MODEL QUESTIONS

1. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement Act, 2013 is heavily loaded in favour of land owners and ignores the needs of poor
Indians who need affordable amenities . In the light of above statement discuss the major provisions
related to compensations under this act .
2. Discuss the social impacts and implications of Roaming working children" on Indian society .
3. Make a note on causes , consequences and measures on language endangerment in India
4. Make a critical analysis on the Role of Indian Judiciary in Protection of Environment in India.
5. There is a mismatch between Narayana Murthy Committee Recommendations on Higher Education
and the objectives of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan. In the light of the above statements critically evaluate
the shortcomings of strategic aims of the twelfth plan on Higher Education in India .
6. The Indian middle-class obsession with food, weight and bodyimage can be traced to the 1990s era
of globalization and consumerism. Justify the statement.
7. Referendums, if properly instituted, could enhance the participative features of Indian democracy.
With this view discuss the necessities for referendum in India
8. The recent protest against road tolls shows that there is a need to relook at the way road projects are
built and run. Comment .
9. The working-age population of India is growing in size, the labour force is shifting away from
agriculture and, with higher education, workers are also seeking better-quality non-agricultural jobs.
However, the recent trends indicate that employment generation in the country has been inadequate to
meet this challenge. In this context discuss the role of Make In India project of India to address this
issue.
10. The troubled formation of India's 29th state suggests the need for a new States' Reorganisation
Commission. Discuss
11. In recent times disruption in Indian parliament by members shows that the representative
democracy in India has failed in many ways . comment .
12. Keeping with the global trend, India has to executing a "Green Industrial Policy" that seeks to
prioritise production and consumption of clean energy. Discuss
13. The politicisation of interstate water disputes in India is an inevitable fallout of the historical and
structural conditions that obtained at the time of forming the Indian union-Discuss
14. In what way Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme can be utilized for
conservation of Biodiversity in the country .
15. The Indian state has responded to demands made by civil society campaigns that are sometimes
supported and sometimes initiated by the Supreme Court. Spaces available for democratic expression
need to be utilised with renewed creativity by those fighting for a more equal, less exploitative social
order. There is a need to guard against both the despair of rejecting all civil society efforts as sham as
well as of taking this democracy for granted. Discuss civil society organisations work for social
transformation in India .
16. The middle class is the basis of a strong and functional democracy. Indian economic policy has, in
the past, focused almost entirely on the poor, but the end of poverty lies in the production of the middle

class, one that would include many of those who are currently among the poor. Discuss a strategy that
can takes away from an economy split between the poor and the rich, and from a charitable notion of
economic redistribution to the possibility of rights-based claims for economic justice.
17. While the first Green Revolution in the 1960s was largely a collaborative effort between public
sector breeders and government of India , the second green revolution is joint effort of public private
partnership - comment .
18. As a developing country India need not concede ground on climate talks. But it can draw up its
own plan for emission cuts and more equal energy access. Discuss .
19.
The growing global phenomenon of displacement caused by natural disasters is aggravated by
urbanisation, unsustainable development and climate change..Justify the statement.

20.

1.
Indian electorate has by and large voted for personality rather than ideology. Elucidate keeping
in view elections from 1952 to 2014.
2. New Land Acquisition law poses some serious challenges to economic growth. Critically examine this
statement.
3. Role of States is increasing in India's foreign policy taking it to a federal foreign policy, but it also
comes with certain concerns.
4. In order to become a global power, India has to emerger as a regional power first. Explain on the role
of India in the Asia-Pacific region.
Indias way to UNSC goes through SAARC, ASEAN & BRICS. Analyse.
5. 20th Century belonged to Americas and Europe whereas 21st century belongs to Asia. Elucidate.
6. Eradicating poverty withouth financial inclusion is like moving a cart without wheels. Discuss in light
of the need for Jan Dhan Yojana.Social audit of non government public entities is necessary to check
the proper use of public funds and bring in transparency.
10.
Increasing urbanization is less of a threat, more of an opportunity. Discuss the prospects of
Smart Cities.
11. Discuss the gravity of the issue of Bangladeshi immigrants and how it can be addressed.
12. What measures did India take to counter the global recessionary effects? Discuss.
13. Electoral reforms are the need of the hour. Discuss the effectiveness of NOTA option in the last
elections.
14. Compulsory voting should be introduced to ensure more participation of the people.
15. Eradicating poverty withouth financial inclusion is like moving a cart without wheels. Discuss in light
of the need for Jan Dhan Yojana.Social audit of non government public entities is necessary to check
the proper use of public funds and bring in transparency.
16. What is the importance of revival of silk route in India's foreign trade prospects?
17. U-umbrella is India's counter to China's String of Pearls. Discuss.
18. Political parties alongwith all the public entities that receive public donations should be brought
under RTI. Discuss.
19. Mt. Sinai has witnessed as much religious diversity as bloodshed. Write a note on the history
related to it.
20. Synthetic farming practices are leading to antibiotic resistance. Discuss.
21. What do you understanding by organic farming? Discuss the reasons for the need to reintroduce it
and its implications on food security.
22. Organic farming can not only ensure food security but also Sustainable Development and GNH.
23. Increase in GNH ultimately leads to increase in GDP. Discuss.
24. Indexes like HDI, GNH, Total Wealth should be given more weightage. Discuss.

