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July 2024 and January 2025
Answer any five questions in about 500 words each. Attempt at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION – I
- Explain the concept of development and its relationship with democracy.
- Analyse the functioning of the federal system in India.
- Elaborate on the Liberalisation, Privatisation, and Globalization (LPG) policies.
- Elaborate upon the evolution of peasant movements in India.
- Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each.
A) The Telangana Peasant Rebellion
B) Political participation
SECTION – II
- Explain the behavioralist concept of political participation.
- Explain the nature of regionalism in India.
- Examine the Basic Minimum Needs approach to human development.
- Discuss the causes of over-urbanisation.
- Write short notes on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Internal Migration
b) Sustainable Development
July 2023 and January 2024
Answer any five questions in about 500 words each. Attempt at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION – I
- Elaborate upon the Communist Party of India’s perspective on Independence.
- Assess the potential for transformative change inherent in the Directive Principles of State Policy within the Indian Constitution.
- “The judiciary is the most significant institution for protecting the rights and interests of citizens.” Comment.
- Examine the circumstances and factors contributing to India’s centralisation of federal powers.
- Write a short note on each part of the following questions in about 250 words:
a) Jurisdiction of High Courts
b) Parliamentary Sovereignty
SECTION – II
- What is a market economy, and analyse its benefits and drawbacks.
- Analyse the economic consequences of liberalisation in India.
- Elaborate on the regionalisation of Indian politics.
- Discuss the key indicators to measure and assess sustainable development.
- Write a short note on each part of the following questions in about 250 words:
a) Gender Equity
b) Planned Economy
July 2017 and January 2018
Answer any five questions in about 500 words each. Attempt at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION – I
- Discuss how democracy and development are related to each other.
- Critically examine the following in about 250 words each:
- a) The Directive Principles of State Policy
- b) Meaning of poverty line
- Critically analyse the functioning of parliamentary democracy in India.
- Discuss the main challenges of ethnicity for the nation-state of India.
- Analyse the contribution of political parties to the success of India’s democracy.
SECTION – II
- Comment on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Gender and justice
b) Regionalism in Indian politics - Comment on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Inter-state cooperation
b) Internal migration in India - Analyse the role of NGOs in Indian democracy.
- Comment on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Language and politics in India
b) Role of media in Indian democracy - Discuss the impact of the new economic policy on the Indian working class.
July 2016 and January 2017
SECTION-I
- Explain how social inequality affects politics and development policies in India.
- Critically examine the following in about 250 words each:
a) The idea of planning
b) The Rajya Sabha - Analyse the role of police in Indian democracy.
- Discuss the significance of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment in Indian democracy.
- Write an essay on the Tebhaga Movement.
SECTION-II
- Comment on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Working of the federal system in India
b) Caste in Indian democracy - Comment on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Sustainable Development
b) Panchayati Raj System in India - Analyse the nature of state response to the challenge of ethnicity in India.
- Comment on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Substantive democracy
b) Religious politics in India - Write a note on the Farmers’ movements in contemporary India.
July 2015 and January 2016
SECTION-I
- Explain the evolution of political democracy and economic development in India during 1947-67.
- Critically examine the following in about 250 words each:
a) The idea of planning
b) The Karachi resolution - How does social inequality affect politics and developmental policies in India? Explain.
- Discuss the working of federal system in India.
- Write an essay on the ethnic politics in north-east India.
SECTION-II
- Comment on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Media and public opinion
b) Significance of elections in Indian democracy - Comment on the following in about 250 words each.
a) Language and politics in India
b) The basis of regionalism in India - Enumerate the similarities and differences between substantive and procedural types of democracy.
- Comment on the following in about 250 words each:
a) Development and gender
b) Role of civil society in Indian democracy - Discuss the features of farmers’ movements in contemporary India.