Topic: Growth; Development; Employment; Inclusive growth and issues associated with it; and Government Budgeting Question 1 In the light of ongoing speedy disinvestment in the PSUs, do you think selling a part of the properties of government companies is the best way to improve their efficiency and bridge the fiscal deficit? What are the alternatives available …
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Question 1 Discuss the Class struggle as conceived by Karl Marx(200 words/ IAS 2005) Question 2 Describe the process of emergence of the middle class in India. What role has the middle class played in national development?(300 words/ IAS 2005)
Topic: Multiple thinker’s & latest trends of UPSC Question “Decisions are not made by ‘organizations’, but by ‘human beings’ behaving as members of organizations”. How do Bernard and Simon conceptualize the relation between decisions of the individual employee and the organizational authority? [CSM 2013/ 250-300 Words] Next topic: Multiple thinker’s & latest trends of UPSC
Question Comment on productive forces and production relations. (200 words)
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: Mauryan Empire Question Short notes on Mauryan court art as an alien grafting. (200 words) Next topic: Mauryan Empire
Topic: Cultural Setting Question Discuss the causes and consequences of sex-ratio variations in India. (200 words/ CSM 2006) Next Topic: Cultural Setting
Topic : Indian Economy post-liberalisation Question What are the problems and implications of the National Food security Act for India’s commitments under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture? (200 words) Next Topic: Indian Economy post-liberalisation
Question 1 Write short note on ‘Relative Deprivation’ (200 words/ IAS 1999) Question 2 Describe the distinctive features of tribal communities in India. Discuss the factors affecting tribal identity.(300 words/ IAS 2006)
Question 1 Whereas Downs’ model is largely dependent on a theory of psychological motivation, Niskanen’s model is framed by neo-classical thinking. In the light of the above, discuss the public choice approach to decision-making. [CSM 2011/250 Words] Question 2 The Systems Approach is relevant even today for organizational analysis. Discuss how Chester Barnard and David Easton …
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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
Comment on the following in 200 words Question 1 Alienation is the lynchpin of Marxism (200 words) Question 2 Early Marx and later Marx. (200 words) (source: Althusser’s notion of epistemological break in Marx)
Topic: Mauryan Empire Question 1 Examine the administrative system of the Mauryas and discuss briefly the causes of disintegration of the Mauryan Empire. (200 words) Question 2 Discuss critically the relative importance of the different source for the history of the Mauryan period. (200 words) Next Topic: Mauryan Empire
Topic: Settlement Question State the geographical factors which influence rural house types in India. (300 words/ CSM 2009) Next Topic: Cultural setting
Question 1 Distinguish between Strong and weak sustainability. (200 words) Question 2 Short notes on Green NNP. (200 words) Next Topic: Indian Economy post-liberalisation
Question 1 What are micro-sociology and macro-sociology? How could the two be related?(200 words/ IAS ’74) Question 2 What is a “tribe”? Examine the view that the tribes in India are tribes in transition.(200 words/ IAS ’77)
Question 1 Critically evaluate Chris Argyris views on human personality and its impact on the working of organization. [200 Words] Question 2 The theory of ‘organizational incompetence’ has two separate and distinct faces. Examine Chris Argyris’ view on this. [CSM 2013/150 Words] Next topic: Multiple thinker’s & latest trends of UPSC
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
Comment on the following in 200 words Question 1 Locke is regarded as the pioneer of individualism which later developed into liberalism. (Source: Sabine’s History of political theory) Question 2 Equality of resources (Source: Ronald Dworkin’s conception of equality)
Topic: Mauryan Empire Question 1 Bring out the elements of change and continuity in the domestic and foreign policies of Ashoka. (200 words) Question 2 Do you think that the economic factors were alone responsible for the disintegration of the Mauryan Empire? (200 words) Next topic: Mauryan Empire