25. Educational bodies should be allowed the autonomy to select their course without governmental
interference. Comment
28. Conservation practices of indigenous people have proved to be a better way towards Sustainable
Development. Illustrate with the steps taken by Indian Govt in this regard.
Gram Sabha and Zila Parishad are in a better place to conserve the biodiversity than a centralised
system. Critically analyse.
29. Anti-Defection law has not been successful enough in checking the practices of horse-trading.
Examine and suggest corrective measures.
30. Obsolete laws are playing as a big hindrance to Fundamental Rights. Discuss with a few
illustrations.
31. Discuss the role of Planning Commission over the years and the need to replace it.
32. Draw an account of failure of Direct Benefit Transfer and ways to revive it.
33. What would be the measures taken by you as a District Administrator to increase women safety in
your district?
34. The present definition of minor in Juvenile laws is not acting as a deterrent. Comment.
35. Failure of Dowry Prohibition Laws to curb the practice of dowry has proven that extra-legal
measures are required to eradicate social evils. Discuss.
36. The CAG is probably the most important officer in India as it is he who ensures that public money
is spent as voted for by the Parliament B.R. Ambedkar. Discuss.
37. However good a Constitution may be, it is sure to turn out bad because those who are called to
work it, happen to be a bad lot. However had a Constitution may be, it may turn out to be good if those
who are called to work it, happen to be a good lot. B.R. Ambedkar. Discuss. (Paper II & IV).
38. India's increasing focus towards nuclear energy in contrast to NSG countries has its advantages as
well as concerns.
39. Describe the events leading to the JP Movement and its outcome.
40. Mandal commission is said to be a turning point in Indian politics. Explain.
41. Having a national language is an avoidable controversy. Examine critically.
42. Executive representation in judicial appointments will compromise independence of judiciary.
Discuss with a brief evolution of JAC.
Independence of Judiciary is a key to healthy democracy. Analyse with reference to proposed JAC.
43. Social media is becoming a dominant force in news industry replacing the status quoist traditional
media.
44. Social media is in 21st century what books were in 19th century and newspapers in 20th century.
Explain this statement in the wake of national and international events.
OR
Social media is the new mirror of social mood.
OR
Social media has surely given new paradigms to freedom of expression but it also unleashes the raw
side of the society.
OR
Social media is the 5th pillar. Discuss.
45. India is heading towards two national party politics at the Centre and regional parties at States.
46. What is an endangered language? Discuss the steps taken by govt. to save them.
47. Cultural Tourism could be Indias major boost as a soft power.
48. The problem of feeding growing population cannot be addressed without GM crops. Critically
examine with reference to SC moratorium.
GM crops increase crop production, but reduce crop diversity. Comment.
49. Globalisation/urbanisation has introduced a new class in the society urban slums. Discuss
50. Recommendations of JVP Committee on division of states would have proved better than that of the

Fazal Committee.
51. Discuss the issue of integrating Kashmir with the Union.
52. The recent rulings of the apex court cancelling 2G spectrums and coal block allocations will
discourage investments. Analyse this statement with the reasons and effective policy measures.
Effective policy is the key to economic growth. Comment.
53. India needs a National Water Policy to counter the looming water crisis that the nation faces with
increasing population and to manage the gaps between rain fed and arid regions.
54. Examine the causes of increasing farmer suicides and measures to tackle it.
55. Extablishing Brand Made in India is inevitable to check BoP deficit. Comment.
56. Examine the effectiveness of DBT in checking leakages in PDS.
57. Present a case for retaining AADHAR.
58. Examine the Great Depression as the economic cause of the second World War.
59. Write a note on discretionary powers of governor in wake of events in Delhi Legislative Assembly.
60. Judicial Review is a part of basic structure of constitution, judicial activism is not. Discuss.
61. IS is a creation of America's foreign policy. Discuss critically.
62. Lack of sanitation is a big challenge to health, education, environment and dignity of human life.
Discuss.
Discuss the challenges being faced in eradicating the evil of human-scavenging even after legislations
being passed.
63. Ukraine crisis has triggered the cold war again. Only this time it will be multipolar than bipolar.
64. Discuss in brief the reasons for USA attacking Vietnam and that of its failure.
65. Discuss the gulf war and resultant oil crisis.
66. Discuss the reasons for failure of Doha rounds and the way forward.
67. Subsidy is the major bone of contention between the developed and developing nations in the free
flow of global trade. Discuss Indias position on this issue.
Concealed subsidies of developed nations foil the very idea of free global trade. Discuss.
68. Globalization has increased the problem of obesity in urban India.
69. Anti corruption laws are not effective unless the agencies are allowed to function with autonomy.
Discuss with reference to CBI.
CBI has proved to be playing to the tunes of who pays the piper. Discuss.
70. A neutral international currency with transparency is in the larger interest of developing
71. Discuss the importance of FDI in defence.
72. Skill development can achieve the aim of hitting two birds unemployment and poverty with one
stone. (Essay)
Skill development a necessity. (Essay)
73. Discuss the importance of linking social benefit programmes with asset creation and/or Skill
Development with illustrations.
74. Critically discuss the importance of inter-linking of rivers in fighting drought and flood.
Inter-linking of rivers affects lesser no. of people than it benefits. Comment.
75. Himalayan rivers face more frequent floods as compared to peninsular rivers. Analyse.

