Category: PHILOSOPHY

Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA Question  The soil is nothing but the conscious body. Comment. [UPSC-1998/ 250 words] Next Topic  INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA

Topic:  INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA Question  Charvaka’s refutation of Anumana is itself a process of Anumana. Comment. [UPSC-2003/ 250 words] Next Topic:  INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA

Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA  Question  The Charvaka system is not a consistent metaphysic; it is only a crude form of hedonism. Analyse. [UPSC-1992/ 250 words] Next Topic INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA

Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA Question  ‘Inference is not possible, as it involves the fallacy of petition-principil.’ Comment. [UPSC-1990/ 250 words] Next Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA

Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA Question State and evaluate critically Charvaka’s view that perception is the only valid source of knowledge. [UPSC-2002/ 250 words] Next Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA  

Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA Question Why do Charvaka reject the concept of Akasa. [UPSC-2011/ 250 words] Next Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – CHARVAKA

Topic: Gender Discrimination Question What in your view is source of gender inequality? Is it primarily rooted in human biology? In what way can this inequality be bridged? (250 words/UPSC 2003) Next Topic: Indian Philosophy – Charvaka

Topic: Gender Discrimination Question  Is economic independence essential for equality between men and women? (250 words/UPSC 2013) Next Topic: Gender Discrimination

Topic: Gender Discrimination Question What do you understand by ‘gender equality’ and why is it important? (250 words/UPSC 2013) Next Topic: Gender Discrimination

Topic:Crime and Punishment Question  Can capital punishment be justified? Give reasons for your answer.(250 words/UPSC 2011) Next Topic: Gender Discrimination  

Topic: Crime and Punishment Question  Does corruption have not only a moral dimension but also an economic dimension? (200 words/UPSC 2013) Next Topic: Crime and Punishment  

Topic:Crime and Punishment Question You are not punished for stealing the sheep, but you are punished so that no sheep is stolen. Discuss to which theory of punishment, the statement belongs  (200 words/UPSC 2009) Next Topic: Crime and Punishment  

Topic:Forms of Government Question  Explain nature of theocracy. In which way it is related to Secularism. Critically analyse. (200 words)  Next Topic: Crime and Punishment    

Topic : Forms of Government Question Is a democratic government able to represent the interests of minority groups? (250 words/UPSC 2013) Next Topic: Forms of Government

Topic: Forms of Government Question  Is a democratic government better than a benevolent dictatorship? Give reasons for your answer. (250 words/UPSC 2013) Next Topic: Forms of Government    

Topic: Individual & State Question  Are the claims of the State & the individual really mutually conflicting? Discuss. (200 words/UPSC 2000) Next Topic: Forms of Government  

Topic: Individual & State Question  What is the significance of including duties of citizens in the Indian Constitution? (150 words/UPSC 2013) Next Topic: Individual & State

Topic: Sovereignty Question  Explain notion of sovereignty. Critically consider the claim that sovereignty is illimitable & logically indivisible. (200 words/UPSC 2006) Next Topic: Individual & State

Question 1  Why did Kautilya think that sovereignty is hierarchical? Explain (200 words/UPSC 2010) Question 2 Explain Kautilya’s Saptanga Theory of Sovereign State.(200 words/UPSC 2008) Next Topic: Sovereignty

Question 1  The Fundamental idea of the conception of Justice is fairness. Discuss. (250 words/UPSC-2011) Question 2 “Man is sovereign over his body, mind & soul”-Mill. Comment. (250 words) Next Topic: Sovereignty