Past Questions
Examine how Mizoram’s location on the India–Myanmar–Bangladesh border creates both opportunities and challenges for the State.
Discuss the conflicts over land compensation and land revenue laws in Mizoram. How do they affect development and people’s rights?
Discuss folk dances of Mizoram and highlight their cultural significance. What relevance do they hold today?
Discuss the respective roles of Secretariat and Directorate in transaction of business of the State Government.
What mechanisms have been established to uphold transparency in administration in Mizoram?
The traditional gender division of labour in Mizo society, while ensuring social and economic cohesion, has also been criticized for reinforcing gender inequality. Critically examine the traditional rationale behind this division, its socio-cultural implications, and the transformative role of modern forces like education and Christianity in reshaping these gender roles.
Critically discuss the powers of the Governor of Mizoram and his role with respect to the Autonomous District Councils under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
Probity acts as a bridge between constitutional morality, administrative accountability, and citizen-centric governance. In light of the above statement, explain the significance of probity in ensuring good governance.
Discuss the relevance of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s concept of social justice in the present scenario.
“Compassion without Competence in public service can lead to greater harm than good.” Discuss this statement with reference to emotional intelligence in governance.
“Dedication to public service requires not only efficiency but also sacrifice.” Discuss in the context of natural disaster management.
“Moral courage often requires choosing between institutional loyalty and public interests.” In light of this statement, what are the challenges in choosing public interest over institutional loyalty? Suggest how to balance it.
Compassion is the courageous choice to feel another’s suffering as one’s own, and to act upon it, even when silence is safer and indifference is easier. Examine the significance of compassion as an essential ethical value for civil servants in India. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
Define attitude. Discuss how attitude affects the behaviour of public servants?
What do you understand by the term “Conflict of Interest”? How are ethical values important for solving conflict of interest?
What is Social Audit? How does a Social Audit aid in good governance?
“In public service, neutrality does not mean the absence of values but the right balance between moral conviction and political objectivity.” Discuss with reference to current governance challenges.
Thinkers like John Stuart Mill advocated liberty, while Indian traditions often highlight community obligations. How should a civil servant balance individual rights and collective welfare?
Public officials often deal with hostile citizens, agitated protestors or distressed families in crisis situations. Explain how emotional intelligence equips them to respond constructively rather than react defensively.
Laws promote social control by resolving basic value conflicts, settling individual disputes and making rules that even our rulers must follow. But law does not always achieve its purpose and can rather harm society. In this backdrop, discuss the limitations and dysfunctions of law and explain with examples how conscience can act as a supplementary guide for public servants in decision-making.
What is AI (Artificial Intelligence) ethics? What are the risks and consequences of unethical AI?
The media, including social media, are often termed a ‘double-edged sword’ in the context of internal security. Elaborate on this statement.
The rise of the gig economy challenges the traditional notions of employment and welfare. In the context of achieving inclusive growth, discuss the structural impediments to providing social security for this emerging workforce.
How has digital technology transformed everyday life in the Indian context?
Evaluate the challenges and opportunities in supply chain management for India’s food processing sector.