76.

Communal harmony is the most important thread in the fabric of the nation. Elucidate this
statement in the wake of challenges faced by administration in this regard.
77. Coalition govt is better placed to address issues of states. Examine.
78. What are the challenges ahead of the govt in bringing GST? How can they be solved?
79. India has the potential of becoming the leading producer of renewable energy. Discuss.
80. Examine the Great Depression as the economic cause of the second World War.
81. Examine the prospects of festival tourism as a soft power for India.
82. Receding Himalayan glaciers to affect more than a third of Indian population. Discuss the dangers
and steps taken.

83. Analyse the India-China trade relations and future prospects.

84. Write a brief note on the events of India-China war.
85. Having always seen personality-centric elections, India would much better shift to Presidential
system.
86.
Narrate the measures you would take as a District Administrator in case of a failed machinery
during a Natural Disaster. (w.r.t. J&K floods)
87. Uniform Civil Code has always been a need of the society, it only requires political will. Examine.
88. Laws are failing to check the rise in gender gap, instances more evident in prosperous states shows
it to be a social problem than a legal one. Comment
89. Discuss the various measures to speed up the justice delivery system in India.
90. One major hurdle in bringing investment in India is lack of ease of opening and doing business in
India. Analyse with comparison.
91. Effective policy is needed to attain energy security. Analyse.
92. Sometimes silence can do what talks cannot. Elucidate in light of the recent ceasefire violations
across the LoC.
93. Negotiations cannot take place amidst bombs and firings. Elucidate in light of the recent ceasefire
violations across the LoC.
94. Non constitutional authorities should not be allowed to exercise governmental functions. Discuss.
95. Analyse the difference between the circumstances of the two green revolutions.
95. Analyse the difference between the circumstances of the two green revolutions.
96. Why was the green revolution introduced? Narrate the history in brief.
97. Describe the white revolution and its effects.
98. What is the proposed saffron revolution?
99. Refugees are welcome, infiltrators not. Explain.
100. Write a brief note on the crisis of 1989 in the Kashmir valley.
101. Kashmiri Pandits living as migrants deserve their right to home. Discuss.
102. Discuss how the menace of separatist forces in Kashmir can be tackled.
103. Naxalites apparently are choosing ballot from bullet. Discuss the way forward.
104. Write a note on the incidents in Naxalbari and how it changed the politics of a huge portion of
India.
105. Although GST will be a major boost to trade, it is likely to compromise the Federal Structure.
106. Discuss the threat that various separatist forces pose to internal security.
107. Linguistic formation of states had resulted in linguistic hatred. Discuss.
108. Write a note on how Hyderabad was integrated into the Union.
109. Had it not been for Sardar Patel, India would have been a union of disintegrated fragments.
110. Sardar Patel - the engineer of bureaucracy post independence.
111. Discuss the importance of Statue of Unity.
112. India has huge potential as a destination of Cultural Tourism.
113. India has huge potential as a destination of Food Tourism.
114. India has huge potential as a destination of Festival Tourism.
115. Discuss the measures taken by govt for women safety..
116. Increasing menace of drug abuse in bordering states is because of neighbouring countries.
117. Retrospective tax laws discourage investment.
118. Explain the impact of Black Money in Indian economy & its cure.
Why is Black Money called parallel economy.
119. Expansionist policies of any nation causes only damages to all the parties concerned. Elucidate.
An expansionist country never has good neighbourhood relations.
120. Ayurveda, a forgotten wonder.
121. Khadi is a forgotten wonder that has cultural as well as economic significance.
122. The ever increasing number of tainted MPs requires a statutory solution. Discuss.
123. So many defiant nations reveal inefficacy of international laws. (essay)

124. Women representation would take place in a better way if parties were to fulfill a quota in ticket
distribution instead of rotating constituencies. Discuss.
125. Trace the evolution of Clean Ganga Mission. How far has it been successful?