in UPSC Mains?

Asked in 5 of 10 years, including 5 of the last 5. Highlighted years below are the ones it appeared in.

  1. 2016: not asked
  2. 2017: not asked
  3. 2018: not asked
  4. 2019: not asked
  5. 2020: not asked
  6. 2021: asked
  7. 2022: asked
  8. 2023: asked
  9. 2024: asked
  10. 2025: asked

About the Mains GS Paper I paper

GS Paper I is a 250-mark descriptive Mains paper covering Indian heritage and culture, history and geography of the world, and society. See all 41 Mains GS Paper I topics.

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