APSC Mains – Political Science 2006 Question Paper I & Paper II
It’s very important that we know the definite trend of question being recently asked in the Mains Exam. Thus, the Polity Paper I & Paper II of 2006 is given here, to give you a better idea of the areas/topics more question appears in the exam.
POLITY PAPER-I
| Q. Comment on any three of the following: 1.”virture is knowledge ” 2.”political science beings and ends with the state ” 3.”…all peaceful beginings of government have been laid in the consent of the people. ” 4.” The Authority of the state rests on violence. ” 5.”State exists for the sake of good life,not for the sake of life only.” |
| Q. Define political science and examine its scientific character. |
| Q. Analyse the concept of power and discuss the nature of political power. |
| Q. Highlight the factors leading to the emergence of the concept of welfare state.What are the major function of a welfare state? |
| Q. Explain the significant features of a parliamentary form of government.How to distinguish it from the presidential form |
| Q. Highligh the relationship between any two of the following : 1.liberty and equality 2.truth and non violence 3.state and society 4.Democracy and human personality |
| Q. Explain the Gandhi concept of non violence.Examine the utility of the technique of non violent resistance in a modern state. |
| Q. Explain the process of withering away of the state in the light of Marxian theory of state. |
| Q. Analyse the plato’s theory of communism.How will you distinguish it from the modern concept of communism |
| Q. Discuss the causes of revolution in a state as indentifiedby Aristole. |
| Q. Highlight the significant contribution of the following thinkers. 1.Abraham lincoln 2.jean jacques rousseau 3.John Rawls 4.Harold J laski |
POLITY PAPER-II
| Q. Comment on any three of the following : 1.”India, that is Bharat ,shall be a Union of States. ” 2.”At the commencement of the contribution every person who has his domicile in the territory of India and who was born in the territory of India..shall be a citizen of India. ” 3.”No person who is a member of a Civil Services of the Union…shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to that by which he was appointed “. |
| Q. What is the utility of the Indian administrative service |
| Q. Justify the position of the Us president as the real chied executive |
| Q. Evaluate the role of the Civil Service in India.To what extent the civil service are commited to the welfare of the nation |
| Q. Discuss the areas of tension in the centre state relationship in the Indian federal system. |
| Q. Analyse the significant features of the American senate |
| Q. Write a critique on the powers and functions of the British Prime Minister. |
| Q. Discuss the role of the UNO in spreading human rights education amongst nations. |
| Q. Analyse the judicial sytem in India and justify the supreme court as the guardian of the constitution of India. |
| Q. Analyse the sources of the constitution of India.Is the constitution a bag of borrowing?Justify Your answer. |
| Q. Explain the directive principle of state policy in corporated in the constitution of India.To what extent these principles conform to the Gandhian thought. |
| Q. Answer any three of the following : 1.justiy Indian Democracy as a Representative democracy. 2.Forward arguments in favour of a strong centre in India. 3.Comment on the collective security of the Ministers to the Lok Sabha. 4.What is the role of the Governor of a state during President s rule . |