Past Questions — 2016
Explain clearly the types, forms and process of Budgets.
Write the process of decision making and explain the techniques of decision making.
“The Right to Information essentially redefines the concept of accountability and towards lessening corruption in governance.” Discuss.
What is e-governance and what technologies be employed in public systems management for better results in Governance?
Discuss the nature of human resource management in Indian civil service.
What is Good Governance? Explain its various features.
Critically examine Weber’s bureaucratic model of Classical Theory.
Explain the ideological basis of the Chinese political system and comment as to what extent China has remained true to that ideology in the present times.
Explain the changing contours of India’s foreign policy in relation to a vision of a new world order.
“Despite the potentialities, India’s Look East Policy requires a major course correction”. Discuss.
What are the main proposals and suggestions made towards restructuring the United Nations?
Examine how the UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples Right (IPR) is able to further the cause of human rights.
Discuss the internal and external determinants of India’s foreign policy.
Explain Plato’s communism and compare it with modern communism.
“The theory of class war is the heart and soul of Marxist ideology”. Comment.
“Caste has made Hindu society stagnant, and untouchability is an indication of the slavery of the entire Hindu Society”. Elaborate the statement in relation with role of B.R. Ambedkar in fighting against caste system in India.
Critically analyse the changing pattern of electoral behaviour in India.
Write a note on the philosophical postulates that influenced the makers of the Indian Constitution.
In the continual evolution of Centre-State relations in the Indian federal set-up, what are the major areas of friction between the Central Government and States and what attempts are made to solve them?
What is Political Theory? Evaluate either the Empirical or the Behavioural Approach to the understanding of Political Theory.
“There is a huge gap between theory and practice as far as Fundamentals Rights as enshrined in the Indian Constitution is concerned”. Discuss, giving cogent reasons for your answer.
What are the different plant layouts? How can you decide the suitability of each layout?
What do you mean by liberalisation? With reference to the industrial policy of the government of India, evaluate the impact of liberalisation on the Indian economy.
What is network analysis? Discuss the role of network analysis techniques such as PERT and CPM in the implementation and planning of projects.
What do you understand by trading blocks? What role does it play in today’s age of globalisation?