Thinker

Amita Baviskar

Amita Baviskar is central to 5 previous-year questions, spanning 2014 to 2024 across Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.

5Questions

2014–24Years tested

IIPaper

4Syllabus topics

Concepts asked alongside Amita Baviskar

What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.

development-induced displacement 3sustainable development 2agrarian distresscommons and community rightsdisplacementdisplacement and rehabilitationecological costecological marxismenvironmentalism of the poorgentrificationidentity politicsinformal settlementsinter-basin water transferirrigation and food securitymarginalisationright to the cityrisk societyrisks and reconstruction

Where Amita Baviskar appears in the syllabus

Challenges of Social Transformation2
Industrialization and Urbanisation in India1
Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India1
Social Movements in Modern India1

Every question on Amita Baviskar

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2024

Analyse the trilogy between environmental movement, development and tribal identity.Paper II · 20 marks · Social Movements in Modern India

2022

Critically examine the dialectics between 'development and environment'.Paper II · 20 marks · Challenges of Social Transformation

2019

2014

Rural landless labourers and development induced displacementPaper II · 10 marks · Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

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